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STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
#100STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 10:40am
Ok, that is interesting. If they are above the title in the playbill I think that is the official billing (someone correct if not true). And I would expect the same rules to apply RE: above-title shows.
It is curious why then they choose to market it like this (e.g. on Telecharge). It makes me think maybe it's all part of a wider plan on Cameron Mackintosh's part to have a longer life for this show without potentially either Bernadette or Lea. 
Part of me also thought maybe they didn't optically want the star names above Sondheim's name although they didn't seem to mind in London:
"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
#101STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 10:44am
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"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
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#102STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 10:51am
MezzA101 said: "The Playbill also had an insert that showed that same page. Looks to me to be the exact same. Don't know why they included it."
There's probably a typo. or a small enough change that the general public doesn't notice but is enough for the production to necessitate an insert...
There are no rules about billing. Sometimes people are above the title on the advertising and then below the title on the Playbill, or vice-versa. I would be a little surprised if the whole cast didn't go Featured, but that would also be a big topic of conversation with Bernadette and her reps.
chrishuyen
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/12/14
#103STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 11:46am
bwaylyric said: "chrishuyen said: "fwiw Jasmine Forsberg mentioned on an interview she's covering Lea Salonga's track, not sure if she means the track in its entirety or just certain songs, but Lea already has a date that she'll be out so I might be interested in seeing how that goes."
What date(s) will Lea be out?
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Telecharge has her out on Friday, June 13
Dan6
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/10
#104STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 12:14pm
binau said: "It is curious why then they choose to market it like this (e.g. on Telecharge). It makes me think maybe it's all part of a wider plan on Cameron Mackintosh's part to have a longer life for this show without potentially either Bernadette or Lea.
I’m also surprised they can get away with “Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim” given the heavy featuring of West Side Story and Gypsy.
#105STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 1:06pm
" I would be a little surprised if the whole cast didn't go Featured, but that would also be a big topic of conversation with Bernadette and her reps."
The chance of Bernadette getting nominated in leading is almost zero, whereas maybe she would stand some chance in Featured. Is there any reason why Bernadette wouldn't want to go featured unless her ego is so big she can't stand the idea of being just 'featured'?
"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
MezzA101
Broadway Star Joined: 3/29/23
#106STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 1:32pm
Dan6 said: "binau said: "It is curious why then they choose to market it like this (e.g. on Telecharge). It makes me think maybe it's all part of a wider plan on Cameron Mackintosh's part to have a longer life for this show without potentially either Bernadette or Lea.
I’m also surprised they can get away with “Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim” given the heavy featuring of West Side Story and Gypsy."
Your question is valid despite a half-page Musical Credits inside the Playbill. An asterisk on the title page only points to that section for "additional orchestration credits."
#107STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Posted: 4/4/25 at 2:42pm
binau said: ""I would be a little surprised if the whole cast didn't go Featured, but that would also be a big topic of conversation with Bernadette and her reps."
The chance of Bernadette getting nominated in leading is almost zero, whereas maybe she would stand somechance in Featured. Is there any reason why Bernadette wouldn't want to go featured unless her ego is so big she can't stand the idea of being just 'featured'?"
Considering the amount of fully fleshed out roles and characters in new musical this year, I would find it almost insulting if Bernadette (or anything from the show) got nominated. I could understand maybe a special Tony, but to put what is essentially her in a concert where she, as herself, plays fragments of roles from her career seems almost insulting.
This isn’t 2010 where Barbara Cook got a nod for Sondheim on Sondheim, in a year where there were barely any viable candidates for the musical categories
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