Bernadette Peters Into the Woods Stipulation- Page 2

[ggersten]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 8:46am

This has been posted before, but it's Sondheim teaching Send in the Clowns. Don't know if this really informs the discussion - but it is source material! There is another clip of him teaching someone who sings this in a more operatic style which you see on the related videos.
Sondheim teaching Send in the Clowns

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 9:18am

I wasn't aware the prologue section with the Witch was called the 'Witches Rap'. Thank you for clearing that up!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 10:01am

I highly doubt Peters didnt want to be nominated for the Tony. She was nominated for the Drama Desk as best actress, losing to LuPone. Gleason won as supporting actress (beating Judy Kaye for Phantom), setting up the tony race between Gleason and Lupone once Gleason was considered a lead for that award.

Who says "Dont let me win another Tony!" She simply wasnt nominated. Gleason's was the most praised performance. Peters and Brightman were bumped out of the nominations with Gleason and the surprise nomination of Alison Frasier. Judy Kuhn rounded out the top 4. If there was a fifth nomination, I'm sure it would've gone to Peters.

Another quirk of the season's nominations was Alyson Reid nominated for supporting actress over Ferland and Linda Hart.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 10:48am

I decline a Tony nomination every year. I'm just in it for the work, you know.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:26am

yes phyl, but like Cosby and his Emmys, you deserve one every year.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:34am

That sounds like something I don't know!

Do tell about Bill Cosby and the Emmy Awards!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:48am

He wouldnt let himself be nominated because he'd likely win every year (he also had 3 consecutive Emmy wins for I Spy and another for a special the year after). Oprah did the same thing after winning so many.

It always seemed more egotistical that he'd assume he'd win...and he kept all of his Golden Globes and People's Choice awards.

[Elphie3]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:58am

Wow. Just wow.

"Boom, Crunch"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9IGLtHQnqc

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 12:22pm

Too bad Danielle Ferland didn't get nominated...she was great in the show!

[Elphie3]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 12:45pm

I agree - best Little Red ever!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 3:18pm

It was a surprise as Ferland was nommed opposite Gleason for the supp. actress DD. Also Linda Hart won a Theatre World Award for Anything Goes...Cabaret opened to mediocre reviews and Regina Resnick and Alyson Reid were both nominated, ousting Ferland and Hart.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 4:43pm

^Alysson Reed was (from what I've seen) a very good Sally in a very mediocre production.

It's a shame that awful Chorus Line film tainted her career.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 6:12pm

I have to agree that I have a hard time believing that Peters withdrew herself from Tony eligibility. I don't think it's even possible to do that. However, I think it's likely that the producers asked her if she was okay with them not petitioning for the also-above-the-title Gleason to be eligible as Featured, and therefore putting the two of them in competition (with Gleason having the obvious edge since Peters wouldn't be around for voters seeing the show close to the nominations deadline).

[binau]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 6:53pm

"I wasn't aware the prologue section with the Witch was called the 'Witches Rap'. Thank you for clearing that up!"

I don't know/think it has that official title, it's just what people call it.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:03pm

If Sondheim calls it that, that's what it's called.

P

[binau]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:24pm

If it is licensed as "Act 1 Opening - Part 6", then I would have thought that would be its official title, but ok.

[The Last Midnight]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:27pm

I don't think it's even possible to do that.

I would assume you could. If Julie Andrews could withdraw her nomination then I would assume you could withdraw your eligibility.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:28pm

Yes, "Act 1 Opening - Part 6" is so easy to remember and rolls of the tongue with such ease. Particularly because there are so many other raps in the score of ITW.

Actually, I am glad to know that's the official title.

But it's CALLED the "Witch's Rap".

Check out Vanessa Williams on the Broadway.com video for proof.

And Jonathan Tunick called it that when I asked him about it (it's much more obvious RAP in the revival re-orchestration).

P

[binau]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:32pm

"Yes, "Act 1 Opening - Part 6" is so easy to remember and rolls of the tongue with such ease."

hehe yes :P.

[singtopher]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:53pm

Judy Kuhn rounded out the top 4

I got very confused there for a second thinking "Wait, but Judy won supporting..oh, wait, that's Judy Kaye."

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 12:06am

singtopher, i feel a bit better that you got confused as well.

i still can't figure those two names out when I see them written. I can tell visually who they are...

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 10:32am

"If Julie Andrews could withdraw her nomination then I would assume you could withdraw your eligibility."

Julie Andrews didn't withdraw the nomination, she decided not to participate. Her name was still read at the awards ceremony and her picture was shown as a nominee.
Link

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 12:17pm

Andrews attempted to "decline" her nomination because of the "egregious omission" of the rest of her show in her now famous curtain call speech. However, they didn't listen to her and kept her name as a nominee.

[The Last Midnight]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 1:05pm

Well that sucks. Why would they do that even if she refused to show?