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Post by bobbievanhusen on Sept 28, 2022 1:51:44 GMT
Sort of...
Bernadette was/is one of the most infamous musical flops of the West End. It lasted for 3 weeks in 1990. It even got a blessing from the Pope. Never to be heard of again.
But Bernadette is coming back, albeit in a new musical by Frank Wildhorn. 'The Song of Bernadette' is only at the workshop stage, but the cast includes Lea Salonga, Sophia Anne Caruso, Alice Ripley, Javier Munos, Eric Anderson.
The original had some terrible ballads and terrible soft rock tunes, something that Frank Wildhorn has also provided a lot of in the past.
I hope it makes it beyond the workshop and into a full production.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 28, 2022 6:49:38 GMT
Please can Bernadette Peters be cast in this this ?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 28, 2022 7:01:19 GMT
She never came back after that cancelled tour did she?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 28, 2022 7:05:39 GMT
BP came back for the Sondheim gig. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️  |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 28, 2022 7:07:16 GMT
Yeah but I wanted to her in Salford. I was going to polish my clogs for the occasion.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 28, 2022 7:42:35 GMT
I saw her in concert at the RFH years ago. I don't think women were allowed as I'd didn't see any in the audience.
It was a wonderful evening bit I got the giggles during one song where her male backing dancers were wearing raincoats and wellies and she sang a song about rain with the line "I don't wear rubbers!". I think it must be what Americans call wellies but my dirty mind thought of something else.
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Post by crabtree on Sept 28, 2022 8:41:12 GMT
The Bernadette musical in question was truly dire and in the wrong venue. The apparition amounted to little more than a light bulb sadly.
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Post by singingbird on Sept 28, 2022 9:23:45 GMT
Oh! When I saw the subject heading I assumed it was Bernadette Peters. Then when I started to read my heart skipped a beat. I'd give serious money (well, moderately serious!) to see Bernadette - the People's Musical back on stage. I don't care that it was awful. It was the first west end musical I went by myself to see. It has a special place in my heart. I'm very nostalgic about it!
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 28, 2022 12:09:19 GMT
I too thought of Bernadette Peters and if it was- take my money!
I have one of her concert CDs called Sondheim Etc. Where she sings ‘Sooner or Later’ from Dick Tracy, famously first sung by Madonna.
When she introduces it she humorously jests ‘this song was sung by a blonde bombshell- not me! Though we both have religious names...🤔’
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Post by alece10 on Sept 28, 2022 12:26:47 GMT
I too thought of Bernadette Peters and if it was- take my money! I have one of her concert CDs called Sondheim Etc. Where she sings ‘Sooner or Later’ from Dick Tracy, famously first sung by Madonna. When she introduces it she humorously jests ‘this song was sung by a blonde bombshell- not me! Though we both have religious names...🤔’ This was the same concert she did at the RFH. |
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 28, 2022 12:40:48 GMT
I too thought of Bernadette Peters and if it was- take my money! I have one of her concert CDs called Sondheim Etc. Where she sings ‘Sooner or Later’ from Dick Tracy, famously first sung by Madonna. When she introduces it she humorously jests ‘this song was sung by a blonde bombshell- not me! Though we both have religious names...🤔’ This was the same concert she did at the RFH. She may have repeated the joke but this is on a cD of a live Broadway concert recording |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 28, 2022 13:12:10 GMT
This was the same concert she did at the RFH. She may have repeated the joke but this is on a cD of a live Broadway concert recording Yes same concert, same jokes 😀 I've also got a dvd or vhs of the concert lurking around somewhere |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 28, 2022 14:31:06 GMT
I’ve updated the thread title so we don’t invoke too much excitement in BP fans.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Sept 28, 2022 20:58:45 GMT
I didn't even think of Bernadette Peters when i wrote the thread title. Sorry!
But compared to her last concert in London, i'd rather sit through Bernadette the Musical again. She barely did any of her 'hits', wasn't on stage for very long at all and her voice is no longer what it was. Miss Peters was amazing in her prime, however...
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Post by originalconceptlive on Sept 28, 2022 21:35:06 GMT
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Post by spathzthecat on Sept 29, 2022 22:00:58 GMT
Saw the original, the apparition looked like a light bulb, it looked like a cheep version of the gateway in the original Star Trek episode of The City on the Edge of Forever.
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