Did Bernadette Take a Tumble Last Night?

[Jim3]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 3:07pm

I saw Follies last night, and I'm wondering if anyone else saw Bernadette Peters fall over a chair as she exited the stage soon after "The Right Girl." It looked like she went down hard.

[salutz1031]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 5:41pm

unfortunately she did. The chair was in the dark right in front of the door. She fell over it and onto the floor upstage of the door and looked back to see what it was she fell over. She went on as a trooper!

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 5:43pm

I'm pretty sure you could shoot Bernadette during a performance and she'd finish it. Then she'd get it sewn up and do the next day's show.

[Kad]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 5:58pm

And then someone will post on here and say, "Her voice wasn't good. Is she sick?"

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 6:10pm

Considering this happened after Sally's "mad scene." It seems like the perfect moment, lol. I hope she's ok though.

[rjm516]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:10pm

I was there last night and it DID seem like the perfect moment, given the dramatic scene preceding her exit. The audience made some murmuring, with everyone wondering if she really fell and of course if she was hurt. But then she came back and continued to kick butt, so I assumed it was just part of the script. What a trooper.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:28pm

Some backstage folks probably had their ass handed to them. Can you imagine how mortifying and awful it would be for Miss Peters to fall due to something you missed.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:32pm

I imagine for those backstage folks that Bernadette will take it well, or at least better than some others might in the same situation. Heads would roll if that were Barbra.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:32pm

I think it had more to do with the way Burstein threw the chair than anything stagehands did.

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:35pm

Poor Bernadette. It gets better.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 10:53pm

Since it was her, she prolly had a good laugh about it backstage.

[AndersonTours]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 11:28pm

Perhaps it's because she's 63, doesn't see very well anymore and just tripped?
Just trying to be realistic.

[moljul]

Posted: 10/16/11 at 11:46pm

Ha! She's 63, hardly near death. I would guess her not seeing a chair which was apparently in the dark and perhaps in a place that it normally isn't had more to do with her not seeing it than her age. Human Beings, regardless of age, don't have the eyesight to see things in the dark. Now if she were Bernadette, the cat, well then at 63, she may have had a hard time seeing the chair.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 2:36am

The worst thing is, it's not just in the dark, it's in the dark after having bright lights shining in your eyes for god-knows-how-long; which means that when those lights go out, as an actor, you literally cannot see ANYTHING.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 9:14am

I'm sure there is a meeting happening somewhere. That kind of s@#t can't be happening, dark or not. Safety is safety.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 9:47am

Yeah, 63 year-olds are in dire need of walkers, canes, handlers and mostly kinder and gentler comments on boards like this. I'd say Ms. Peters is the poster girl for living well is the best revenge. Anyone who saw her on The View clearly saw a woman at the top of her game.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 9:58am

The OP must be mistaken, as most geriatrics don't know how to use Tumblr.

They also can't use Flickr.

They seem to be doing all right with Grindr, though.

Updated On: 10/17/11 at 09:58 AM

[artscallion]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 10:10am

Oh no!!! It's Spiderman all over again! How many people have to be hurt before we TURN OFF THE DARK??!!

[moljul]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 2:44pm

Well she seems no worse for wear in these photos taken after the performance on Saturday night - and hardly geriatric! LOL
Updated On: 10/17/11 at 02:44 PM

[FrauleinKost]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 6:20pm

awww Bernadette...was at the show yesterday and happy to say she was wonderful as always. And I love love loooove the photos with Debbie Reynolds!!

[goldenboy]

Posted: 10/18/11 at 6:56pm

They should put Debbie Reynolds in the show.
Maybe she can replace the miscast Elaine Paige who ruins I'm still here.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 10/18/11 at 8:11pm

Ok we need to get off Elaine Paige. She's there. She'll finish the run. Deal.