It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
BERNADETTE PETERSThe first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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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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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’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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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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When I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.
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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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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 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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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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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