Great tips for any after-performance encounter. However,the writer of this article contradicts himself. Though he states that he "doesn't long to know what anyone thinks of his plays..." he clearly DOES in his own description of the hostility and annoyance he feels at the bungled attempts by his colleagues to discuss his plays post-performance.
No matter how much a writer tries to seem like he doesn't care what people think, they always do! Which naturally feeds all these awkward post-show conversations. Audience member-friends know we gotta say SOMETHING! This writer admits to caring what critics believe, too. (Only when it's a GOOD review, though...)
The point is, there's only ever ONE thing to say to anyone in the theatre after a show: "CONGRATULATIONS! Let's drink!"
On How To Tell A Playwright You Didn’t Like His Play
Great tips for any after-performance encounter. However,the writer of this article contradicts himself. Though he states that he "doesn't long to know what anyone thinks of his plays..." he clearly DOES in his own description of the hostility and annoyance he feels at the bungled attempts by his colleagues to discuss his plays post-performance.
No matter how much a writer tries to seem like he doesn't care what people think, they always do! Which naturally feeds all these awkward post-show conversations. Audience member-friends know we gotta say SOMETHING! This writer admits to caring what critics believe, too. (Only when it's a GOOD review, though...)
The point is, there's only ever ONE thing to say to anyone in the theatre after a show: "CONGRATULATIONS! Let's drink!"