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" My degree was in opera. "

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" Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature. "

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" I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that. "

" In my special place, room service could only consist of my husband making me a breakfast of eggs, avocados, and hummus. And coffee with milk. "

" It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction. "

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" I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it! "

" I've always wanted to do a Shakespeare play. "

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" When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most. "