American - Dramatist | September 21, 1947 -
There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.
Marsha Norman
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If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.
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I feel that I speak the musical language.
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What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for some kind of answer to the question, 'What Can We Do?'
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My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, 'The Color Purple' is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it's got hard stuff in it, but so does 'Les Miserables' and 'Phantom of the Opera.'
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Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
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