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Broadway heroine Laura Benanti sang like a canary about the so-called unsafe working conditions on Great White Road, revealing how she broke her neck on stage about 20 years ago.

Since then, she claims that things have gotten worse-because "I am a good girl. A nice girl. I want to be liked."

The 42-year-old Tony Award winner shared her full story publicly on Instagram for the first time on Friday: "I woke up very angry today. Because I am not a good girl anymore. I am a mature woman."

Bernanti — she was on Broadway in the late 1990s when she was a teenager — said that she was seriously injured in her early 20s.

"When I was 22, I broke my neck. I performed on Broadway and needed to wrestle twice (once from a moving staircase), 8 times a week. I am not an acrobat. I am not even a dancer. I am It's a 22-year-old girl who doesn't know how to say'this is not safe for me'," she said in an Instagram post. "I'm a good girl. A good girl. I want to be liked. So I did it. Months and months."

Stephen Colbert’s favorite Melania Trump imitator continued, “I broke a rib. I sprained my wrist. Then finally I broke my neck. The producer sent me to their At the doctor's place, the doctor told me that I had a herniated disc and I should have physical therapy. For several months, I did this three times a week. I got worse. I finally had to leave the show."

The black-haired singer, actor and sound engineer did not reveal the name of the show, but she was working on Broadway for Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Forest" at the age of 22 in 202.

A Playbill report published in October 2002 stated: "Laura Benanti has retired from "Into the Forest", but there is a question about how long she will be away and what happened to this popular young star There is no official answer to the question. Rumors abound that neck or back injuries were the cause of [her] falling."

The Post has contacted Benanti representatives for more information.

In a blockbuster Instagram post on Friday, Benanti continued: “Rumors are everywhere (spread by many people involved in the production) I’m just having trouble or lazy or don’t want to go to work.”

Despite the drama, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in "Into the Forest."

The following year, the persevering performer returned to the Broadway stage, starring Claudia Nardi and Antonio Banderas in the smash hit musical "Nine." "Claudia Nardi (Claudia Nardi)-and in a very "unusual way" to steal the show.

"I started rehearsing for'Nine' (worn a neck brace), and I thought if I didn't have to throw myself to the ground 16 times a week, I could do this show," Bernanti wrote. "I can't. I couldn't feel my body at all when I was lying on the ground. I went to see a surgeon and he told me to have an operation right away, otherwise I would be paralyzed. I did it. A few weeks later I went back to'Nine. '."

Benanti said she still felt pain even after the operation, so she returned to the doctor, who told her it was a "mental health problem."

Despite "enduring severe pain every day for 7 years", she continued to perform on Broadway. In the end, the star claimed that she found another surgeon who told her that the first operation actually "made her worse" because it "fractured her vertebrae."

She wrote, and then Benante was forced to undergo another operation, which resulted in anesthesia leading to hair loss. She was recuperating at her parents' house for several months.

In the continuing pain and trauma, Bernanti continued to play the leading role in the high-profile Broadway show, saying that she "wants to be loved".

In 2008, she continued to win the Tony Award for her role in "The Gypsy". Since then, she has been nominated for two Tony Awards.

Benanti ended her confession on Instagram: "I rarely talk about this directly. I lack the humor needed to make people feel comfortable. I wake up with pain every day. I woke up very angry today. Because of me. No longer a good girl. I am a mature woman."

The star who became a mom in 2017 appeared on Broadway for the last time, and appeared in place of Eliza Doolittle in the "Slim Lady" in 2018-2019. He is currently playing a recurring role in three TV series. Roles: TV Land's "Youth", HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" and Showtime's "Lagerstroemia".

Read her full statement via the original post below:

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Earlier this week, Benanti appeared on the "Rachael Ray Show", where she talked about fighting morning sickness during the rehearsal of the 2016 musical "She Loves Me".