Michael Ritchie
Michael Ritchie
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 November 1938
CountryUnited States of America
american-director fairly good group spent supportive theater time
I've spent a lot of time in LA, so I have a fairly good sense of what that world is, and that group has been supportive of the theater in the past.
landscape lost plays theatrical
If we don't do it, it will be lost to history. Plays like this were a big part of the theatrical landscape for a long time.
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Sitting in this chair, my recommendation would carry too much weight.
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Los Angeles has always been on the table with us.
american-director became eight names
When it was narrowed down to eight names and I was called down for an interview, then it became more serious. Things went very fast.
american-director job rest work year
I went into this job to do plays, but that's here for 10 weeks, and the rest of the year I do a lot of other things-the administrative work of planning, reading plays.
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Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.
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Last season, we had two new musicals, and the rest of the season was partly determined by the choices that were available, and there were very few choices of shows going out on the road for us to choose from. My hope is that, season to season, you will see the best options that we have to produce on that stage, whether we are presenting shows that are going on the road post-Broadway or some pre-Broadway shows.
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I happen to enjoy fundraising a great deal, ... I think our greatest fundraising tool is going to be the quality of the shows.
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I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.
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We're hoping the kids (who have been evacuated to Baton Rouge) realize there are people out there that care for them and are concerned about them.
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I'll miss the idea of 400 people coming together for such a short period of time. They arrive and then just start creating theater.
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I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.
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I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.