Bernadette Peters as Lovett - Will it EVER Happen?- Page 11
Bernadette Peters as Lovett - Will it EVER Happen?
#250Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 10/19/23 at 2:02pmThe last thing we need is a Mrs. Lovett with a Queens accent.
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#252Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 10/19/23 at 3:47pm
binau said: "Well, I guess it’s not Bernadette but I’ve been asking for 14 years and I’m not about to stop now."
Nor should you! Let’s get her and Mandy in there!
#253Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 11/24/23 at 2:43am
Latest update: On the Evening Standard Theatre podcast they interviewed Bernadette and Lea Salonga as part of old friends. They asked Bernadette and Lea what songs they most look forward to. Bernadette's favs are Gimmick and Broadway Baby (surprising, I thought she would have said Clowns - but it's true she is having SO MUCH FUN with those songs and the audiences are eating it up).
HOWEVER, what was really interesting is Bernadette decided to offer an answer for Lea "You must love Mrs Lovett". That is quite an interesting thing to say given Lea has some AMAZING material to sing (Everything's Coming Up Roses most obviously, but stunning performances of "Loving You" among others that are actually much more melodic than how Lea sings Mrs Lovett - where she basically speaks 'Worst Pies').
Anyway, I realise it's clutching at straws/don't want to overread - but it must be clear therefore that Bernadette really does think the role/songs would be a joy to sing.
Well Bernadette, get your agent on the phone! Your one last opportunity to play the role on Broadway has come. And seeing Old friends (again) last night I think she actually does have the stamina and voice right now to pull it off!
"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
#254Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 11/24/23 at 7:01am
Unless they bring it across the pond, I have a feeling this Broadway revival is going in a little bit of a different direction…between Ashford and Foster, plus their Sweeneys, it feels like a departure from the performance Bernadette would give. I enjoy the choices being made by the actors but not the direction.
I would LOVE for her to play Lovett, just maybe in a production that is more true to the story. My two cents.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#255Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 11/24/23 at 7:58am
Shes 75! Is Lovett a cougar now, too?
Would I buy a ticket? You bet your ass. At any price.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#256Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 8/2/24 at 6:54pm
Bernadette July 2024 on a recent podcast: “I’ve done most of the roles [I wanted to]. The only one I guess I haven’t done is Mrs Lovett. I never really had a yen to do it. I’m looking at it now though from all the different (inaudible). I saw a clip of Julia McKenzie and I was blown away. Never saw Imelda. I saw clips of Angela Lansbury. I’ve done all the ones I’ve had the big yen for I suppose.
"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
Updated On: 8/2/24 at 06:54 PM
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#257Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 8/2/24 at 8:06pm
Mrs Lovett would definitely add another layer to her character. Imagine her almost a groomer for Mr Todd. It throws in a bit of 50 shades reversal. Which is still within the wheelhouse of Sweeney Todd.
Anything to have her as Mrs Lovett. (Wished they had extended the latest revival once one with her even through the summer).
I’m so very excited to see her in Old Friends
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#258Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 8/3/24 at 10:28am
Theatrefanboy1 said: "Mrs Lovett would definitely add another layer to her character. Imagine her almost a groomer for Mr Todd. It throws in a bit of 50 shades reversal. Which is still within the wheelhouse of Sweeney Todd.
Anything to have her as Mrs Lovett. (Wished they had extended the latest revival once one with her even through the summer).
I’m so very excited to see her in Old Friends"
The recent revival had no directorial intrigue IMO, Kail would never have made a choice like this in that production
#259Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 8/3/24 at 12:08pm
Even if she wanted to do it, I can't imagine it more than a concert run. It's an endurance test of a role.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Musicaldudepeter
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/18/10
#260Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 8/3/24 at 5:01pm
She auditioned for the movie and she didn't get it.
MysteriousLady
Stand-by Joined: 10/24/20
#261Bernadette Peters agenda
Posted: 8/4/24 at 2:39am
Musicaldudepeter said: "She auditioned for the movie and she didn't get it."
The director cast his life partner at the time. And she was awful.
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