If you've been in extreme circumstances- it doesn't have to be cancer, it can be the death of a spouse, AIDS, anything- and you've been lucky enough to survive, it's incumbent on you to live the best possible life. What's the point otherwise?
-Laurie Beechman, as quoted in The Washington Post, 1996
"Anyone who had a heart would love Laurie Beechman, not just for her extraordinary
voice, her sheer guts, but also for her remarkable contribution to musical
theatre. At least, here is an overdue celebration of her talent" (-Andrew
Lloyd Webber, liner notes)