Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.
Diane PaulusI had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater.
Diane PaulusOpera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.
Diane PaulusFor me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.
Diane Paulus