BETTY BUCLEY, Fort Worth (Texas) 1947

Her Broadway debut was with the musical 1776.

Other theatre credits include her performance as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS, for which she won a Tony Award. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in TRIUMPH OF LOVE, and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway. Other Broadway credits are PIPPIN, CARRIE, SONG AND DANCE or THE MISTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. In London she has also appeared in PROMISES, PROMISES. In cinema, Ms. Buckley has starred in films such as "Carrie", "Tender Mercies", "Another Woman" or "The Happening".

Currently she continues offering concerts accross the country and teaches scene study and song interpretation.

- The first musical you saw and/or most impressed you: Bob Fosse’s PAJAMA GAME.

- You would like to make a duet with: Michael McDonald singing the song any song that we both love.

- London or New York? Both.

- Do you keep the brochures of the musicals you watch? Sometimes.

- The worst moment you’ve live on the stage was (as a performer and/or as a spectator): On stage, when I had a cold, in CATS and as I stood up from a crouched position in the penultimate “touch me” moment of the song.  A long stream of mucus flew out of my nose and stayed attached, like a string of silver in the air.  All the cats on stage were horrified!

- An unforgettable moment (as a performer and/or as a spectator): My first performance of SUNSET BOULEVARD on Broadway.  Love from the audience was palpable.  I was so deeply touched and humbled by the enormous reception they gave me.

- Some superstition before the opening night? I always have to do my meditative rituals before I walk on stage.

- A musical character that you would like to BE (not perform): Myself.

- A character of your opposite sex that you would like to perform: Riff from WESTSIDE STORY.

- The more/less that you like of your work: I like my work in the film TENDER MERCIES and I thought my character Mrs. Jones was crazy fun in the film THE HAPPENING.

- A musical movie: WEST SIDE STORY and recently the independent film ONCE.

- The last CD/DVD related to Musicals that you have bought is: LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

- A sentence of a musical:  “And now Mr. Demille, I am ready for my close up…” from  SUNSET BOULEVARD.

- Agree or disagree with TV Shows finding new Musical Stars? Agree of course.

- You feel proud of: My recent CD QUINTESSENCE and in general, my body of work.

- At the present moment of your career, the most important to you is: The opportunity to do work in film, television and the concert world or the musical theater that touches the heart.

- Projects: My new show “Broadway: By Request”, directed by Richard Jay Alexander, and my concerts with Kenny Werner and my ensemble.