"BRIAN FEINSTEIN HAS A RIDICULOUS GIFT FOR MELODY. HE CAN MAKE ANYTHING SING."

When my first Off-Broadway show opened, I was fortunate to have the legendary Eartha Kitt in the lead role. In between the matinee and evening performances, Eartha and I would chat in her dressing room while she ate her steamed broccoli and brown rice. 

 

One Saturday, she turned to me and nonchalantly asked, “Did I ever tell you about the time I had breakfast with Albert Einstein?” I was speechless. “Albert Einstein?” I said. “How did that happen?!”

 

Eartha paused, looked me in the eye and in a whispered tone replied, “I asked him.”

 

And just like that, and certainly unbeknownst to Eartha, I was handed one of my most important life lessons: be fearless.

 

To this day, whenever I feel that echo of hesitation run through my body, I stop and think of my afternoon with Eartha.