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Old Friends - Broadway?
#25Old Friends - Broadway?
Posted: 11/15/23 at 1:05pm
Yes the video is still there and Cameron gives himself credit for in his words 'starting the West End's love affair of Sondheim' or something of the sort. I do think his presence feels less imposing than it did on the one-night original concert, though (and in general the show is much better than what was filmed for that concert).
"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
#26Old Friends - Broadway?
Posted: 11/15/23 at 1:24pm
Thanks, binau. Hey, did you see the JUDY movie? Remember the part where Judy is performing in London, and after the show goes back to the apartment of a stage door-er? This could be your chance to finally see Bernadette's Mrs. Lovett. Bring her home with you next time, and get a private performance. Act quick while Mandy is still in town! 
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#27Old Friends - Broadway?
Posted: 11/15/23 at 2:07pm
I will go out on a limb and predict this is what the Majestic will reopen with if it does transfer. Something special and then bring in a show for an open run.
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Updated On: 11/15/23 at 02:07 PM
#28Old Friends - Broadway?
Posted: 11/15/23 at 2:13pm
I wouldn’t put too much pressure on that limb.
#29Old Friends - Broadway?
Posted: 11/15/23 at 2:35pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Thanks, binau. Hey, did you see the JUDY movie? Remember the part where Judy is performing in London, and after the show goes back to the apartment of a stage door-er? This could be your chance to finally see Bernadette's Mrs. Lovett. Bring her home with you next time, and get a private performance. Act quick while Mandy is still in town!"
hahaha yes that would be the dream. P.s., for those wondering (or not but now might) Mandy and Bernadette are actually performing quite close to each other at the moment. Notice Mandy's Marquee in the distance on the left, and Old Friends marquee on the right (note this is actually the same theatre that the Company revival was at, not at the Sondheim theatre where the concert was originally. So to have seen both Patti LuPone and Bernadette perform Sondheim on the same stage in London is pretty cool (and in fact, Sondheim himself was sitting in the same audience as me at the Company closing).
And backstage at Old Friends:
"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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