Sam Gold

And listen, theater is too obsessed with celebrity, but it's also saving the theater from financial ruin to be so obsessed with celebrity. And listen, Jeremy Strong was a brilliant actor 20 years before he was in Succession.

And listen, theater is too obsessed with celebrity, but it's also saving the theater from financial ruin to be so obsessed with celebrity. And listen, Jeremy Strong was a brilliant actor 20 years before he was in Succession.

have done multiple plays together. We grew up together. We've been friends since college. I don't think of him as Kendall Roy from Succession at all. That's like very low on my list of references in my mind to the work of Jeremy Strong. So maybe I... underestimated that most people's relationship to Jeremy is much different than mine.

have done multiple plays together. We grew up together. We've been friends since college. I don't think of him as Kendall Roy from Succession at all. That's like very low on my list of references in my mind to the work of Jeremy Strong. So maybe I... underestimated that most people's relationship to Jeremy is much different than mine.

have done multiple plays together. We grew up together. We've been friends since college. I don't think of him as Kendall Roy from Succession at all. That's like very low on my list of references in my mind to the work of Jeremy Strong. So maybe I... underestimated that most people's relationship to Jeremy is much different than mine.

And I didn't really think about Kendall Roy, and maybe I should have.

And I didn't really think about Kendall Roy, and maybe I should have.

And I didn't really think about Kendall Roy, and maybe I should have.

Yes, we have made this term and sort of... You know, when Richard Burton was playing Hamlet and Elizabeth Taylor would sit in the balcony to watch... everyone would line up around the fucking block to try to see Liz Taylor, right? They weren't coming for Richard Burton's Hamlet. They were coming to see Elizabeth Taylor. And that's always been the case.

Yes, we have made this term and sort of... You know, when Richard Burton was playing Hamlet and Elizabeth Taylor would sit in the balcony to watch... everyone would line up around the fucking block to try to see Liz Taylor, right? They weren't coming for Richard Burton's Hamlet. They were coming to see Elizabeth Taylor. And that's always been the case.

Yes, we have made this term and sort of... You know, when Richard Burton was playing Hamlet and Elizabeth Taylor would sit in the balcony to watch... everyone would line up around the fucking block to try to see Liz Taylor, right? They weren't coming for Richard Burton's Hamlet. They were coming to see Elizabeth Taylor. And that's always been the case.

And I think it was the case in Shakespeare's time. And there's nothing I'm enjoying more right now than the fact that there's 19-year-old audience members hearing and understanding the poetry of Shakespeare and then being so excited at the end that they want to stand for an hour to meet the person that delivered that language. And I do think that's part of it.

And I think it was the case in Shakespeare's time. And there's nothing I'm enjoying more right now than the fact that there's 19-year-old audience members hearing and understanding the poetry of Shakespeare and then being so excited at the end that they want to stand for an hour to meet the person that delivered that language. And I do think that's part of it.

And I think it was the case in Shakespeare's time. And there's nothing I'm enjoying more right now than the fact that there's 19-year-old audience members hearing and understanding the poetry of Shakespeare and then being so excited at the end that they want to stand for an hour to meet the person that delivered that language. And I do think that's part of it.

Part of it is that they love Heartstopper. Part of it is that they're addicted to their phones. But part of it is that the play lit them up. But I don't think it's a bad thing for the theater that these young people are – I mean, our stage door is crazy. I saw it, dude. And I don't think that's a bad thing. No, it seemed like a sign of health.

Part of it is that they love Heartstopper. Part of it is that they're addicted to their phones. But part of it is that the play lit them up. But I don't think it's a bad thing for the theater that these young people are – I mean, our stage door is crazy. I saw it, dude. And I don't think that's a bad thing. No, it seemed like a sign of health.

Part of it is that they love Heartstopper. Part of it is that they're addicted to their phones. But part of it is that the play lit them up. But I don't think it's a bad thing for the theater that these young people are – I mean, our stage door is crazy. I saw it, dude. And I don't think that's a bad thing. No, it seemed like a sign of health.

Yeah, like if those people come see another play, people need theater. Yes. We know we need to get in a room and tell stories. It is not good. No one thinks, like the Surgeon General is telling you, it is not good to be at home looking at social media all the time. We are in a mental health crisis. Teen suicide. I'm doing a play about teen suicide, right? I'm doing a play about teen suicide.

Yeah, like if those people come see another play, people need theater. Yes. We know we need to get in a room and tell stories. It is not good. No one thinks, like the Surgeon General is telling you, it is not good to be at home looking at social media all the time. We are in a mental health crisis. Teen suicide. I'm doing a play about teen suicide, right? I'm doing a play about teen suicide.

Yeah, like if those people come see another play, people need theater. Yes. We know we need to get in a room and tell stories. It is not good. No one thinks, like the Surgeon General is telling you, it is not good to be at home looking at social media all the time. We are in a mental health crisis. Teen suicide. I'm doing a play about teen suicide, right? I'm doing a play about teen suicide.