30 Rock star Alec Baldwin has admitted to having one great career regret: he has never sung on Broadway.
“All of my career, I have had one great insecurity,” he wrote on his Huffington Post blog. “One unfulfilled wish. To be able to sing in a Broadway show.
“When I have watched and admired people who can sing, like Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Victor Garber, Mandy Patinkin, Michael Cerveris, Jason Danieley, Julie Andrews, Brian Stokes Mitchell, to name a few, I have always wondered what that must be like as a performer. To have that freedom. That joy.
“Over the past few years, I've watched people tackle that task, actors who audiences might have assumed were not up to it. I remember wondering how Johnny Depp would measure up in the lead role of ‘Sweeney Todd’ after seeing so many Broadway greats like Len Cariou and George Hearn shine in that part.
“Johnny Depp amazed me. I thought he was truly great. Maybe the best thing he's ever done.
“Now I am shooting the musical version of ‘Rock of Ages’. And in this film, there are other people who are bravely attempting things you might not expect of them and with remarkable results.”
