Bernadette Peters in Concert
Bernadette Peters in Concert
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#0Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 9:55pm
Just got back.
She is absolutely amazing, as we all know.
Will post a song list...
[Nevermind about FEVER]
Updated On: 10/22/05 at 09:55 PM
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#1re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:09pmHate to burst your bubble but she's been singing Fever since last spring. Her line about it being her first time, so please be gentle is her normal way of setting up the song and her way of being funny and setting up the sexual tension of the song. I agree she does an amazing rendition of it. Glad you enjoyed the concert.
The Goat
Stand-by Joined: 4/19/04
#2re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:09pm
BSoBW2: I just got back from the concert,too! I was talking with a friend afterwards and we agreed that whatever "It" is, she has it--and she spread it around during the concert! Zoellner audiences are notorious for being slow to warm up (if they do at all), but after about three numbers, Bernadette had them eating out of her hand. "Fever" fabulous, "Some Enchanted Evening" marvelous, "Rose's Turn" a knockout. And she's back making banter with the audience between songs. She's a trouper, a class act, and everything people have been saying about her on this board. Oh, by the way BSoBW2, I think what she meant was this is the first time she's done "Fever" during a concert tour, I think she's done it before the Zoellner date.
Updated On: 10/22/05 at 10:09 PM
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#3re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:11pmWell actually she's been singing Fever in this entire concert tour which began last spring.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#4re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:12pm
Oh, well.
She still does an amazing rendition of it!
#5re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:22pm
I was there too!!!! So many lehigh valley people!
I bawled my eyes out when she came on stage. She looked stunning. Unexepected Song always makes me teary.
I was there in my pretty black dress. I couldn't stop smiling the whole time. 
Thou giveth fever.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#7re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:24pmWell...I sucked up the $100 ticket price and went to the show.....and you're right...it was great! I love her singing Sondheim! I still don't know how she got through "No One Is Alone" and "Not a Day Goes By" and "Time Heals" without breaking into tears! (I know I did!) Wonderful concert!
#8re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:36pm
Haha, I was in the second to last row in the whole theatre but the view was amazing. I was wearing a fifties vintage dress with a hairclip if that narrows it down for you. I'm 1 in a 1000. 
I loved "Mister Snow".
Thou giveth fever.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#10re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:54pmIs she really back doing her funny remarks before each song? Reviews of her previous concerts say she is astonishing as usual but that she didn't do her common comments.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#11re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 10:58pm
Unexpected Song is one of my all time favorites.
She was commenting a bit. This is the first time I've seen her in concert so I have nothing to compare her to, but she commented after most of the songs she sang.
Thou giveth fever.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#12re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:02pmBefore she sang Unexpected Song, I think, she made a joke about all the previous songs she had sang in the concert she never sang in the actual show.
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#13re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:06pmI went to her concert last week. The first one after her husband's death and she did definitely make comments between songs. She can't just finish one song and then start singing another. She has to set them up some how and at least be somewhat entertaining. I think what you probably heard about that concert was that she didn't talk as much as usual in between songs and just tappered some of her commentary. And she was also kind of disconnected from the audience during the more emotional songs. All in all, it was still a great concert and very professionally done. It just wasn't quite a usual Bernadette concert that has lots of jokes, Bernadette having a wonderful time and really sharing the experience with her audience. But that was her first concert back. Hopefully tonight she was able to get a little more of her sparkle back and will continue to get back to her life.
Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#14re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:08pmLehigh! WHoosh. Blah, didn't go, but love the school Heh.
Well, I'm glad he got away with it.
#15re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:10pmYeah, she did that in her Carnegie Hall concert and it's also in her filmed performance in London. I think it's so funny the way she says it "This song is from a show that I was actually in and I sang this actual song in the show." I love this woman, wish I could see her concert. Her "Rose's Turn" is so powerful, I wish they released an album or another DVD of this tour or she should come to FL!
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#16re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:15pm
The funniest part is when her dress messed up the mic, created an odd sound.
She had a great expression.
(Well, funny, because she was looking so damn sexy during "Fever," then she sits up and...OOPS!)
Updated On: 10/22/05 at 11:15 PM
Tricky Joe
Chorus Member Joined: 9/30/05
#17re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:20pmI'm curious, did she mention her late husband at all?
#18re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:23pmYeah, Moljul, that's what I meant. What I read on this board is exactly that, that it wasn't a usual Bernadette Peters concert. Still everyone said it was magnificent which doesn't surprise me because she's just that great of a performer.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#19re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:23pm
I adored her singing Fever. And I adored her dress. She is quite possible the cutest woman alive. I loved her segway into Fever. She's close to sixty and still has it!
Yes she did. At the beginning of the concert. That was the only time I believe.
Thou giveth fever.
Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#20re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:35pmI ALWAYS forget Bernadette is that old. Like, ALWAYS. Even if i remind myself. SHe rocks, and I'm looking at her CDs on Amazon. Hm.
Well, I'm glad he got away with it.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#21re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:41pm
I know, it is hard to believe she wasn't "13, 19 years ago"
After her first song she said "you know there's been a great tragedy..." and that she came for two reason...one being she already said she would and didn't want to disappoint...the other was that she made a commitment to her husband...to which she received a thunderous applause.
#22re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:46pmI am suprised that she came, in a way. I went with my voice teacher to see her and we bought the tickets the day before it happened. She called me at eight in the morning telling me the news and I was completely floored. I have a tremendous amount of admiration for her. She is so strong to be able to perform after all she has been through in the past few weeks.
Thou giveth fever.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#23re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:47pm
Song list:
Let Me Entertain You
No One is Alone
There is Nothin' Like a Dame
Fever
The Gentleman Is a Dope
I'm Flying
Unexpected Song
Mr. Snow
Time Heals Everything
Some Enchanted Evening
Not a Day Goes By
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
My Funny Valentine
With So Little to Be Sure Of
Children Will Listen
Rose's Turn
Count Your Blessings
I think that's all of them!
This was my first Bernadette concert - and I hope it will not be my last.
Let's hope she comes back to Broadway soon!
#24re: Bernadette Peters in Concert
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:50pm
So her dress was what made that noise during Fever? I thought it was some sort of weird feedback. Wow...who knew that sound could be caused by sequins!
I did wonder who was over on stage right though, since quite often she kept turning her head that way, as if singing to someone off stage.
