Exits and Entrances: Producing Off-Broadway, Opera and ... (ISBN 1425926304)

Some People Dream, Daniel P. Quinn Lives His Dream:
For over forty years, Daniel P. Quinn has been a man of the theater. An actor, director,producer and poet, Mr. Quinn has lived a colorful life that has taken him to places as diverse as the Irish Arts Center in New York to Italy's LaScala in Milan. "Exits and Entrances" is a series of journalistic snapshots in a scrapbook of theatrical adventures. For anyone who has ever dreamed of directing plays or staging operas, this book is a must-read. Mr.Quinn has worked with first class writers and opera conductors including luminous names such as Frank McCourt and Claudio Abbado. Daniel P. Quinn has documented his agonies and ectasies in the world of the arts while making his dreams a reality. Share his memories in a delightful new book. Davidson Garrett a k a King Lear of the Taxi

One man's history producing theater - and a parable for our time:
"Drama! Intrigue! Controversy! Hype! It is fitting that Exits and Entrances by Daniel P. Quinn should make its entrance as America winds down to its last living World War I veteran, as it chronicles a different kind of 'trench warfare' - individuals who dedicate their lives to bringing the arts to the public. Often overwhelmed and underappreciated, almost never funded appropriately, they persevere in the face of all kinds of adversity, and enrich our society for those who take the time to take part in their efforts. Daniel P. Quinn has been an important player in this scene in the NY/NJ area for over 25 years; when he had the inspiration to cast a black man as Jesus in the Passion Play, he faced death threats, and he achieved what art at its best does: he got people talking and thinking. While Exits and Entrances is primarily a memoir of an individual in New Jersey who focused his life on bringing 'the arts' to the public - and would be of greatest interest to those who produce, direct, or have an interest in the theater and the details of production - it is equally important as a historic chronicle of theater life in the 80s and 90s, the kind that is rarely documented - and thus would be of particular interest to librarians and archivists, as well as the general public. In a quiet way, Exits and Entrances also reminds us how American society was better when 'let's put on a show' was our mindset versus today's daily, life-diminishing 'let's find ways to cut funding.' So if you are one of the quiet many who is tired of 'the arts' being treated like America's second-class citizen, you will welcome Exits and Entrances, and join Daniel, myself, and others in hoping America will never reach the path it's currently travelling - one where, someday, an American newspaper will write an obituary of 'the last living American theater producer' - all in the name of lower taxes, whose beneficiaries primarily would be people who could afford to be more generous with their money if the betterment of society, or having a soul, really mattered to them." David Messineo, Publisher, Sensations Magazine(...) The above quote is a portion of a larger review that will appear in Sensations Magazine Issue 42, coming Spring 2008.