Rocco Landesman Quotations

We have put up something that will never close.

one of the most important American playwrights ever. I think his work is going to speak to generation after generation of theatergoers.

but that doesn't mean I want to see plays about it. A Broadway audience comes for entertainment, not to be lectured.

Jed Bernstein leaves a completely different League than he found when he took this job 10 years ago. The transformation he has engineered is truly remarkable. What we now know as the Broadway Brand, with its numerous new programs, sponsorships, and greatly expanded public profile, is largely Jed's creation. We will miss him.

What's happening here now is we've put up something that will never close. The name of August Wilson is written in stone forever.

Producing is a terrible business. The rewards are lousy. Only 15-20 percent of shows recoup their investment, just as 15-20 percent of horses pay for their oats.

He's one of the most important American playwrights ever,

The marquee is going to survive August, ... And it is going to survive me.

Walking around with less than ten thousand dollars is completely unacceptable. It's a necessity of life. It gives you freedom. The most important thing in life is a sense of possibility, and you simply can't have it with less than ten thousand dollars in your pocket.

I would like to start by calling bullshit.

There is a trend in the whole [U.S.] culture toward making things shorter. People have been watching too much television, and they have a television mentality. I think people really are wary of sitting in a theatre too long. They're not used to it.