Posted: 5/19/26 at 12:07pm
Still true!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/opinion/in-the-stars-dressing-room.html
To the Editor:
There’s a saying in the theater that whoever occupies the star’s dressing room creates the atmosphere backstage. If you have a leading lady or gentleman who is easy to get along with, undemanding, friendly and charming, the cast follows suit, and you have few if any problems. If you have a diva or a narcissistic star, the atmosphere turns viral.
I’ve been thinking about that recently in terms of our national trauma, and I believe that the star in our dressing room has brought about the epidemic of dangerous mood changes, random episodes of violence and a general malaise in the lives of most Americans.
I’m more than observing it; I’m living it.
HAROLD PRINCE, NEW YORK
