Michael Rushton

I'm not sure I would call live performance a luxury good because it's Not necessarily that expensive relative to other things that people spend money on. So, yes, a night out at live theater is going to cost one a lot, but people do spend lots of money to go on trips or go to amusement parks or go to live sporting events. So I think that live theater needs to be thinking about that.

How do we turn this into something people really want to do? Our biggest selling point is that there are live, breathing individuals on a stage right in front of you.

How do we turn this into something people really want to do? Our biggest selling point is that there are live, breathing individuals on a stage right in front of you.

How do we turn this into something people really want to do? Our biggest selling point is that there are live, breathing individuals on a stage right in front of you.

I'm not sure whether we can say that high culture necessarily leads to economic riches, but it can lead to riches in other ways in terms of greater understanding, greater insight, greater appreciation of beauty, those intrinsic goods that make our lives better.

I'm not sure whether we can say that high culture necessarily leads to economic riches, but it can lead to riches in other ways in terms of greater understanding, greater insight, greater appreciation of beauty, those intrinsic goods that make our lives better.

I'm not sure whether we can say that high culture necessarily leads to economic riches, but it can lead to riches in other ways in terms of greater understanding, greater insight, greater appreciation of beauty, those intrinsic goods that make our lives better.

One would hope so. And one would think that our greatest playwrights have given us insights into social dynamics and the family. If you think of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams and all of our great authors and poets and composers, they have helped us understand ourselves somewhat. And I think that has made our lives richer.

One would hope so. And one would think that our greatest playwrights have given us insights into social dynamics and the family. If you think of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams and all of our great authors and poets and composers, they have helped us understand ourselves somewhat. And I think that has made our lives richer.

One would hope so. And one would think that our greatest playwrights have given us insights into social dynamics and the family. If you think of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams and all of our great authors and poets and composers, they have helped us understand ourselves somewhat. And I think that has made our lives richer.

The justification for public funding for the arts, even though the audiences tend to skew towards the well-off, is that you want to preserve the very best of our culture for future generations. You want to preserve it for current generations who may not have discovered it, but who might find real meaning in it. So just keeping that opportunity alive.

The justification for public funding for the arts, even though the audiences tend to skew towards the well-off, is that you want to preserve the very best of our culture for future generations. You want to preserve it for current generations who may not have discovered it, but who might find real meaning in it. So just keeping that opportunity alive.

The justification for public funding for the arts, even though the audiences tend to skew towards the well-off, is that you want to preserve the very best of our culture for future generations. You want to preserve it for current generations who may not have discovered it, but who might find real meaning in it. So just keeping that opportunity alive.

and not letting those opportunities die out so that all we have is whatever commercial culture finds it can make a dollar out of is important.

and not letting those opportunities die out so that all we have is whatever commercial culture finds it can make a dollar out of is important.

and not letting those opportunities die out so that all we have is whatever commercial culture finds it can make a dollar out of is important.

Last live performance I went to was a very, very low-budget outdoor performance of Henry IV Part I, and it was wonderful. Where was this and who were the performers? This was in Bloomington and it was just a local amateur theater company. The audience was very diverse and sitting in lawn chairs or just on the grass.

Last live performance I went to was a very, very low-budget outdoor performance of Henry IV Part I, and it was wonderful. Where was this and who were the performers? This was in Bloomington and it was just a local amateur theater company. The audience was very diverse and sitting in lawn chairs or just on the grass.

Last live performance I went to was a very, very low-budget outdoor performance of Henry IV Part I, and it was wonderful. Where was this and who were the performers? This was in Bloomington and it was just a local amateur theater company. The audience was very diverse and sitting in lawn chairs or just on the grass.

The costumes were really makeshift, but the actors and the audience alike were just so involved in the performance and all the action and the sword fights. There were no star performers at all. It's not Shakespeare's best known play. And yet it was just a terrific night out and something that I will not forget.