Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead Sondheim’s OLD FRIENDS On Broadway in 2025- Page 7
Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead Sondheim’s OLD FRIENDS On Broadway in 2025
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#150Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/10/25 at 10:42pm
meredithchandler73 said: "Why were certain shows represented more than others? I can't swear to this, but I think I read somewhere that Cameron Mackintosh selected heavily from Sondheim shows he has produced, including his previous revues."
At the top of the show, Bernadette and Lea address the audience as themselves and this is one of things they say - that there was so much to choose from, Mackintosh decided to mostly focus on projects he was involved in producing.
I will say including a clip of Sondheim and Webber performing a tribute to Cameron from HEY MR. PRODUCER in Act II was gratuitous.
#151Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/11/25 at 1:06am
meredithchandler73 said: "Why were certain shows represented more than others? I can't swear to this, but I think I read somewhere that Cameron Mackintosh selected heavily from Sondheim shows he has produced, including his previous revues."
at the start of the show bern and lea address the audience with some chit chat and talk about how the selections were all made from shows Cameron produced in London over the years - and that's why the song selections are the way they are.
#152Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/11/25 at 8:53am
To me it feels like when the show was cast, it went against Sondheim's preference of actors who sing. But I guess, since content dictates form and his music is the star here, it makes sense to feature some singers who act.
Hope I can catch this in New York.
Fly, Eagles, fly
On the road to victory
Fight, Eagles, fight
Score a touchdown 1-2-3
Hit ‘em low
Hit ‘em high
And watch our Eagles fly
Fly, Eagles, fly
On the road to victory
E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!
#153Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/11/25 at 4:45pm
VernonGersch said: "meredithchandler73 said: "Why were certain shows represented more than others? I can't swear to this, but I think I read somewhere that Cameron Mackintosh selected heavily from Sondheim shows he has produced, including his previous revues."
at the start of the show bern and lea address the audience with some chit chatand talk about how the selections were all made from shows Cameron produced in London over the years - and that's why the song selections are the way they are.
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Did Cam Mac ever produce a Company, Night Music, Sweeney or Passion (OK some of those songs are from Side by Side by Sondheim which was one of his first successes...)
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#154Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/11/25 at 5:07pm
TellZ said: "I wasimpressed with the range Solanga gets to express - of course we get her gorgeous vocals on things like Loving You and Children Will Listen, but her getting to chew up the scenery in an extended Sweeney Todd sequence in full Lovett drag was a treat. And her Everything's Coming Up Roses lets her get scary - really fun to see her get to do material not normally associated with her voice."
It really feels to me that we've been robbed of her as an actress over the years. Even when I see clips of her in concert she often seems to be deeply in character. Manila is really the only place where she's been given access to roles outside of how she's seen here in the west.
#155Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/12/25 at 6:15pm
Can anyone spoil how exactly Bernadette sings ‘bounce’ with ‘I know things now’ now?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#156Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/12/25 at 6:19pm
DAME said: "So.. what happened with David Harris?"
I am curious too! We’re seeing the show on Friday night and I was looking forward to seeing my favorite Zaddy!
If Lincoln were alive today, do you think he'd be pleased with his tunnel?
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#157Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/12/25 at 6:55pm
binau said: "Can anyone spoil how exactly Bernadette sings ‘bounce’ with ‘I know things now’ now?"
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About halfway through I Know Things Now, she shifts into singing Bounce, and then goes back to I Know Things Now to finish the song. If I remember correctly, when the music shifts to Bounce, she started with the first lyric ("We've come a long way...") and then the last bit was "Forge a new trail, bounce." I think.
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#158Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Posted: 2/12/25 at 8:55pm
Copeman63 said: "DAME said: "So.. what happened with David Harris?"
I am curious too! We’re seeing the show on Friday night and I was looking forward to seeing my favorite Zaddy!"
I am curious as well. I confess, I'm not very familiar with his work except for "Do You Hear The People Sing?" - a concert of concert of Boublil & Schönberg's work. I believe David and Lea performed it in Manila and Singapore over 10 years ago.
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