There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater – especially when you’re working with commercial producers – and it’s not something I’m against, not at all. But any casting has to be right for the project. John Tiffany Read Quote
It couldn’t interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what’s the point of walking into a theater to see a living room? A sofa in a forest? Now you’re talking. John Tiffany Read Quote
One of my favorite things to read in the ‘Observer’ is the restaurant review by Jay Rayner. I love reading about these restaurants that I won’t ever have the time to go to. John Tiffany Read Quote
If you’re going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work, but it’s also social: food and a glass of wine would be involved often. John Tiffany Read Quote
For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the world. John Tiffany Read Quote
Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place. John Tiffany Read Quote
Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them. John Tiffany Read Quote
How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better – because theatre is better because it’s live. Instead of trying to be like the poor cousin, we need to accept that we’re the king. John Tiffany Read Quote
Philistines’ was so beautiful, and it bored me to death. I never want to see another production where the rain splashes against a window and actors wander around in drab cardigans saying, ‘I’m so bored.’ John Tiffany Read Quote
Trump is like an eater of worlds from an ‘Avengers’ movie, but there seem to be different rules for him. What are Twitter doing, for example? He’s constantly breaking their rules, the sort of stuff other people get thrown off for. John Tiffany Read Quote
