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The show must go on, and you signed up for it.

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You signed on, and if it’s possible for you to, you do it.

You do eight shows a week.

It goes with the territory.

The task of playing Eliza Doolittle nearly bested the great Julie Andrews, after all.

If you were a 78-year-old athlete, you wouldnt be playing with the 20- and 30-year-olds.

I have learned to appreciate the time off, she admitted.

I am from Diana Riggss [generation].

Were from that school, but theres a new time a-comin.