Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

I never publicise in advance what I'm going to be singing because I never quite know until I start. I often change my mind halfway through. I sometimes throw in stuff about politics or Shakespeare or do songs in Yiddish.

I did not grow up singing Yiddish.

I have the strength from my mother, the survivability. I have wonderful qualities from my mother - but please, Mother, forgive me - I heard judgment constantly about my father.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.