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.
BERNADETTE PETERSStephen 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.
BERNADETTE PETERSNo One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
BERNADETTE PETERSI love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
BERNADETTE PETERSI love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
BERNADETTE PETERSI’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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.
BERNADETTE PETERSYou’d look out and there’d be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.
BERNADETTE PETERSWe’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
BERNADETTE PETERSGeorge M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we’d made a connection.
BERNADETTE PETERSI’ve been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I’m not dead!
BERNADETTE PETERSWhen something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
BERNADETTE PETERSYou’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
BERNADETTE PETERS“Into the Woods” was… a lot of running around in the woods! I can’t wait to see the show again. People didn’t realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.
BERNADETTE PETERSSinging lessons are like body building for your larynx.
BERNADETTE PETERSIn 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!
BERNADETTE PETERSIt was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men’s Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
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