Bernadette to extend now that Mozart is cancelled? — Page 3

qolbinau said: "Bernadette has not missed a musical performance since Gypsy.She must have one of the best attendance records right now in the business - if she happened to miss on your date you'd have to be one of the unluckiest people on earth."

No, that would be her understudy/understudies.

EthelMae said: "I gotta say I'm a little tired of reading here that Ms. Peters is this 'n that based on whether or not the title number got a standing ovation or not. I don't remember her getting one the night I saw her and I thought she was lovely in the role. Additionally, Ethel Merman never got a standing ovation after the title song the 4 times I saw her in the role. As we a know these days, standing ovations are usually for the audience member who shelved out premium prices for a ticket and wants to make their night a night THEY will never forget. I love this production and I have never stood after the Dolly number-Ms. Midler included.
I enjoyed Midler and Murphy more than Ms. Peters myself but the show is still worth going to and to be enjoyed.



"

I stood because I felt like doing so. I felt it was ovation worthy. Not because I paid premium prices. How silly. Is your ass to big to get out of a seat quickly? Just wondering.

Updated On: 4/13/18 at 10:58 AM

EthelMae said: "I gotta say I'm a little tired of reading here that Ms. Peters is this 'n that based on whether or not the title number got a standing ovation or not. I don't remember her getting one the night I saw her and I thought she was lovely in the role. Additionally, Ethel Merman never got a standing ovation after the title song the 4 times I saw her in the role. As we a know these days, standing ovations are usually for the audience member who shelved out premium prices for a ticket and wants to make their night a night THEY will never forget. I love this production and I have never stood after the Dolly number-Ms. Midler included.
I enjoyed Midler and Murphy more than Ms. Peters myself but the show is still worth going to and to be enjoyed.

Couple of points.

1. ABSOLUTELY agree with your basic premise. Standing ovations and 'whooping' have become a joke, particularly SOs. I remember the days when your hands could hurt so much just from applauding something great; when a SO occurred, it was a rarity and memorable. It meant something...not anymore. I refer to this as 'The American Idolization of America', which is not as bad as 'The Apprenticization of America', but still sucks.

2. I actually thought that Ethel Merman was one of the worst Dollys I ever saw. To me, she stood center stage, sang her songs, and went through the motions in all other respects. Naturally, she was the only Dolly that I saw in the original run who received a SO...because she was Ethel Merman, not because she was better than anyone else in the role.

3. I have not seen BP yet...I hope to see her in early June. Am expecting to love her in the role...will be disappointed if I do not. Who knows, maybe a curtain call SO -- which will clearly occur -- will even be deserved.

I have to chime in and say that college kids and high school kids love Bernadette Peters because many of them grew up watching her in Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George on PBS. Both of those recordings are on Youtube and are adored by younger people. I got chewed out for saying this once already, but Bernadette Peters is probably more well known and loved by 25 and under than Bette Midler is. Of course there are many young people who love Bette Midler, but I have discovered that Peters is the most popular diva among the young theatre crowd. I was actually surprised when I returned to the show to see Bernadette how many young people were in the audience compared to how many were in the audience during Bette's run. I think that Peters is just a bit more familiar to the younger crowd than Bette is.

How far in advance would they typically announce a new Dolly or a extension?