Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer and children's book author from Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she 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, 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 and Gypsy.
Peters first performed on the stage as a child and then a teenage actor in the 1960s, and in film and television in the 1970s. She was praised for this early work and for appearances on The Muppet Show, The Carol Burnett Show and in other television work, and for her roles in films like Silent Movie, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven and Annie. In the 1980s, she returned to the theatre, where she became one of the best-known Broadway stars over the next three decades. She also has recorded six solo albums and several singles, as well as many cast albums, and performs regularly in her own solo concert act. Peters also continues to act in films and on television, where she has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, winning once.
Bernadette Peters is preparing for
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Producer
19:15, Tue 5th – Fri 8th January 2027 at Crucible Theatre
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his…
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The Trojan Women – Choreographer
19:30, Wed 20th – Mon 25th January 2027 at Haymarket Theatre
The Trojan Women, also known as Troades, is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. Produced in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian War, it is often considered a commentary on the capture of the Aegean…
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Damn Yankees – Clarinet
19:30, Wed 17th – Sun 21st February 2027 at Random Venue 35
Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during…
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Aida – Pharoah
19:30, Fri 5th March 2027 at The Old Vic
Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical.
Aida premiered on Broadway on… -
Nathan the Wise – Technical Director
20:30, Fri 28th – Mon 31st May 2027 at Noël Coward Theatre
Nathan the Wise is a play published by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. Its performance was forbidden by the church during Lessing's lifetime; it was first…
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Shrek the Musical – Set Designer
20:30, Mon 7th – Thu 10th June 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek!. After a tryou…
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The Comedy of Errors – Lighting Designer
21:00, Thu 30th September – Mon 4th October 2027 at Sadler's Wells Theatre
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity…
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Tartuffe – Elmire
19:30, Fri 19th November 2027 at Random Venue 92
Tartuffe, or The Impostor, first performed in 1664, is one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière, and the characters of Tartuffe, Valère, and Dorine are considered among the greatest classic…
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The Sound of Music – Director
19:15, Wed 5th – Mon 10th January 2028 at Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of…
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Shrek the Musical – Bassoon
19:45, Thu 9th – Mon 13th March 2028 at Almeida Theatre
Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek!. After a tryou…
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Oklahoma! – Writer
21:00, Tue 28th March 2028 at Royal Court Theatre
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma…
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My Fair Lady – Clarinet
20:30, Thu 6th – Sun 9th April 2028 at Random Venue 32
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl…
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Writer
20:30, Thu 20th – Sun 23rd April 2028 at Almeida Theatre
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name. The story…
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Adolfo Pirelli
11:15, Thu 27th – Sun 30th April 2028 at Chichester Festival Theatre
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and libretto by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the…
Bernadette Peters has been involved with
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Show Boat – Producer
22:00, Tue 28th July – Sun 2nd August 2026 at Royal Exchange, Manchester
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Anything Goes – Percussion
20:15, Wed 1st – Sat 4th April 2026 at Random Venue 48
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Starlight Express – Control
19:45, Tue 24th – Mon 30th March 2026 at Barbican Centre
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will – First Officer
20:00, Fri 30th January – Tue 3rd February 2026 at Gielgud Theatre
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Three Sisters – Maria Sergeyevna Kulygina
19:15, Wed 21st January 2026 at Globe Theatre, London
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Into the Woods – Giant
19:15, Tue 6th January 2026 at Gielgud Theatre
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The Music Man – Mayor George Shinn
19:45, Sun 30th November – Sat 6th December 2025 at Adelphi Theatre
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The Music Man – Cello
20:30, Tue 11th – Sun 16th November 2025 at Gielgud Theatre
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The Good Person of Szechwan – Composer
19:45, Wed 29th October 2025 at London Palladium
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Show Boat – Parthy Hawks, Choreographer
20:45, Wed 22nd – Sat 25th October 2025 at Random Venue 3
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Notre-Dame de Paris – Cello
20:15, Thu 25th – Mon 29th September 2025 at London Palladium
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American Idiot – Assistant Stage Manager
20:30, Thu 18th – Sun 21st September 2025 at Gielgud Theatre
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Mame – Producer
23:15, Tue 12th – Sun 17th August 2025 at Royal Opera House, London
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Medea – Aegeus, Musical Director
20:45, Mon 11th – Thu 14th August 2025 at Royal Opera House, London
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The Rocky Horror Show – Publicity Designer
20:30, Fri 6th June 2025 at Globe Theatre, London
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The Merry Wives of Windsor – Musical Director
20:15, Mon 19th – Thu 22nd May 2025 at London Palladium
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The Merry Wives of Windsor – Fenton
16:30, Thu 1st – Mon 5th May 2025 at Almeida Theatre
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Much Ado About Nothing – Borachio
20:15, Tue 8th – Sat 12th April 2025 at The Old Vic
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Footloose – Publicity Designer
15:15, Tue 1st – Sat 5th April 2025 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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42nd Street – Bass
19:15, Fri 21st – Wed 26th February 2025 at Royal Court Theatre
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Damn Yankees – Clarinet
19:15, Sat 9th – Fri 15th November 2024 at Royal Court Theatre
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Next to Normal – Flute
21:00, Sun 22nd – Thu 26th September 2024 at Random Venue 97
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Mame – Vera Charles
12:15, Fri 26th – Mon 29th July 2024 at Gielgud Theatre
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Thoroughly Modern Millie – Director, Bassoon
12:30, Thu 15th – Tue 20th February 2024 at Noël Coward Theatre
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Footloose – Musical Director
19:45, Wed 20th – Sun 24th December 2023 at London Palladium
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Woyzeck – Lighting Designer
19:30, Wed 29th November – Sat 2nd December 2023 at Random Venue 52
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Dreamgirls – Writer
19:45, Sun 29th October – Wed 1st November 2023 at The Old Vic
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Oliver! – Stage Manager
20:30, Wed 9th – Sun 13th August 2023 at Random Venue 48
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The Merchant of Venice – Carpenter
20:30, Thu 1st – Mon 5th June 2023 at Barbican Centre
