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.
BERNADETTE PETERSIt was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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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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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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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You’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.
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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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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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George 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.
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“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.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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