Bernadette Peters in SMASH

[binau]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 5:09pm

I think the biggest Broadway star to appear in Smash deserves her own thread :P.

I am surprised that she is actually singing something from GYPSY. I can't view the clip though because it is region locked and I am outside the US.

Thoughts?

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 5:18pm

UGH SHE WONLL BE AWFULL!!! PATTI MUST BE ROLLING OVER IN HER GRAVE IT SHOULD BE HE R ON THIS!

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 5:19pm

It's a lot of fun, golbineau, and I'm actually looking forward to next Monday night (actually, this week's show wasn't bad either, surprise, surprise).

What I want to know is why Ivy's mother shows up at rehearsal in the first place.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 5:38pm

^ To sing "Everything's Coming Up Roses," of course.

I thought she was great fun, too.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 5:39pm

What I want to know is what's Rachel Shukert going to say about this next week!

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 5:51pm

Oh, that was fun!

I agree about the Rachel Shukert thing. She's been mentioning Bernadette...

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 6:15pm

golbineau, I thought that Bernadette was very good, but not knock-your-socks-off great. The interplay between Ivy, the other characters and her was, however, excellent. I disagree with the statement that Bernadette/Ivy's mom was only at the rehearsal to sing this song, as it also allowed an important piece of character development for Ivy.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 6:20pm

NO!! NO!! SHES GUNNA RUWINN THE HOLE SHOW!!! THAT DAMN BERNATE PETERS!!! I HATE HURR...AND SHE'S FLAT!!!

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 6:21pm

^oh it definitely adds a lot of texture for Ivy, and I liked the interplay. But my question was simpler. Not how it served the show (SMASH that is) for Ivy's mom to come to rehearsal, but how it makes sense, in the story (that SMASH is telling), that Ivy's mom has showed up at rehearsal. Reginald, your answer was a hoot!

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 6:47pm

Was I the only one who got the impression, based on Ivy's phone conversation with her mother in the first episode, that Ivy's mother didn't know about or care much for Broadway? I mean, I guess it makes sense to set up Ivy's mother and Karen's parents as opposite ends of the spectrum in that regard...

[Taryn]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 7:50pm

That's what I initially thought, givesmevoice, but now I get the impression that Ivy's mother is just not going to be proud until Ivy officially lands the starring role. The phone call was when Ivy was still in callbacks, and justifiably excited for it. I imagine her mother was of the "well don't get excited it's not like you've got an offer yet" camp.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 7:52pm

Yeah, I think it was setting up that her mother never thinks what she does is good enough.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 10:45pm

I'll second what Phyllis said, the vibe I got was either a. she feels like she'll never be the star her mom was, which seems to be the route they are going seeing how everyone was falling over her at rehearsals or b. her mom is a "don't get your hopes up" sorta gal.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 11:32pm

The idea to make Ivy's mother a Broadway star (and to get Bernadette Peters to play her) wasn't conceived until after the show was picked up to series and already in production again, so you're dead on in picking up that she was characterized entirely differently in that scene on the phone in the pilot, givesmevoice.

Updated On: 3/16/12 at 11:32 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 12:25am

So is this scene RIGHT before the Workshop because that's what the episode is about isn't it? Wouldn't Ivy's mother come down thinking this is the LEAST she could do because it probably may not really hit the Broadway stage? Just an idea.

[Marlothom]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 12:51am

That was way to close to Glee for my taste.

[JulesReverie]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 2:55am

I wonder if she'll pull a Mommie Dearest and steal the part from Ivy(fingers crossed) and then show Karen what charisma really is(Karen is such a mannequin compared to Bernedette and to think the writers are trying to pass Karen off as the next Sutton Foster)


Most of all I can't wait to see The Witch from Into the Woods and The Grand High Witch share the screen together, finally

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 5:38am

I love how in the scene where she sings "Everything's Comin' Up Roses" all the gay boys look like they are about too pee on themselves.

I do have to say that Bernadette looks damned good for her age. She maintains herself which is admirable.

I still think LuPone should have played this role, though.

....j/k

Updated On: 3/16/12 at 05:38 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 7:34am

I have to admit, I came a little.

But my favorite part was the shot of Megan Hilty, standing still, unhappy, with Bernadette's coat piled on her arms.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 7:59am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE-TUBE-Bernadette-Peters-Sings-GYPSY-on-SMASH-20120315

I can not wait to see this!!!

Not since the premiere have I been so excited for enepiside

[NYadgal]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 8:33am

I love all of the various expressions on the characters faces as they pan the room.

[Patash]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 9:37am

Why do I always get the following message when I click to see the above linked video?

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[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 10:23am

Patash, I sometimes get that error message, too. I was able to watch the clip on Playbill.com.

[FrauleinKost]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 10:39am

Grace Adler is sure going to be surprised that Ivy's mother is Ginny Walker.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 10:59am

If only there was a way to block everyone who bitched relentlessly about this show from watching this!