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The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

- John Lahr
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Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights and Spectacles'; she thinks in print, but she doesn't have a real feel for the stage.

A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In my experience, theatre artists don't know what they've made until they've made it.

Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules of the game are too vague or too complicated, however, the audience can lose its urge to play; the prize no longer seems quite worth the hunt.

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

In 1957, 'West Side Story' had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; 'Bye Bye Birdie,' set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.

Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of life yet in the old tart.

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National Theatre, at the Old Vic, near the South Bank, in 1963, institutionalized the symbolic importance of drama by giving it both a building and state funding.

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.

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The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.