FREEZE FRAME: Joel Grey Celebrates His 80th Birthday with Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters surprised Broadway legend Joel Grey on his 80th birthday with a cake backstage at "Anything Goes" at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York City on April 11, 2012.

Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony Award. Additional Broadway credits include Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965),George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), and Wicked (2003). Grey won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in March 1973 for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies in the 1972 film version of Cabaret.

Grey also originated the role of the Wizard of Oz in the hit Broadway musical Wicked. Grey returned to Broadway in spring 2011 as Moonface Martin in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

Watch one of our favorite videos of Grey performing here, and check out Peters and Grey's special moment below!

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Bernadette Peters and Joel Grey