Laura benanti

Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.

There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always...

I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times...

I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.

My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.

Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.

Musical theatre is my first love.

I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.

I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.