| Full given name: | Judith Isa Kaye |
| Hometown: | Phoenix, AZ |
| Zodiac sign: | Libra |
| Audition song: | Everything from "Glitter and Be Gay" to "Let Me In," a 50's hit that I used to audition and was cast in the 1st National company of Grease in 1973. |
| Special skills: | Well, I don't know what you call special. I ride horses. I ski. I play golf. I sing. I dance. And, now I play a pretty mediocre tuba... |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | I saw Damn Yankees on Broadway. The first time! |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | West Side Story, the original production. |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Actually, I have recommended Wicked to lots of folks. I really enjoyed it. |
| Favorite show tune: | I have a pretty long list of favorites. I really can't boil it down to one song. And, I have favorite scores: Carousel, West Side, Follies, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Fiddler on the Roof, and on and on. Let's face it: I'm a junky... |
| MAC or PC? | PC, but wish I was a MAC. I will be the next time around. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | I have a really eclectic playlist. Everything from The Last Five Years to Trisha Yearwood, Martha Argerich, Billy Joel, and the entire Capitol and Reprise collections of Frank Sinatra! |
| Last book you read: | "Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America" by Stefan Kanfer. |
| Must-see TV show: | Anything written by Aaron Sorkin. I am still in mourning for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." |
| Favorite board/card game: | Scrabble and Gin, to play or to drink in a lovely dry martini. |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Len Cariou |
| First stage kiss: | I was doing the balcony scene from West Side (is there a theme here???) at the Jewish Community Center in Phoenix. I was a sophomore in high school, I think. And, Maria and Tony kissed. |
| Favorite pre-show meal: | Fish. I do my best work on fish. |
| How you got your Equity card: | I was hired to do chorus at the long gone Melodyland Theater, across the street from Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. I performed small roles and whatnot chorus stuff in a season of summer stock. |
| Worst missed cue: | I was playing Lucy Van Pelt in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown in LA. I had just returned to the long-running show from a limited run of Fiddler in Honolulu, Hawaii. But, I came back to CB perhaps too soon. I was seriously jetlagged and probably needed a little put-in rehearsal. I "went up" completely during the "Lucy Takes a Survey" portion of the second act. Nobody, not even Gary Berghoff, our Charlie Brown, could get me back on track. I left the stage. The curtain came down. I quickly pulled myself together. And, we went on. It was horrifying. But, I lived. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | I play a judge, Susan Lehman, on the "mother ship." |
| Worst costume ever: | Oh God. Perhaps the unitard I had to wear in The Mooney Shapiro Songbook. |
| Favorite cereal: | Spoon size shredded wheat. I snack on it. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Meryl Streep, of course. |
| Worst job you ever had: | I've been so lucky. I've always been able to do what I love to make a living. |
