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Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration

Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration

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#1Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 9:16am

This is amazing!!!
 

Raúl Esparza will host the star-studded tribute "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration" on Broadway.com.

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Updated On: 4/21/20 at 09:16 AM

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#2Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 10:37am

Well that’s a day-brightener !


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#7Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 11:26am

Best news. I hope Bernadette will do something new, but I’m not holding my breath.


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

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#8Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 12:06pm

qolbinau said: "Best news. I hope Bernadette will do something new, but I’m not holding my breath."

If she whips out Not a Day Goes By, Children & Art, or Children Will Listen; I will be satisfied no matter what. She can do whatever she wants and I will be more than content.

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#9Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 5:23pm

Hoping for Anyone Can Whistle from Sutton, Audra performing Glamorous Life, and anything from Raul Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration

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#10Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 5:43pm

It's always thrilling to hear them sing anything but I do wish we'd get something "new" from these legends. We've hear Audra's Glamorous Life, Patti's Ladies Who Lunch, Bernadette's "Not a Day Goes By" many times at while it's always wonderful, just think about Audra and Will (since they're together in quarantine) doing "Move On," Patti giving us "Send in the Clowns," and Bernadette's "Not While I'm Around." 

However, given the circumstances and lack of prep time and not being in the same room as their music directors and vocal coaches I except we'll get a song they've done many times before.

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#11Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 6:28pm

Bernadette doing “not while I’m around” would be perfect.


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

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#13Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 6:30pm

nasty_khakis said: "It's always thrilling to hear them sing anything but I do wish we'd get something "new" from these legends. We've hear Audra's Glamorous Life, Patti's Ladies Who Lunch, Bernadette's "Not a Day Goes By" many times at while it's always wonderful, just think about Audra and Will (since they're together in quarantine) doing "Move On," Patti giving us "Send in the Clowns," and Bernadette's "Not While I'm Around."

However, given the circumstances and lack of prep time and not being in the same room as their music directors and vocal coaches I except we'll get a song they've done many times before.
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The majority of them would always do the same thing anyway.. and they have nothing but time now.  


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#14Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 6:49pm

DAME said: "nasty_khakis said: "It's always thrilling to hear them sing anything but I do wish we'd get something "new" from these legends. We've hear Audra's Glamorous Life, Patti's Ladies Who Lunch, Bernadette's "Not a Day Goes By" many times at while it's always wonderful, just think about Audra and Will (since they're together in quarantine) doing "Move On," Patti giving us "Send in the Clowns," and Bernadette's "Not While I'm Around."

However, given the circumstances and lack of prep time and not being in the same room as their music directors and vocal coaches I except we'll get a song they've done many times before.
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The majority of them would always do the same thing anyway.. and they have nothing but time now.
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Last time she sang it Patti's Send in the Clowns was abysmal, but that was over fifteen ago. It would be great to hear Streep sing it, unless she goes for something from Into the Woods and Bernadette gets her ALNM great song. Really curious about what Meryl will sing, maybe the full version of "She'll be back" or something she's never done before.

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#15Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 6:50pm

I hope they have better technology than the recent Rosie O'Donnell show. How difficult (pricey) is it to use whatever the late night talk shows have been using?

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#16Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 7:39pm

^ This. I was really concerned about the Global Citizen concert for the same reason. Mind you, those celebrities make a lot more money, but I’m still hopeful for good, even decent, sound quality.

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#17Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 8:01pm

Just imagine if Sondheim wrote speciality lyrics for Meryl and she did I'm Still Here like he did for Shirley McClaine (via Debbie Reynold's life) in Postcards from the Edge.

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#18Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 8:23pm

I think Send in the Clowns would be a really good choice for Meryl Streep since it's essentially written for a non-singer, and trying to do something like Last Midnight might just show off her weaknesses more in the face of all the other legends.  It's about a month late so I had just about given up on a 90th birthday celebration, but I was so excited to see this announcement today!

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#19Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 8:43pm

I wonder what Katrina Lenk will sing...maybe Someone is Waiting?

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#20Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 8:52pm

I was wondering this as well. I can’t imagine she’ll sing Being Alive, at least when I saw it at the beginning of March, she clearly needed more time with it. But who knows, as someone else said earlier, it’s not like we all didn’t suddenly have A LOT more time on our hands than expected so 🤷🏽‍♂️

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#21Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 9:13pm

I think Aaron Tveit might sing Being Alive, since he already played Bobby and he's the most age-appropriate performer in the cast. Both Tveit and Lenk could sing one of Bobby's solos to show the character as played by a man and by a woman, or they could sing something together as a duet.

Updated On: 4/21/20 at 09:13 PM

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#22Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 9:27pm

I’m gonna guess that
Meryl Streep sings either Send In The Clowns or Children Will Listen
Bernadette Peters either Send in The Clowns, Not awhile I’m Around (I know you all will think she’s too old but I would love to see her as Lovett) or Loosing My Mind
Patti LuPone Ladies Who Lunch
Aaron Tveit Being Alive or Something’s Coming/Somewhere
Sutton Foster something from Into The Woods

 

and I know this is being put together quickly. But I would love to see even if it’s an edited version. But all of them from there homes finishing with Sunday

Updated On: 4/21/20 at 09:27 PM

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#23Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 9:33pm

Sutton tends to sing Anyone Can Whistle a lot, so who knows!

I'm curious to hear what Donna will sing. Loving You is the obvious choice, but Could I Leave You? is also a valid alternative... the dream is to hear her sing something from Gypsy. Christine Baranski might reprise her role from Sweeney or Follies. Tbh I'd love to hear each of the ladies' rendition of Send in the Clowns, and I hope Bernadette will record it eventually, it would be sad not to have an officially recorded version of her transfixing rendition.

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#24Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 10:26pm

Maybe Patti will sing "I'm still here". She sang it on TV for 'Pose' So she is familiar with the song.


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#25Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration
Posted: 4/21/20 at 11:06pm

 Christine Baranski might reprise her role from Sweeney or Follies. 
 

Please no more Baranski Carlotta. 


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