When Jeter won the Tony for playing Otto Kringelein, a dying Jewish-German bookkeeper, his acceptance speech was tearful and passionate. He spoke feelingly of overcoming addiction and offered words of encouragement to people who were watching the telecast and battling the same obstacles. That same night he knocked out the crowd singing and dancing "We'll Take a Glass" from the show. His vocal work in the Wright-Forrest-Yeston musical is preserved on the cast album of the show.