“Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.” YearsMovingActingNew YorkLuckMovedDumbOperaAuditionsSoapSoap OperasLarksDumb Luck Author:Teddy Sears
“New York. It's home to opera, Broadway, museums, the ballet and orchestra - everything that I love. The most real people in the world live there.” PeopleWorldRealHomeNew YorkMuseumsBalletOperaBroadwayOrchestra Author:Kristin Chenoweth
“Note that both of these papers [the New York Post and the New York Daily News] are big sellers in a city whose residents like to go around saying they'd never live anyplace else on account of they'd miss the opera.” BigsCitiesModernMissingNew YorkPaperNewsAccountsNotesPostsOperaPapersModern LifeResidentsSellersDaily News Author:Dave Barry
“I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.” WayWantHomeWantedStarsComedyRocksNew YorkMusicalSingersOperaRock N RollFar AwayPhoenixAway From HomeOpera Singers Author:Sandra Bernhard
“Whenever I go to New York I try to soak up as much live music as I can, including as many nights at the opera as I can manage.” TryingI CanNightNew YorkIncludingManageOperaLive Music Author:Garth Greenwell
“The first theatre I ever found was in the backyard of a new suburban community in the foothills of the Poconos. My dad was a young FBI agent at his first or second posting - we're all from New York. He was posted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and he put the family in a brand new red-brick apartment. It was in a C-shape and behind it was a small hill that led up to the woods. There was a white-washed brick wall that was a perfect theatre! There were windows and all the ladies behind the windows in their apartments. I would go out there after lunch every day and sing opera.” FirstsYoungFoundCommunityWhitePerfectBehindsNew YorkWallDadShapesRedWindowMy DadWoodsTheatreAgentsBrandsHillsLunchOperaApartmentBricksFbiBackyardsBrand NewPennsylvaniaBrick WallFbi Agents Author:Mercedes Ruehl
“Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to artistic health.” WayFeltCitiesEventsNew YorkMetsDespiteArtisticNew York CityOperaClawsAdriftDemoralizing Author:David Edelstein