“C’est la vie qui nous mène, on ne mène pas la vie. / Life leads us, we do not lead life,” my grandmother confided in me about twenty some years ago. She was a wise one, and her absence enhances the life she lived so elegantly. I was sitting at the edge of her dusty-rose floral print sofa, trying to grasp her words and her scent all at once.
For stage performers, making your Broadway debut can feel like the major milestone – even if it was never an actor’s goal. Once you’ve made that debut, it can be a long and trying process to make it back to Broadway – particularly if your first outing is a limited run or closes quickly. For The Prom’s Mary Antonini, that patience has paid off after more than seven years.
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