The test always is, what does the audience respond to.

"You actually feel more like you're doing something the audience can respond to," he said.

And that's part of why his audience responds to him.

You still see the audiences respond on a given night if there are good programs and we get them to the set.

It was all about trying something new and seeing if audiences would respond.

During one performance, he noted, the audience wasn't responding at first.

"But if the audience responds to the characters, the rest will take care of itself."

When the film ended, the audience responded with total silence.

The audience, in turn, has responded by wondering why it should care.

But when a musician shows something of himself, audiences usually respond.