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!
BERNADETTE PETERSIt 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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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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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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 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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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do 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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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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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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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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I’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!
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It 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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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