“It was like coming full cirlce,” she says.
“Working with [Sondheim] was a dream come true.
It was a culmination of everything I’ve ever wanted in my life.”
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“I feel likeGypsywas the medicine for that.
I feel like it healed and it brought me back to my first love, which is theatre.”
She quickly added, “Well, my daughter is my first love.”
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Amalia Balash,She Loves Me(2016)
“I was pregnant with my daughter.
“It’s very rare that as a soprano you get to also be funny.
So, I was very grateful for that opportunity.”
Joan Marcus
This role was unlike anything Benanti had done before.
“That was awesome.
It was incredibly fun,” says Benanti.
Joan Marcus
Unfortunately, she was unable to return in season 3 due to her other commitments toMeteor Showerand TBS’The Detour.
So, I’m really sad.
I really miss them, but I really couldn’t do it anymore, unfortunately.”
The CW
Yeah, I would say that’s probably the hardest part of me."
(Meteor Showeris currently in previews and runs until Jan. 21, 2018).
“It’s really funny, some of the funniest scripts I’ve ever read.”
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