Bernadette Peters | february 13
Biographies BERNADETTE PETERS
This concert, along with the Houston Symphony’s recent presentation of Sutton Foster, is generously supported by donors to the Broadway Ladies performances this season in recognition of the extraordinary talents of Bernadette Peters and Sutton Foster. Underwriter Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Margaret Alkek Williams Sponsor United Airlines Partner Mr. and Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Judy and Rodney Margolis in honor of Zoe Margolis’ 18th birthday Supporter Danielle and Josh Batchelor Bank of Texas Allen and Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies
Throughout her illustrious career, Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, television and recordings, as well as in concert. Peters currently stars in the Amazon Prime hit series, Mozart in the Jungle. Recent stage credits include City Center’s Encores! Production, A BED A CHAIR: A New York Love Affair, featuring music by Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis. Previously, she starred on Broadway in the critically acclaimed Follies and the Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music. Peters’ third Tony, The Isabelle Stevenson Award, recognized her humanitarian works. She and Mary Tyler Moore co-founded Broadway Barks to promote shelter animal adoptions. She added author/songwriter to her roster of achievements with her children’s books, Broadway Barks, a New York Times bestseller, and Stella is a Star! Proceeds from both books go to Broadway Barks. Peters began her performing career at age 3 with appearances on Juvenile Jury, Name That Tune and The Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour. She made her theatrical debut in This Is Goggle, directed by the legendary Otto Preminger. Still in her teens, she appeared in The Most Happy Fella and The Penny Friend and performed in the national touring company of Gypsy. Peters made her Broadway debut in 1967 in Johnny No-Trump, and a year later, earned a Theatre World Award in George M! She received a Drama Desk Award for the offBroadway musical Dames at Sea and quickly became one of musical theatre’s most soughtafter stars. Peters received the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her critically acclaimed performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance. In 1999, she earned her second Tony Award, her third Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. She received Tony nominations for her work in The Goodbye Girl, Sondheim’s Pulitzer-winning Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel and On the Town. She earned a Drama Desk nomination for her portrayal of the Witch in Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Peters boasts an impressive list of television credits, including a guest appearance on NBC’s Smash; the Lifetime movie, Living Proof; a guest starring role in the 2008 season premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy; and a recurring role on Ugly Betty. On PBS, she has appeared on Evening at Pops, Great Performances and The Kennedy Center Honors. She received an Emmy nomination for her performance on The Muppet Show and Ally McBeal. The long list continues. She has lit up the silver screen in 17 films. She received a Golden Globe Award for Pennies from Heaven. Other film credits include The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac and Slaves of New York, among others. In addition to numerous Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast albums, Peters has recorded six solo albums: Sondheim, Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall: The Rest of It; Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein (Grammy nomination); Sondheim Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (Grammy nomination); I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Grammy nomination); Bernadette Peters and Now Playing. Peters’ accolades range from the Tony Award to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is the youngest person to be inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. Other awards include the Police Athletic League’s 1999 Woman of the Year, the Actors Fund’s Artistic Achievement Award, New York City’s Special Advocate Award, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ New York Heroes Award and the New York Women in Communications’ CONTINUED ON PAGE 28 February 2015 17