I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
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!
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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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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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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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