I was the teenage kid growing up in New Jersey watching the Tony Awards and thinking, 'Oh, maybe if I'm lucky I'll make it to Broadway by the time I'm 40!'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was one of those people who watched and videotaped the Tonys every year and kept a highlight reel every year. I saw every Broadway show as a kid.
The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.
I got to Broadway a year after I came to New York. I starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' and got a Tony for it. Right out of the gate. Maybe that's why I wasn't very gracious about it. I wasn't driven. And right after 'Butterflies Are Free', I got married and then started a family. I always wanted that.
Broadway has been my dream since I was 5 years old.
I really wanted to be a Broadway kid.
Doing Broadway was always a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
For your first musical in New York, to go to Broadway and be nominated for a Tony is a dream come true.
Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.