I weave the company into what we laughingly call ‘Jack’s novel.’ I write this novel for them about who they are and what’s going on in their world. When I had 90 people in ‘Porgy and Bess,’ each had a story, history and family relationship. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
I’m not a director who feels I should be in your face all the time. I really want you to watch the actors and listen to the play. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
Out of nowhere, I became a fairly well-known director with a penchant for opera, which I did for 10 years. Then I realized I was taking myself out the theater channel, and so I re-focused on theater. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, ‘See? That’s It!’ Jack O'Brien Read Quote
I’ve done two ‘Hamlets,’ two ‘Lears,’ three ‘Midsummer Night’s Dreams’ – I’ve done most of these plays more than once, and every time I direct them, I learn things. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
I couldn’t be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
For a production that suggests a mysterious dreamscape, I have a particular affection for the Vivian Beaumont Theater. It is the largest dramatic space available in New York City in terms of plays, although musicals have been done there very successfully as well. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
People are so familiar with the show that I think they’re perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There’s a passivity to how we experience ‘The Sound of Music.’ Jack O'Brien Read Quote
It just so happens that my oldest and best friend is Bob James, the Grammy-winning great jazz pianist! Jack O'Brien Read Quote
I have a company attitude about my work. I don’t like to do just one thing; I like to do a lot of things. Jack O'Brien Read Quote
