She made her Broadway debut in the '68 play JOHNNY NO TRUMP, but it was her roles as Josie Cohan in GEORGE M! and the off-Broadway hit DAMES AT SEA that transformed her in one of the most popular leading ladies in Broadway musicals. From 1971-2004, the busy actress starred in eight memorable musicals - ON THE TOWN (Hildy), MACK & MABEL (Mabel), SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (Dot), SONG AND DANCE (Emma), INTO THE WOODS (Witch), THE GOODBYE GIRL (Paula), ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Annie) and GYPSY (Rose).

In between, she found time for a movie career with roles in PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, THE JERK, SILENT MOVIE, SLAVES OF NEW YORK and IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. On television, she received an Emmy nomination for a guest-starring role on ALLY MCBEAL and played the Wicked Stepmother in CINDERELLA opposite Brandy and Whitney Houston.

She has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated BERNADETTE PETERS LOVES RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN.

Born Alfred Capurro in the Bronx, he began his stage career in the chorus of several Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. He was later cast as Marshall Blackstone in BABES AND ARMS and was a featured performer in the musical revues ONE FOR THE MONEY, THE STRAW HAT REVUE starring Danny Kaye and TWO FOR THE SHOW (where he introduced the classic standard How High The Moon).

He was the first choice for the starring role of the King of Siam in THE KING & I which he has to run down during to a full schedule. His final Broadway musical appearance was as bon vivant Honore Lachailles in GIGI (1973).

Drake remained loyal to his theatrical roots by resisting the lure of 50s Hollywood musicals (although he did make one forgettable musical film, TARS AND SPARS, in 1946). During the 1960-70s, he focused mostly on dramatic and classical stage roles, garnering rave reviews playing Claudius in the John Gielgud-directed 1964 production of HAMLET starring Richard Burton.