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Bernadette Peters

An SOS to NBC: Save Our Smash

Ben Lerner | Posted 04.23.2013 | TV
Ben Lerner

Saturday's episode of Smash, titled "Opening Night," showcased the premiere of Bombshell. Our beloved Marilyn musical has finally opened on Broadway and it's a glorious accomplishment for all parties involved.

'Smash': Ivy Shocked Her Mother Has Been Cast In 'Bombshell'

The Huffington Post | Jason Hughes | Posted 04.03.2013 | TV

It was a difficult hour for Ivy as "Smash" bid farewell to Tuesday nights. Starting April 6, the struggling drama is relocating to Saturday nights at ...

Legend Returns To Shake Up Bombshell

Posted 03.29.2013 | TV

Broadway vet Bernadette Peters is returning to "Smash," but not everyone is excited to have her. Peters is reprising her role as diva actress Leig...

The Guest Star Parade Continues

Posted 03.24.2013 | TV

"Smash" is rolling out the red carpet to some very famous guest stars -- Liza Minnelli and Bernadette Peters to name a few -- in the coming weeks. ...

Nathan Lane Gets a Guild Hall Lifetime Achievement Award; Cinderella on Broadway

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.05.2013 | Entertainment
Regina Weinreich

The award season is all about superlatives and thank you speeches but for East Hampton's Guild Hall Lifetime Achievement Awards, it is about community and family.

Please, Change the Tonys

Shoshana Greenberg | Posted 08.11.2012 | Home
Shoshana Greenberg

How can the theater community expect audiences to love or even become excited about Broadway if it looks as though the Tonys don't show respect for all those being honored?

'Smash' Finale Gets Another Guest Star

Posted 03.15.2012 | TV

Broadway vet Bernadette Peters is taking on the buzzed-about Broadway TV show "Smash." In addition to appearing on the March 19 episode as Ivy's (Mega...

Since Disney Has Yet to Make Her a Princess, Megan Hilty Settles for Being a Fairy

Jim Hill | Posted 01.16.2012 | Entertainment
Jim Hill

Some people complain about the commute that they have for work. But not Megan Hilty. Of course, if your work took you from Oz to Broadway to Neverlan...

Love Redux: Follies Extended Three Weeks at the Marquis Theater

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro | Posted 01.04.2012 | Arts
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Both definitions of Follies -- a musical review and a foolish action -- fit this revival of the Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman musical ab...

Broadway's Fall Season Full of A-Listers, on Stage and Off

James Sims | Posted 11.20.2011 | Arts
James Sims

With the fall season approaching, straight plays are headed back to Times Square, and they've got a big list of stars in tow.

Stage Door: Follies, Dally With The Devil

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.16.2011 | Arts
Fern Siegel

The revival of Follies is perfection. One of Stephen Sondheim's most moving scores, it features two remarkable stars -- Bernadette Peters and Jan Maxwell -- and an extraordinary musical meditation on longing and regret.

Theater: Follies Grand and Beautiful But...

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.15.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

This is the best-acted, best-sung production of Follies I've seen and yet it's still not the Follies of my dreams.

First Nighter: "Follies" 2011 a Smash Hit

David Finkle | Posted 11.13.2011 | Arts
David Finkle

In a theater-going era when anything with assumed marquee value is trussed up for consumer consumption, it's a treat to recall something that -- for the abundance of high-quality theater craft it contains -- truly deserves enthusiastic applause.

James and The Giant Peach Meets Josephine Baker and Bernadette Peters...

Freddie Gershon | Posted 09.19.2011 | Home
Freddie Gershon

This past January at the Broadway JR. Festival in Atlanta, approximately 2,500 young people from grade schools with their teachers and adjudicators we...

HuffPost Exclusive: Jim Bianco "Sinners," Plus a Conversation with The Crystals' La La Brooks and PBS Premieres Rock, Pop & Doo Wop

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Presented here is an exclusive HuffPost premiere of the Jim Bianco single, "Sinners," which just might become your new favorite party anthem.

WATCH: THEATRE: Filming Sondheim's Follies

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

In the brief period when I lived in Providence, Rhode Island, I was able to catch performances of several shows during their pre-Broadway Boston tryou...

Stage Door: A Little Night Music

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Fern Siegel

When Bernadette Peters steps on stage at the Walter Kerr, she imbues the sophisticated Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical with a playful, seductive air.

On the Culture Front: Arcade Fire, The Original Copy, The Black Keys and A Little Night Music

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Chris Kompanek

Both Arcade Fire and The Black Keys sound as good, or better, live, so I try to catch them when they come into town.

Improbable Casting Ideas

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

In 1964, long before theater producers started to experiment with nontraditional casting, one of America's greatest caricaturists did a series of bril...

My First Time Seeing Sondheim's A Little Night Music

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Albert Imperato

Last night, a writer friend of mine gave me an unexpected and extremely moving gift: he took me to my first performance of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music.

Broadway Barks! Gives Back To New York Dog Shelters

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Broadway stars cozied up to canines this past weekend at the 12th Annual Broadway Barks! event. Hosted by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the...

L.A. Times Festival Of Books: The Stars Come Out To Celebrate Books (PHOTOS)

Mark Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Mark Coggins

To my mind, the two authors at the festival who best represented where the industry has been and where it could be headed were Herman Wouk and Dave Eggers.

First Nighter: Thoroughly Entertaining Sutton Foster

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
David Finkle

If you had to pinpoint the leading leading-lady in musicals today, you'd have to say there's no contest: It's Sutton Foster.

Bernadette Peters, Broadway Divas And The NY Philharmonic Celebrate Sondheim's 80th Birthday

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — The ladies in red brought down the house. Six Broadway divas, spanning several generations of musical theater, pretty much tore up L...

Bernadette Peters Returning To San Francisco's Symphony Hall

Theater Dogs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Behind every great diva there's a hard-working, often brilliant musical director. For Bernadette Peters, that man is Marvin Laird. The two first worke...