Cathy Rigby

So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also that fear about people leaving you.

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.

I'll talk to kids afterward and somebody will always say, 'I'll leave my bedroom window open for you.

I remember secretly going off and crying. All of a sudden I'm being blocked and have to be intimate in a scene, and I'm going, 'I can't even look people in the eye very well. How am I ever going to do this?'

Our athletes are our heroes.

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

I was always very active as a kid. I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

I never realized until recently how much my life parallels Peter Pan.

I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!

Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.