Bernadette Peters Quotes

You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

'Miss Saigon' was my first professional show. It was one of the first regional productions of 'Miss Saigon.'

For your first musical in New York, to go to Broadway and be nominated for a Tony is a dream come true.

When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

I can't tell you the thrill and joy of when I was cast in my first Broadway show. Granted, it was 'Starlight Express' and it was exhausting, but it was my first time on Broadway, and there was nothing like it.

The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw 'Hair.'

My daughter's favorite musical is 'Wicked,' which she has seen hundreds of times - she even worked as an usher at the Pantages so she could see it over and over. Her dream is to play Elphaba.

'The Light in the Piazza' is one of my top three musicals of all time.

Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.

Making my Broadway debut was, in and of itself, just a dream come true. I've wanted to be on Broadway forever.

My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.

I love Broadway shows.

When I moved to New York out of college, that was my goal. To be a stage actress. And to do dramatic works. Like 'Madea', and 'Night, Mother', and 'Sam Shepard', and all that kind of stuff. That's what I really wanted to do.

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.

It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'

'Broadway Bound' is near and dear to my heart, as it was one of my happiest times on Broadway.

I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.

I'd love to go back to Broadway if there was a place for me there. I would absolutely go back; it's just a part of me.

I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.

When 'night, Mother' opened, I did not know how long it would be before I would have another show on Broadway.

I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls, Wicked, you name it!

It's true that my mom loved it when I played Joanie Cunningham in the musical 'Happy Days,' but I think she finally realized I am never going to do 'Oklahoma!'

In '92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - 'Crazy for You.' I was in the ensemble. In fact, I was in eight Broadway shows as a dancer. Seven of them were original shows. That's how I learned to create something from the ground up.