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.
BERNADETTE PETERSI’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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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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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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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.
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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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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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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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