Why attend the theatre? For art? For celebrity? For something else? Something more? There is a classical image of the theatre, that idea that going to see a play is for the educated classes of another age. Once it was considered a spectacle which only some could afford.
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At the Stage Door
Have you ever considered the role of the stage door? That strange portal upon which's threshold character becomes actor or perhaps actor becomes public figure. Once you step through that door you are public property, no longer safe from everyone but those involved in your production.
Wild Rose and Pearls 