Bernadette Peters Tony Speech 1986

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 12/22/11 at 9:01pm

Anyone have video of this?

[singingbackup]

Posted: 12/30/11 at 6:37am

This close enough?

...A visibly thrilled Peters made this acceptance speech: “Thank you. Thank you very much. I’m overwhelmed. I appreciate this so much. I want to thank my mother for insisting I had talent and continuing with my lessons. I want to thank my father and my sister and my brother for their loving support. And I have to thank a person for whom I wouldn’t be standing here today getting this, my manager and dear friend Tom Hammond. And I have more! I want to thank my acting teacher David LeGrand and my singing teacher Adrienne Angel because I couldn’t have sung eight shows a week and I can’t sing eight shows a week without her. The dancers — the dancers in the show are so talented and so committed and so uplifting. They uplift the show and they uplift me every night. I want to thank my standby, Maureen Moore. And Richard Maltby — this show wouldn’t have happened on this side of the Atlantic without Richard Maltby, our director, and Don Black, who I adore, rewrote the lyrics with Richard, and Andrew Lloyd Webber for his gorgeous music. And Bernie Jacobs and Gerry Schoenfeld — my second great experience with them. And Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company and the FWM Producing Group. And, that’s it. I’m out of cards. [Laughs.] I want to thank the audience because they’re so warm, and thank you for coming, the audience, to the show. And thank you for this very, very much."




Playbill article Updated On: 12/30/11 at 06:37 AM

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 12/30/11 at 9:40am

Thanks!!