Bernadette Peters in A Little Night Music- Who is with me?- Page 2

[Piercemn]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 4:43pm

I agree that Dolly is a broader role and more for her style. She's not a Desiree. She could, maybe, do the Countess, but not Desiree.

[raphael06]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 4:48pm

I agree! Bernadette needs to do an original soon!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 4:50pm

Personally, I think Bernadette's dry wit would have been perfect for Charlotte maybe 15 years ago.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 5:09pm

I was fortunate to see Jean Simmons play Desiree in London in the 1970's. She was spellbinding to see. What stage presence and what beauty! She owned the stage when she was on, even when not singing or reciting her lines.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 5:12pm

Peters is indeed shopping for an original musical for her return to the stage.

She isn't interested in doing another revival at this point ("Dolly" was specifically brought to her as an option last year and she wanted no part of it.) The producers behind the idea (I believe) even attempted to leak the rumor in hopes of generating some buzz, but it never got off the ground (nor into the limelight) as Bernadette killed the prospect from the start.

"The First Wives Club" is a very realistic option for her at this point. I've been told she liked the pitch she was given by the creative team and, if the material they're working on turns out to be substancial, she's very much interested in being a part of it.

Updated On: 4/23/07 at 05:12 PM

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 6:39pm

Peters has about as much a sophisticated, continental style about her as a box of Crackerjack.






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[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 6:53pm

Isabella Rossellini ... not an exact fit..but I just want to see her live.

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:16pm

Bernadette would be perfect for Desiree, since she can't sing.

Did someone say she could have played Anne? Hello? Are we talking bout the same show?

Anne needs to sing, you know, actual pitches. In a range that is nowhere NEAR the range that she has ever sung in.

[Julian2]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:26pm

"that she has ever sung in."

So you admit she sings then????

Thank you Fenchurch.

[kyle.]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:30pm

There are lots of other people I would rather see in the role over her.

Ebersole to begin with.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:57pm

you dead meat, theenchantedhunter. You dead meat.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:59pm

Fencurch: Oh NO you din't!

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:40pm

How about Kate Winslet AS Bernadette Peters IN "A Little Night Music!!!"


*passes*

[binau]

Posted: 7/7/22 at 4:36pm

She WAS a great Desiree in the end!

[Jarethan]

Posted: 7/7/22 at 4:50pm

binau said: "She WAS a great Desiree in the end!"

And a terrific Dolly as well.  I did not like her Sally in Follies, but those two were perfect.

[David10086]

Posted: 7/7/22 at 8:51pm

I was fortunate enough to see her in both "Music" and "Dolly". Experiences I shall never forget. 

 

Nobody in April, 2007 had the foresight to see Catherine Zeta Jones in "A Little Night Music" ?  They were thinking Peters, Mirren, even Brooke Shileds - but not CZJ ?  LOL!  

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/7/22 at 9:45pm

Peters was superb. She brought something akin to the irresolution of grief to her regret about Fredrick. 

[David10086]

Posted: 7/7/22 at 11:10pm

When Peters sang SITC at the performance I attended, I believe she had the whole audience in tears when she was done - including me. She sang it with such emotion. I only wish I had the chance to see Jean Simmons in the role. Love her cast recording! 

[Georgeanddot2]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 12:45am

This is reminding me how much we need A Little Night Music revival.

[Ke3]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 1:13am

Georgeanddot2 said: "This is reminding me how much we need A Little Night Music revival."

Anika Noni Rose as Desiree and Diana Ross as Mdme. Armfeldt

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 6:52am

I will forever mourn the Natasha Richardson/Vanessa Redgrave production that could have been.

[binau]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 7:51am

David10086 said: "When Peters sang SITC at the performance I attended, I believe she had the whole audience in tears when she was done - including me. She sang it with such emotion."

I think it’s the single greatest performance of a song I’ve ever seen on stage (and I also just saw Judi Dench do it a couple months ago in London!). Feels like one of those special “you had to be there” moments, especially that no recording was made. 

[Capeguy]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 8:17am

She was amazing! Everything about her performance worked so  much better than CZJ. When she sang Send in the Clowns, the audience was so mesmerized, that you could hear a pin drop. One of her best performances. I wish it was recorded. I did hear her sing it again at a concert at Symphony Hall in Boston a few years ago.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 8:30am

The whole production woke up around Peters and Stritch when they joined the cast. It helped that they apparently picked up the tempo on several songs and seemed to lean more fully into the comedic side of the piece. The Chekhovian approach worked well in London, but it felt a little dour on Broadway with CZJ and Lansbury (and I say that as someone who really enjoyed CZJ’s performance and found the whole production hypnotically beautiful).

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 7/8/22 at 9:05am

Bernadette's Desiree was wonderful.

"And THIS is MY daughter" was the best laugh of the night.