Bernadette Peters as Lovett - Will it EVER Happen? — Page 8

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I would think Bernadette is surely being considered. I read an interview - will try and find it again - where she was asked what role she wanted to play next and she coyly avoided the question - I assumed she had something in mind but wasn't saying - maybe just wishful thinking on my part.

If it happened would you come over to see her?

I am in the UK but would make the trip to see her in this.

"Apparently Bryn Terfels biggest fan is Mr. Terfel."

If that were true, he wouldn't get much work.

Reginald - why would that be the case? Mme LuPone still works, despite being her own biggest fan.
I'd really love to see Toni Colette perform the role. I'm still gutted she wasn't cast in the film, she would be perfect.

VeraCharles3, the decision to to see my favourite Broadway performer/star in my favourite Broadway musical is a no brainer...I wouldn't miss it for the world.

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Updated On: 7/12/13 at 06:35 PM

Terfel looks older than Bernadette does:



And we're to believe that Lovett actually fell for this guy? lol.

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Well it's certainly believable that Turpin wouldn't recognise him after all those years.

Tickets go on sale next month. Do they ever sell tickets for a show they haven't announced the principle cast for?

I'm reluctant to buy tickets for the show is Bernadette isn't announced considering I won't travel at that time to NYC unless she is (but I will just in case).

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Tickets go on sale next month. Do they ever sell tickets for a show they haven't announced the principle cast for?

Though not an immediate sell-out, perhaps, I anticipate strong early sales. Terfel is a major opera star, and this may be his only New York appearance this season (don't believe he's doing anything at the Met or Carnegie this season). Added to that: Gilbert is conducting and he rarely (never?) conducts musical theater pieces performed by the NY Phil. Terfel is at the top of his game right now...his Sweeney will be epic and I'm positive Gilbert will lead an intense rendition of this score.

^ Whoa, what are you going to do if it's not Bernadette?

Well, it looks like it is getting more difficult for Bernadette to play this role. It may not happen.

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I'm so glad I got tickets for this before they announced Emma Thompson. She and Bryn are going to be THRILLING.

Here's Bryn Terfel doing the "Epiphany" and then "A Little Priest" with Maria Friedman as Mrs. Lovett.

http://youtu.be/ba6U4mZpG6Y

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Updated On: 10/10/13 at 12:21 AM

It's been so long now that a Sweeney Todd revival could actually happen in the next 1-2 years. I still think Bernadette would be a good choice. I think the FOLLIES DC grosses, many of the Broadway gross weeks for FOLLIES, and the fact that she is still performing concerts all over the USA and internationally indicate she is still a name. But unlike FOLLIES, Sweeney Todd is a relatively hot property anyway and can only become more well-known after the release of the Into the Woods film.

Regarding her voice, I just reject that she can't sing the role. It seems like much lesser singers than Bernadette are constantly performing the role on the stage now (e.g., Emma Thompson and Imelda Staunton) but somehow no one seems to care. And she has not missed a single performance of her last several hundred stage performances (i.e., Follies NYC, Follies DC, and A Little Night Music), so she seems to have quite a lot of stamina. Having seen her in concert a couple of months ago, she doesn't sound substantially different from 3 years ago. Bernadette, although aged, is still quite a powerful singer. She is not in the same category of people who can truly not sing very powerfully anymore because of the ageing process (e.g., Lansbury, Rivera, Stritch).

And she has so much she can bring to this role. Very few people can act a song like she can, specifically in terms of her vulnerability. And there is so much vulnerability in Sweeney Todd...."My Friends", "Poor Thing", "Not While I'm Around" - god, the final scene! She also can be incredibly funny (see: NIGHT MUSIC), which will make songs like "A Little Priest" and "No Place Like London" a blast.

Bernadette, please stop trying to sell your house for the 100000th time and play this role !

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Updated On: 8/2/14 at 04:42 AM

How about this?

Someone should put together a Sondheim, one night only, staged, concert. Bernadette can perform a staged version of "Worst Pies in London" as one of her songs. This way, we could see her perform the characters anthem, without the debate on wether or not she could perform this role 8 times a week.

And, we could also see other performers perform songs we might not get a chance to see perform *cough* Patti *cough* Last Midnight.

Updated On: 8/2/14 at 10:44 PM

I have been longing for Bernadette to play this part since that strange revival with Patti (I absolutely LOVED all of the actors and the concept, but I couldn't wrap my head around the awful orchestrations - Sweeney needs a gigantic, operatic sound!) and I would love to see a revival - but that seems unlikely with the last revival 9 years ago and the recent concert not even a year ago.
I happen to love to see actors play against type - which is why I have been talking about getting Patti in a production of Follies as Sally. You wouldn't think it would work, but I think if Patti has strong material (such as Follies) she can surprise us! Just listen to her Losing My Mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52_zpJLPZ4o
I would kill to see that production.
And someone please get Herman to sign off on a new production of Dolly so we can see Patti in the role.

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