Daphne Rubin Vega
Tony Award nominee: Rent

Past Gimme a Break highlights:

n	Tommy Tune discussed meeting The Manhattan Rhythm Kings on the subway and then he (and they) did an amazing routine to a Gershwin medley from their act.
n	Liz Callaway spoke about working on Baby and then sang “The Story Goes On.”
n	Debra Monk described the strange journey of Pump Boys and Dinettes and then sang the song she wrote for the show.
n	Boyd Gaines sang “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and spoke about how it was the song he sang for his first musical audition in college for She Loves Me —he ended up playing the busboy.
n	Mary Beth Peil talked about how she was the last woman to play Anna with Yul Brynner in The King and I and then she sang “Hello Young Lovers.”
n	Victoria Clark described missing her father’s funeral while in A Grand Night For Singing and what it was like going onstage and singing “What’s the Use of Wondering” that night.
n	Beth Fowler talked about being in the original A Little Night Music and what it was like when Stephen Sondheim finally finished “Send in the Clowns” and came onstage and played for it the cast—then Beth sang it herself for us.