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Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I remember these trivial things, and I can't remember the names of important collaborators?

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Every time we make a new invention, we think we're going to save the world, but eventually, we understand that the real virtues of that new invention have mostly to do with commerce. Then we feel a huge emptiness, and we want to fill it with beauty.

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When I directed the 'Ring' cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York recently, there were people texting all through the show. But theatre isn't a communication device: it's a communion.

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Theatre's still expensive compared to downloading on Netflix; that has to be addressed. It doesn't mean it has to be over-subsidised by the state, but it's something we're trying to figure out.

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In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there.

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I'm a follower of people not necessarily connected with the theater.

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I enjoy juggling four or five different projects in the air and finding connections and disconnections between them.

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Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

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When I went into the conservatory at 17, then I was able to open up and accept everything about myself and show my feminine side as well as my masculine.

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The real writing of a piece comes only when you are performing it. It is why I like theatre. In film and TV, the image is locked forever, but in theatre, there is constant change; each performance is part of the writing process.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Playwright

Born: December 12th, 1957

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