Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Petersis an American actress, singer and children's book author. Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings. She is one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway performers, having received nominations for seven Tony Awards, winning two, and nine Drama Desk Awards, winning three. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth28 February 1948
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.
It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.
I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.
I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.
I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.
George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.