The official Bernadette Peters Love Thread — Page 2

Her performance in Sunday is brilliant. I actually thought she was better than Mandy (and I love Mandy). Great in practically everything she's ever done, and I love her Broadway Baby and Being Alive. :)

its scary how much they look alike.

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She's the last female Broadway star we have. Apart from the occasional movie and TV show, she has spent the last 40 years of her life predominately on the NY stage. She's just about the only female Broadway star who has a name that still sells tickets. And she was treated mighty shabbily by the New York theatre community during Gypsy. Hope she gets a knockout role very soon that will have everyone kissing her feet...she deserves it.

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I couldn't agree more Corine. Idina is a class act and I think people should just appreciate her talent and leave her alone.

I've seen Bernadette in many roles. The one that will always be near and dear to my heart was an off-broadway play called "Sally & Marsha. It wasn't a musical, it was a 2 woman show and I sat in the first row...which means I was almost on stage with her. The other actress in it with her was an unknown to me back then... Christine Baranski. It was at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1982. I sent Ms. Peters a rose and a note and waited for her after the show. By the time she came out of her dressing room there was only my friend and me waiting and an older gentleman (a friend of hers)...she came right up to me and kissed me on the cheek and said "thank you so much for the rose" and then signed my Showbill which reads "With much love and appreciation. Bernadette Peters"...about 2 weeks later I received a manila envelope in the mail and when I opened it there was a 8" X 10" autograpgh picture of her. She is my Goddess and always will be. BTW...my favorite musical that I saw her in...if I had to choose one...would be "Song & Dance".

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Updated On: 10/24/04 at 11:44 AM

I love Bernadette Peters. The first time I ever saw her was in the Mel Brooks movie "Silent Movie". I also remembered her from her guest shots on "Carol Burnett". My mom used to watch that show all the time and I remember they once had a parody of "The Exorcist" with BP as the Linda Blair character. I also remember watching "All's Fair", a short lived sit-com that she starred in with Richard Crenna. I must've been around 7 at the time.

Up until that point I had only known BP as a comedienne and movie actress. I really had no idea she did Broadway. When I saw a poster for SITPWG and I saw her name I was like, "WTF...isn't that the girl from 'The Jerk'?" It was then that I learned that she actually had started out in theatre.

Anyway, I think she's amazing because she's done so much and is so multi-faceted.

was it 1976? i'm 34 now, so I guess I was off by a year. I was actually 6. DAMN I have a good memory!

LOL...you're so SILLY.

xoxoxox

Marquise

Finally, I have been motivated to post on one of these official threads about someone! I am in awe of her talent.

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Updated On: 10/24/04 at 06:32 PM

Well, Rath, they didn't cast her in THE JERK, TOO.

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A thread and a lady deserving of some bumpitude.

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The Image I keep in my mind is of her in Sunday in the Park...so beautiful, vulnerable and glowing...and when she sang Move On with those tears streaming down her face - I just felt that it could never get any better than that, as far as performance goes - she is a wonderful, committed, talented and beautiful actress.
I saw her on a street corner a month or so ago and thought - wow - the woman simply does not age one bit....

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The only negative thing I can say about this thread is that it's a year and a half too late!

She was unduly and unfairly excoriated on this and many threads for her revelatory performace in GYPSY.

One of the most overwhelming nights I've ever had in the theatre and I will cherish it always.

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