Bernatte Peters lackluster performance.....

[lupone76]

Is it me or was Bernadette Peters' performance in the recent production of "FOLLIES" awful?? I've never seen her or any other actress act so poorly on a broadway stage and on top of that her voice was vitrually lost. I still loved the production on a whole and saw it several times thanks to the other key players. Bernadette queen of broadway, no way. That honor definitely belongs to Patti.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Where does Patti even come into it?

[madbrian]

It's you.

[once a month]

Is Bernette your pet name for Ms Peters? Didn't take the time to check your profile but you sound 15....not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Actually, it's Bernatte.

And, I have to say, I agree with the original poster. I just bought the album, and I can't stand Peters' renditions of those beautiful songs. I love her on the Gypsy album and she's great fun on the Annie get your gun recording too, but I just think she knows nothing about vocal subtlety.. You want to hear a definitive recording of 'Losing My Mind' - listen to Julia McKenzie do it. That is magical.

[figaroindy]

When I saw it last summer, I thought her acting OK, but definitely agree, vocally, she couldn't handle it. Too much back and forth over her noticeable vocal break. Yodeling on the top, and way too "different" a sound from her lower range.

[Bettyboy72]

I've never seen Bernatte Peters. Maybe she performs under the rock from which you crawled out from under.

[EponineAmneris]

^^ Well said, Bettyboy72.

I have no idea who Bernette Peters is, but BERNADETTE Peters was amazing in FOLLIES. One the most heartfelt and raw and honest performances I have ever seen.

[blaxx]

Actually, it's Bernatte.

That's the most epic fail in history, congrats.

And also congrats to the queen, Patty Lupin.

[Jordan Catalano]

I love Bernatte's yodeling. She really gives Jewel a run for her money with it.

[BroadwayFan12]

BERNADETTE Peters was amazing in FOLLIES. One the most heartfelt and raw and honest performances I have ever seen

Couldn't agree more. OP, there was no need to bring Patti into this because she has never played Sally.

[blaxx]

Ah, to be 12 again! Thinking you posted a witty message trashing a Broadway legend while promoting your favorite one, while in reality you just can't even spell a name.

[henrikegerman]

Bernatte Peters sounds like an entertainment law firm in Westwood.

[figaroindy]

EponineAmneris uses a good word - "raw" - which is how her voice sounded in the show. Like a fork had been scraped across her vocal cords.

[Jordan Catalano]

Bernadette likes it raw. Her management company Treasure Island Media, insists on it.

[AC126748]

Peters' vocal performance was inconsistent throughout the run. I saw the production five times--sometimes she sounded amazing, other times truly painful.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Is it me or was lupone76's performance in the recent thread of "Bernatte Peters lackluster performance....." awful?? I've never seen him or any other poster post so poorly on a broadway page and on top of that his voice was vitrually lost. I still loved the thread on a whole and saw it several times thanks to the other key players. lupone76 queen of broadwayWorld, no way. That honor definitely belongs to After Eight.

[iluvtheatertrash]

To steer the conversation away from Bernatte's bareback film roles...

I hated Bernadette in FOLLIES. Thought she was miscast and couldn't sing the score. But then again, I've never really been a Bernie fan. Ironically, I'm more of a Patti kinda guy.

[AnythingGoes2]

I didn't care for her performance at all and ruined it the night I saw it. It couldn't hit the notes and she played the role so slowly it made made the production seem to last days and just plod along. Massive shame but she over thought the role.

Loosing My Mind should bring the house down, but it was so scratchy and done so boringly it didn't.

Julia M is the definitive Sally I think.

[CarlosAlberto]

Thanks for the laughs "girls". HILARIOUS THREAD!

[ljay889]

It couldn't hit the notes

Wow, we're really resulting in calling one of our best legends, "it"?

Loosing My Mind
What song is that?

You and LuPone76 must be children!

[AC126748]

It puts the lotion in the basket if it can't hit the notes.

[jayinchelsea]

Julia McKenzie was great, but how can you discuss Sally and not mention Dorothy Collins? Even if you didn't see her (and there are now so many videos of the original production, you CAN see her), her performance, and in particular her singing of Sally's two key numbers, was devastating. When she says at the end, "Oh dear Lord, it is tomorrow," one's heart broke.

[Gaveston2]

Julia M is the definitive Sally I think.

Oh, please. I heard Miss McKenzie sing the songs in SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM numerous times. And of course I have the London album. Was she terrific? Absolutely!

Definitive? No. Not to anyone who saw the OBC.

But I will be glad when, any day now, we can stop trashing Peters and start in on Victoria Clark.

[AC126748]

Gaveston, I highly doubt we'll see the level of bashing for Clark that Peters has received. If nothing else she'll sing the songs beautifully, which seems like the only concern for many people on here.

[Gaveston2]

Well, AC, I'd like to say I'll do my best to represent the California contingent and do my share of bashing. But in fact I expect to thoroughly enjoy Ms. Clark. I'm very excited that she was cast.