Obviously there's musical theatre, a lot of songs I've sung in shows, but also other artists like Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Harry Chapin... Plus I've added in a couple of things very specifically for the UK. Set in 1930s Budapest, predominantly in a charming perfumery, the show features Benanti as Amalia, a spirited young saleswoman looking for love through lonely hearts mail correspondence. Benanti's first lady also addressed the "lies" in the Melania Trump biography The Art of Her Deal. There’s sort of an Eastern European quality to us. Between the two of them, we got me through. Laura Benanti Marc J. Franklin Tony Award winner Laura Benanti celebrates her birthday July 15. I have. I wish I'd known in my early twenties what I know now - that your relationships with the women in your life are the most important outside of your family. You are allowed to be happy for our marriage. So, I set up the Instagram Mamas For Mamas with Kate Mangiameli. Not to pat myself on the back, empathy is a quality I’ve cultivated over my life. And do you write Post-Its? I understand why she’s doing what she’s doing because I often will self-protect with humor. But at the same time, if I’m going to put myself out there and say and do things that are controversial, I have to understand that not everybody is going to respond to that positively. I think it comes from the fact that women are so powerful - we bring life into this world, we endure physical pain once a month, we can survive anything. You don’t have to hide and pretend you have not lived the life that you have lived.” Even in his proposal he said to me, “I never judge you. I never realized there was that prejudice in theater, that the register of your voice determined your role. So, it's help if you're being treated cruelly, but also saying to the bully you can start again tomorrow; it's a fresh start every minute. It sort of burned my esophagus and gave me an ulcer. #SunshineSongs squad! I mean, I got to work that out in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [on Broadway in 2011], where I got to belt and be the comedic relief. And I was laughing, like, if he turns over at any point, he’s going to think I’ve lost my mind. Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti in She Loves Me. So for me I feel like it touches upon everything that I love to do, which is to sing in an opera style and be funny, and to also play moving moments. Cautionary tales and humorous tales of some interesting decision-making. It's easy to look at the period of time you're in and think it's the worst it's ever been - like we have this demagogue trying to pit Americans against the free press and government agencies, which feels really scary. When did you discover that you had a knack for impersonating Melania Trump? I choose the good of the country over the good of my career. Laura Benanti in She Loves Me. It wasn’t my first proposal, but it was his. On Saturday, June 20, Donald Trump attended his first mass rally in months at the BOK Center, despite it being held on the weekend of Juneteenth, the anniversary of the abolishment of slavery in the U.S., and the warnings about further spreading coronavirus. You're fantastic at positively engaging with people on social media - is that important to you, as a public figure? We call it doctor footlights. I guess there's a pattern here - lots of ladies! It was really hard. There are many reasons why you should know Laura Benanti. Photo by Joan Marcus. Not only about myself but to others. You have also tweeted things that suggest you would not be pleased if Donald Trump won the election. And unfortunately, what I realized was I was sort of the villain in a lot of them, either to myself or to others. But it's also full of lies.". I can't wait to perform in London - this is another dream experience come true. And what I didn’t understand was ulcers and acid reflux really affect your voice. That is the ultimate patriotic act. It doesn’t happen that often, fortunately. I could definitely see what he was talking about. But it's rare you get to work with other women, and actually the older I get, the more I appreciate my incredible female friendships. Benanti made her Broadway debut in the 1998 revival of … Laura Benanti stars in a revival of "She Loves Me," which opens on Broadway this week.
