Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Bartlett Sher

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American director Bartlett Sher.

Last updated on November 19, 2024.

Bartlett B. Sher is an American theatre director. The New York Times has described him as "one of the most original and exciting directors, not only in the American theater but also in the international world of opera". Sher has been nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical as well as a Drama Desk Award for his direction of the 2008 Broadway revival of South Pacific.

American - Director | Born: March 27, 1959

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I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'

Bartlett Sher

That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.

Bartlett Sher

We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.

Bartlett Sher

Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.

Bartlett Sher

When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.

Bartlett Sher

The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'

Bartlett Sher

What's great about [Guettel] is his very distinct voice as a composer. And that distinct voice is something worth cherishing and expressing so we just didn't want to screw that up.

Bartlett Sher

I think [Guettel is] probably one of our most special writers now, pushing things in ways that are unique.

Bartlett Sher

Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's not real life and a steady diet of stories like that will give you a pretty unhealthy view of reality.

Bartlett Sher

[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play tomorrow because she such an extraordinary actress.

Bartlett Sher

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Bartlett Sher

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