Bernadette Peters

Songs of Bernadette
SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re disposed to whistle a happy show tune, be at Davies Hall on Saturday for an evening with two-time Tony winner and Broadway, film and television star Bernadette Peters and the San Francisco Symphony.
Having recently returned to Los Angeles from a concert tour in Australia — which will be released on DVD — Peters is homesick.
“I can’t wait to see Stella,” she says. “She’s the star of my next book!” Stella, a pit bull adopted from a shelter, shares Peters’ New York home with her redheaded mama and Kramer, a terrier mix of equally uncertain provenance.
With this much canine company, it should be no surprise that Peters is the very active spokeswoman, along with animal lover Mary Tyler Moore, of Broadway Barks, a star-studded annual theater alley adopt-a-thon for Gotham’s homeless critters, held July 11.
“This year we’ve got Angela Lansbury and Michael Urie [Peters’ co-star] from ‘Ugly Betty’ is coming!”
Last year, Peters’ dog Kramer was the hero of her first literary effort, a charming children’s best-seller, also called “Broadway Barks.” The book’s companion CD included an original song by this premier interpreter of Sondheim.
Peters is modest about it. “Lyric writing is an art. I just sort of channeled that.”
“I’ve already written it,” Peters says when asked if Stella’s book will be similarly enhanced. “I’m starting to write more.”
“I was driving in the car the other day and all of a sudden these lyrics came to me and I’m like, ‘How do I save this so I can remember it?’” she says. “So I’m, you know, writing them down on a shopping bag during the red lights! So crazy! Then I remembered a friend of mine had given me a little tape recorder, so now I carry that with me. It’s safer for everybody that way!”...



“Queen B's” showcases female vocalists at Center Playhouse
FREEHOLD — "The Queen B's of Broadway" presents interpretations of the beloved works of songstresses Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, and Bernadette Peters by regional talent. The total of nine performances begin on Friday, June 26th at 8:00 pm (and Fridays on July 10th, and July 17th), and run on Saturdays (June 27th, July 11th, and July 18th) and Sundays at 2:00 pm (June 28th, July 12th and July 19th), at Center Playhouse located on 35 South Street in Downtown Freehold.
Center Players has become known for presenting innovative and unique theatrical events. “The Queen B's of Broadway fits the bill of a memorable showcase that fans of Broadway music will thoroughly enjoy”, says Bernice Garfield-Szita, President of Center Players.

Queen B's is likely the only performance of its kind anywhere in the United States, as it was created by Vic Schioppo, musical director for the Center Players production:

“I wanted to come up with something that crossed lines between performers, composers, and musical story lines and at the same time maintained a common thread. The common thread I have chosen to use is the letter ‘B' as in Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, and Bernadette Peters. All three have made their mark on Broadway, movies, and recording. They have always been the overwhelming choice of many Broadway producers, directors, and composers. Although all three possess a unique and individual style unlike each other, they too also share common threads: a love for great American music and lyrics; they all have studied and honored the many female performers who graced stage and screen long before their coming of age; and most of all they have touched all of our hearts.”

Garfield-Szita comments, “Our extraordinarily talented female vocalists Bethe Burns (Freehold Township), Yvette Cataneo (Freehold Borough), Kelly Rice (Ocean Township), Brenda Schofield (Marlboro), and Janet Tartaglia (Lincroft), under the musical direction of Vic Schioppo (Manalapan), will positively enrapture our audiences. We are pleased to find that the Freehold region is abundant with such talent.”

Tickets are on sale now -- the cost is $24 per ticket; $22 for seniors (60 and older), students, and groups of 10 or more; includes complimentary beverage and desserts during intermission of each performance. Dining packages are available as well, for an additional cost of $30 per ticket and include choice of restaurants: Metropolitan Caf, Solo Trattoria, and Bayou Caf. Tickets may be purchased by phone: 732-462-9093 option 1, or online at www.centerplayers.org....



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The View Joan Rivers; designer Michael Smith. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

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