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.
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.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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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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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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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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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.
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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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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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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 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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