aww i really loved this article. so sad about the puppy with the messed up nose and eyes. that benefit is remarkable. such a great idea bernadette and mary had for bway barks. and i cant wait to see if thre will be a follow up book!
and the reasons why animals make your life better are all so true. and i didnt even know they lower blood pressure. interesting!!
thanks for posting.
x Sarah x
“My thing is to keep going until I drop dead.”
-bernadette peters
Did Peters, whose character is a Broadway baby transplanted to Ireland, have any qualms about playing a lesbian, even in a family-friendly movie? "I was more nervous about playing Jewish," she notes, adding her trademark giggle. "And having to be an actress who read Chekhov."---this just cracks me up
What a superb interview. It's so interesting when she talks about "crying" after certain scenes in the new production of SITPWG. What struck me most about that was that we're all probably very used to feeling those same emotions - especially "when they all bow to George". It just never ocurred to me that someone who was in the play but had never before sat in the audience and seen the play would find that so remarkable.
I love that she thinks Jenna Russell employs a "cockney" accent as Dot. The accent Jenna uses in SITPWG is a north country accent and is as far removed from cockney as is a New York accent from a Texas accent. But then, Bernadette and British accents are not exactly the best of friends ( just listen to Song & Dance and you'll hear what I mean)
"There’s a lot in the world for us to turn our attention to — helping people, helping animals, and helping animals help people." ... Bernadette Peters, August, 2007
Scottie, I would be willing to venture the guess that most Americans don't pick up on the difference in English accents. Most would probably think there is the typical English accent and then a cockney one. Or for a better description of the American view of the two: proper and lower class.
"Particular mention must be made of Bernadette Peters, who turns up briefly in a sort of sparkly Glinda the Good costume. She's the reluctant muse sent to help Alice with her writing. The muse is dressed like Oz, sounds like Queens and behaves like a bored student adviser." Alice Film Review, The New York Times, December 25, 1990
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
Oh Bernadette and I took Stella and Kramer for a walk one day and I took a picture of them. I'm such an excellent photographer, aren't I?
Okay, maybe you all didn't find that as funny as I did but it gave me a Friday morning giggle. I found the picture on one of the photo sites along with a couple of others of Bernadette and "the kids" as I heard Patty once call them at a Broadway Barks.
"Particular mention must be made of Bernadette Peters, who turns up briefly in a sort of sparkly Glinda the Good costume. She's the reluctant muse sent to help Alice with her writing. The muse is dressed like Oz, sounds like Queens and behaves like a bored student adviser." Alice Film Review, The New York Times, December 25, 1990
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
quote: Scottie, I would be willing to venture the guess that most Americans don't pick up on the difference in English accents. Most would probably think there is the typical English accent and then a cockney one. Or for a better description of the American view of the two: proper and lower class.
Perhaps, but then most Americans aren't actors.
"There’s a lot in the world for us to turn our attention to — helping people, helping animals, and helping animals help people." ... Bernadette Peters, August, 2007
Maybe for the followup, she could ask Sondheim, Herman, Marvin to each write a little song to accompany the story too. I know she had said something about royalties before, but I think those fellas could donate theirs to the cause and that might add to the sales.
I saw the photos with Stella and Kramer on the Getty Images site. Don't know if they are anywhere else. They are captioned as being from 1995 but we know that can't be corret.
If you go to gettyimages and go to Editorial and look up Bernadette Peters, dogs and go to page two there are great pics of her with Stella and Kramer.
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance." -You'll Never Get Away From Me
"And if it wasn't for me then where would you be Miss Gypsy Rose Lee?" -Rose's Turn
"Particular mention must be made of Bernadette Peters, who turns up briefly in a sort of sparkly Glinda the Good costume. She's the reluctant muse sent to help Alice with her writing. The muse is dressed like Oz, sounds like Queens and behaves like a bored student adviser." Alice Film Review, The New York Times, December 25, 1990
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
"Particular mention must be made of Bernadette Peters, who turns up briefly in a sort of sparkly Glinda the Good costume. She's the reluctant muse sent to help Alice with her writing. The muse is dressed like Oz, sounds like Queens and behaves like a bored student adviser." Alice Film Review, The New York Times, December 25, 1990
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
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