The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
BERNADETTE PETERSWhen I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.
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I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there’s great truth in the songs, and that’s what was so wonderful to find.
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I don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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It Might As Well Be Spring… I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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Animals speak with pure affection. It’s important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.
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In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Anton Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!
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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He’s as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he’s had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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