London NewsBernadette Peters Offers London Concert August 12
The three-time Tony recipient has crossed the pond before her upcoming return to Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends.
By
Andrew Gans
August 12, 2024
Bernadette Peters
Three-time Tony honoree Bernadette
Peters returns to London for a solo concert August 12 at 7:30 PM BST at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Broadway favorite Peters—who will return to Broadway later this season in the hit London revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends—is joined by two of her London Old Friends co-stars: Bonnie Langford (Doctor Who, Peter Pan, Cats, EastEnders) and Olivier winner Joanna Riding (Carousel, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, The Witches of Eastwick).
Bernadette Peters—Live From London features songs from
the actor's many theatrical outings as well as her award-winning albums.
Attendees can expect to hear songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen
Sondheim, and Jerry Herman, among others.
Peters received both Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance. She earned her second Tony for her work in Annie Get Your Gun. She also received Tony nominations for her performances in Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy, Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman-Gower Champion ode to the movies, Mack and Mabel, and the Leonard Bernstein-Comden and Green musical On the Town. She was last on Broadway in a critically acclaimed turn in the title role of Hello, Dolly! Peters
is also the recipient of the 2012 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. She
was seen on the London stage last year in the aforementioned Sondheim
revue, Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends.
Lambert Jackson, Cuffe and Taylor, and Live Nation Present produce the concert.
The stage and screen star is leading a new Kenny Leon-helmed revival of the Thornton Wilder classic, beginning September 17 at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
