Bernadette Peters Talks HAMILTON, Possible Broadway Return, and More

Bernadette Peters might be past her 50th year of performing Broadway hits, but she has yet to tire of them.

"There are certain songs that I love to revisit all the time. Thoughts to remember, to live by sort of," Peters said in an interview regarding her recent NJPAC visit. "They're uplifting, like 'No One is Alone' and 'Children Will Listen' and 'So Little To Be Sure Of.' It's just things that are important to remember. The line in one song 'We had a moment, a marvelous moment.' Like, 'God, I want to put that on the back of the mirror and remember that.'"

In addition to her ongoing appreciation for the Stephen Sondheim hits, the 67-year-old continues to see their lyrics as holding truth. "I was rehearsing today and in 'No One is Alone,' there's a line, 'No one acts alone, careful, no one is alone.' You realize you know you have to be careful, be compassionate, be thoughtful when you talk to people. Be kind because we all have things in our past that reverberate. I think it's important to be validating to people."

As for the current state of the Great White Way, the Tony Award-winner says she is excited about the new shows, particularly Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest hit.

"Look at 'Hamilton.' It's kind of groundbreaking, which is really wonderful. I'm so thrilled when that happens. I saw it downtown, I haven't seen it on Broadway yet." She also expressed her admiration for BEAUTIFUL and THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME.

Regarding her upcoming work, Peters says she has enjoyed her part on the Amazon original TV series, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE.

"It's been wonderful. I really, really like the show," Peters said. "I like the writing a lot. I find the writing very original and I find that they don't put things in arbitrarily, just for an effect. I think that it's funny, just off the wall. It's just different. I think we are so blessed with our cast."

She addressed the main issue every fan was thinking at the conclusion of the show's first season: the fact that Peters did not sing at all in the show. She says that problem will be remedied in the upcoming sophomore season, "and I'll probably try out a song on stage in Jersey that I may do in the show."

What about a Broadway return for the Tony Award-winner? Maybe someday. "There's some things in the air, but we'll see. Nothing to talk about yet."

Whether making a Broadway return in a smash hit or appearing in a television flop, Peters says her main priority is in the art itself. "To me, it's always the writing. You can have something great on Broadway, you can have something not so good on Broadway. You can have something great on television, something not so great on television. To me, it's always the words."

Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, Peters 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 (plus an honorary award), and nine Drama Desk Awards, winning three. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards.

Regarded by many as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondheim, Peters is particularly noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including in the musicals Mack and Mabel, Sunday in the Park with George, Song and Dance, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, A Little Night Music, and Follies.

Source: App.com