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 moljul
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| posted: 5/17/2005 at 10:29:49 AM ET
I was so looking forward to seeing Bernadette on TV once a week.
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 Jean
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6/7/2003 | posted: 5/17/2005 at 10:52:28 AM ET
I am mixed about this. It would have been a nice professional move for her, I think, to do a TV series. And, of course, nice for us. But ultimately , for me, she shines in person, whether in concert or in a play.
Now let the wishes and guessing begin: what's next??
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20050517abc01
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moljul
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| posted: 5/17/2005 at 11:43:53 AM ET
Mrs. Lovett in the Sweeney Todd film, of course.  
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 dulcinea4
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| posted: 5/17/2005 at 11:50:23 AM ET
Do they usually give feedback as to why a show wasn't picked up?
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Jean
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dulcinea4:
I know nothing about this tv business, so I can't answer your question. However, someone at the NY Times is writing an hour-by-hour diary (maybe it's a blog) about the upfront presentations, so perhaps she will write something later (the actual ABC presentation takes place around 4pm, I think).
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moljul:
I like that casting.
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 5/17/2005 at 12:44:54 PM ET
So now it's official. Oh well. The Vero Beach magazine said she was reading scripts, so that's encouraging!
Jenn
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 Chip1012
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sadness!! And to think she could have been to Wall to Wall Sondheim...oh well.
"and this is my back." - Bernadette turning around to take a drink of water. 4/3/05, Symphony Hall
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 Sister Rose
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I'm wishing for a regular cabaret gig at Cafe Carlisle...and then a role on Broadway. Perhaps Patti L. will meet with unfortunate circumstance and Bernadette will be offered Mrs. Lovett on Broadway!
"Anyone who stays home is DEAD!"
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 5/17/2005 at 2:05:00 PM ET
I'd rather an original role in a good new musical, if we're compiling a wish list.
Jenn
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moljul
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| posted: 5/17/2005 at 2:08:29 PM ET
And she also could have been at the Children and Art Sondheim Celebration that following Monday. Though her taped greeting was nice, I would have much preferred to hear her singing Move On.
I also wish they would just run the pilot once so we could all see it.
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moljul
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| posted: 5/17/2005 at 2:10:18 PM ET
Hmmmm. Well I hope Patti stays right where she is in regard to Sweeney on Broadway. That is not a production I want Bernadette to be a part of. And I'm not sure why Patti Lupone is. It's a very strange little adaption of Sweeney Todd and is not, IMO, best suited to big name actors.
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 Jenny_loves_
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Heres a post i found on the IMDB message bored under sweeney todd so it seems others are routing for Bernadette
When the Phantom movie came out the speculation was huge. John Travolta as Phantom, Antonio Banderas, Zeta Jones or Winslet as Christine then it all went out the window as people insisted on people that can sing the roles well. Now Sam Mendes has directed Sondheim loads of times in the UK and the original incarnation of 'Bounce' then called 'Wise Guys' in the states. I've been thinking listening to the recordings and have come up with this list trying to ignore all popular choices:
Sweeney Todd: Victor Garber (Anthony in Original production. High baritone but can do it. Listen to him on Original recording of Assassins.)
Mrs Lovett: Miranda Richardson if she can sing if not Bernadette Peters.
Anthony: Davis Gaines (Perfect in the concerts.)
Judge Turpin: Christopher Lee (Trained opera singer he is.)
Beadle: Richard O'Brien (Nuff said.)
Pirelli: Kelsey Grammer or Nathan Lane.
Tobias: ???? (Really not sure)Maybe Neil Patrick Harris again or Haley Joel Osment if he can sing?
Beggar Woman: Patti Lupone (Ha!)
they say bernadette's wonderful..........and she is
xx Jenny xx
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 5/17/2005 at 7:42:24 PM ET
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And I'm not sure why Patti Lupone is.
Well, she hasn't been on Broadway since 1987 and she wants to be in a Sondheim production (even though she's done the role before, this is a Broadway run).
I'm not a mind reader, of course. But I can understand why she would want to do this show.
Jenn
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Jean
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(Patti was in the Broadway revival of Noises Off, maybe 2001-2002; I was there.) I think she wants to be on Broadway with-a-capital-B, and who can blame her?
The operative words for me when I think of what I'd like to see Bernadette do next--after a movie or fabulous guest-starring-Emmy-nominated TV role--are new and original.
I've said this before, but: I'd like to see her in a non-musical, at perhaps the Manhattan Theater Club, where she could really dig into some complex character in a play written-or at least tailored for her.
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 5/17/2005 at 9:32:52 PM ET
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Patti was in the Broadway revival of Noises Off, maybe 2001-2002; I was there.
OK. For some reason I thought that was Off Broadway. Don't know why.
So-no Broadway musical since 1987-88. Noises Off was 2001-02 season (just checked).
Jenn
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PTM
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6/26/2003 | posted: 5/17/2005 at 11:37:14 PM ET
Well that's disappointing. Now I'm going to have to watch all the new ABC sitcoms to see if they are better than what I saw.
I watched the final episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and was thinking how nice it would have been if Adopted could have had this kind of success. Incidentally, I think the fella who was warming up the audience for that final episode was the same guy at the Adopted taping.
Is the casting of Ms. LuPone definite for that Sweeney? That production sounds very bizarre. Maybe the next production will require Mrs. Lovett to bake real meat pies on stage.
PTM
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