Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.

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Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?

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So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.

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As you get older, your voice changes, as well. Your voice should be able to last as long as you last.

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We cant compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.

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Our stories are different; our pain is the same.

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There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.

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Usually, I fly in the day before a concert so your voice can acclimate to the new environment.

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The work that must be done for each woman to reconnect with her psyche and to give herself a chance to live her own life is essentially the same. The realization of the equality of all races, the equality of all beings is essential.

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When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.

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My two great loves are music and horses.

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Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically Im a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with - since 1995 - is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.

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I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me.

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If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

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I love Mary Chapin Carpenter songs. I love her songs 'Come On, Come On' and 'I Am A Town', they're two of my favorite songs.

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It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.

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The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

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It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them.

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The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.

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Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

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For one thing, I teach my students what my teacher for twenty years, Paul Gavert, told me, 'The voice follows... the voice follows everything about you... who you are.

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