Broadway Dreamer: A New York Actor's Memoir
Lynette Bennett
- Have
- you
- ever
- dreamed
- of
- going
- into
- show
- business?
- Lynette
- Bennett
- did,
- and
- discovered
- joy,
- heartache,
- and
- danger
- along
- the
- way.
- This
- is
- the
- story
- of
- her
- struggle
- to
- break
- into
- show
- business
- during
- the
- tumultuous
- 1960s—lessons,
- auditions,
- and
- revving
- up
- her
- nerve
- to
- compete
- with
- hundreds
- of
- actors
- for
- each
- role.
- In
- time
- she
- finds
- success
- with
- commercials,
- jingles,
- and
- on
- the
- Broadway
- stage
- appearing
- with
- the
- new
- sensation—Barbra
- Streisand.
- She
- not
- only
- appeared
- on
- The
- Tonight
- Show
- with
- Johnny
- Carson,
- she
- had
- to
- turn
- down
- a
- request
- for
- a
- repeat
- performance.
- She
- appeared
- in
- Funny
- Girl,
- Once
- Upon
- A
- Mattress,
- Anything
- Goes
- and
- many
- other
- shows,
- becoming
- a
- Broadway
- baby
- who
- lived
- her dream.
