Bartlett Sher
Bartlett Sher
Bartlett B. Sher, also "Bart", is an American theatre director. He received both the 2008 Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Broadway revival of South Pacific. The New York Times has described him as "one of the most original and exciting directors, not only in the American theater but also in the international world of opera". Sher has been nominated for Tony Awards in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2015, winning in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth27 March 1959
CountryUnited States of America
I thought it would be kind of fun to open our next season on a very strong, classical note,
Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's not real life and a steady diet of stories like that will give you a pretty unhealthy view of reality.
[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play tomorrow because she such an extraordinary actress.
I think [Guettel is] probably one of our most special writers now, pushing things in ways that are unique.
What's great about [Guettel] is his very distinct voice as a composer. And that distinct voice is something worth cherishing and expressing so we just didn't want to screw that up.
We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.
I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'
Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.
The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.
The play is funny. And people love baseball. But there's a moral lesson. 'Rounding Third' is particularly suitable for that part of the audience made up of young parents. We are a generation of helicopter parents, constantly hovering over our kids, fussing with them.
With both plays, you have people standing around doing nothing while other people are doing terrible, terrible things.
For a town this size, the level of the arts it supports is extraordinary.