I’ve written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it’s important for people to know that theatre is vital.
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Anand Thakur
I’ve written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it’s important for people to know that theatre is vital.
ADAM RAPPYou have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
ADAM RAPPI feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn’t matter.
ADAM RAPPI feel that I’d rather know an actors’ work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I’ll see them in something and I’ll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.
ADAM RAPPThere must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies.
ADAM RAPPI’ve lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.
ADAM RAPPYou can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.
ADAM RAPPSo I started to think like, “well if I’m going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct”.
ADAM RAPPIf I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I’d have someone enter with a machine gun.
ADAM RAPPFor some reason it made me want to curl up in the fetal position. I could have slept right there on their kitchen table.
ADAM RAPPI grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I’ve lived here for sixteen years.
ADAM RAPPMy life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it’s always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.
ADAM RAPPI think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.
ADAM RAPPFifteen years ago I killed my sister.
ADAM RAPPWhen it’s just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.
ADAM RAPPIt’s strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can’t even answer it.
ADAM RAPP