"I think, unfortunately, as long as people act our of hatred, Cabaret will always be pertinent."
"I’m at that time of my life when I look at my so-called bucket list, and there are places I want to go. I better travel while I’m able to do it. I won’t put myself through this again.”
"I still owe money on the first film. I did the second because I was worried that someone would make it, and now I’m afraid someone wouldn’t."
After making a name for herself playing Sally Bowles in a French production of Cabaret in 1987, singer-actress Ute Lemper was encouraged to make an album featuring songs from that show and other pop and Broadway tunes. The CD was...
"I’m represented so well by the things I’ve put into the world. It will always drive me crazy that I don’t have a show that is Book of Mormon or Hamilton."
"To really give yourself over to that world is a really big commitment. I read it twice through before we started writing. All the chapters that irritated me at the beginning are now my favorites—those side chapters not involved in the plot.”
"The Mexican music is closest to my heart. The first songs I heard were in Spanish."
Hilty performs at VPAC on September 24, 2015
"Some people tend to say that some older songs feel trite and too old-fashioned. The truth is, they were, back in the day, incredibly innovative."
"I think Bent has shown me the kind of divine pleasure of going ahead with something even though it might be really scary."