Bernadette Peters Changed Her Name When She Was Five 

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Hahahahaha YES!!!

My favorite musical of all time. And that introduced me to Bernadette (well other than Annie probably)

@@seppyq3672 me too

I watch into the woods in 1991 with Chuck Wagner

She is. I met her at LAX many years ago, and she was absolutely lovely to chat to - no pretense or snootiness whatsoever. Very down-to-earth.

Nati Whatever *you're drop dead gorgeous*

you are not half that hot now

Sarah M. Ikr!? ? 😁

Michelle Lopez when I was in middle school, (year was 2000) my chorus teacher let us watch the 1990 production of "Into The Woods" and I remember thinking how good it was 😊

edboy484 honey you got time to improve!!!

Me too. 😔 Let's hope we both age like fine wine, haha!

bjfdog Which is not always the case to say the least!

And don't be a condescending ass who thinks young people don't know anything about culture, like this guy

Indeed! I went to NYC for my HS graduation trip in the late ‘80s and was SO Blessed to see her in “Into the Woods.” Very amazing!

saw her first thru the sondheim 80th concert. no need for words👑💐

Believe it or not she is a relative of mine!!

Ellie F - I found a fellow fan!!!! I love that movie so much and most people have zero clue it was ever made. It will always be the best Cinderella for me and a big part of it was her. I own multiple copies of it now.

I've adored her since I was a kid, too, though roles she was in then were... somewhat older... But holy crap, she looks amazing and still has that cute little voice.

Yes! Her singing "Falling in Love with Love" was one of my favorites!

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I remember the first time I saw that version. It was a Wonderful World of Disney movie, on a Sun night if I remember correctly in late summer of 1996.😊

Wayne Harrison very very funny!

She’s adorable.

lazyperfectionist1 ikr? The woman never ages!

I dropped my jaw checking wikipedia! 6 fucking 9 years old?? That's basically Trump age. I would never give her more than 50 even being mean

Facelifts and botox work wonders. I'm not criticizing her, do what you what, but no one looks like that at 69 without some help. She is still beautiful.

Smooth. ;)

gusmonster59 Not necessarily. My mom lived to 74 and looked about 40. She swore by cold cream. I'm hoping it's hereditary haha.

2kooldancin You have to take care of yourself. She obviously takes care of her voice. She's been a singer for over fifty years.

yeah she broke the mold for anyone else in that role, for sure

Meryl Streep in my opinion, was better. She's a brilliant actress - and that matters in this show.

@@jochenstossberg5427 It's a good thing I'm a-okay with other people having different opinions. (◡‿◡✿) For the record, and as I said in my comment, I love Meryl Streep. She's a fantastic actress. Whether she has me rolling with laughter in Death Becomes Her, or actually almost liking Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, she's undeniably brimming with talent. And her work in Into The Woods is not bad. That movie adaptation as a whole is ...awful ... But that's not because she was bad. Heck, most of the cast is incredibly good, the play was just so mangled, it's hard to tell what is bad acting, bad rewriting, bad directing, or bad post-production... That being said, the role was explicitly written with Peters in mind, so it's natural to for her to feel the most organic in the role as it's intended. The movie version of The Witch is not exactly the same character, and the world she exists in is not quite the same world. Somehow, in trying to erase the darkest parts of the play, they've washed out most the humour. And, they've really changed the witch's storyline. Feel free to skip this, I just gotta rant now. In the play, Rapunzel winds up with pretty severe PTSD, on top of being overstimulated after a life spent isolated in a tower. So the witch definitely messed up. However, she was also somewhat right. Rapunzel's prince cheats on her with Snow White while she's at home with twins having panic attacks. In the end, she's crushed by a giant after fleeing from the Prince and the Witch both in another episode of panic. Ultimately, while her methods are wrong, the witch acts out of a place of realistic fear of the world taken to unrealistic extremes, and she loses Rapunzel in the most tragic end possible--a terrible example of self-fulfilling prophecy. So she's already lost everything important to her when Last Midnight begins. The entire song is built around her character's morals and themes and is as much a condemnation of her own failures as it is of the rest of the casts', hurtling towards her epic end, caused ultimately by her own fatal flaws. But the main message is 'who's to blame' doesn't matter--what matters is fixing it. Rather than participate in a witch hunt, her final act, with nothing left she really cares for, is to metaphorically burn herself at the stake so the others will either knock it off and fix it, or get what they deserve. It's brilliant. By giving Rapunzel a happy end and removing most of their relationship, it not only weakens Stay With Me, Lament, and Children Will Listen, it makes The Witch seem more like a butthurt sociopath than a grieving mother in Last Midnight. It also makes her role as a voice of reason in Act II moot, because if there's any chance of her reconnecting with her daughter, she's not going to literally throw herself to a giant for no reason. In the play, she has literally lost everything. In the movie, it's kind of a weird choice that completely contradicts her whole story. So anyway. It's hard to say whether I'd like Meryl Streep as The Witch, because she didn't play The Witch, as far as I'm concerned. Whatever character she did portray was fine, but I think she was hindered more by bad writing decisions than anything else. Unfortunately, Sondheim writes very deliberately and intricately, building songs and narratives that seem suspiciously simple ...until one small thing is changed sends it all crashing like dominos. ┐(´∀｀)┌

SHE'S SIXTY-NINE?! Holy bunnysticks!

She doesn’t age

You said it perfectly----there is---Lots of light in her spirit......

The Original ANNIE movie for me

So lucky!

socrappyicoulddie such a gilf.

she still is a pretty dawg

So you enjoy Being Alive because of Bernadette? 😉😂

15 minutes with Bernadette Peters in The Longest Yard...let's hear it for her hair! 😆

@@josearturogarza5114 YES! I’m glad someone else noticed that! She was so wonderfully naughty (she usually is lol).

What !!!!

That's crazy...

On February 28th, to be exact. I've seen her up close working out at the gym, and she is spectacular! Her personality is as sweet as her appearance!

Lesa Sawahata whaaaaat??? That's insane! She's amazing!

Lesa Sawahata even her neck, decolletage, and hands look great. And those gams are stupendous! She's 21 years older than I, yet she looks my age or better.

CrossfacePanda what!? NEW Animaniacs?! Thank you for this info, I’m looking that up next. 👍🏼

SAMZIRRA Yeah, there’s no guarantee it’ll be any good, though. And not to be a downer, but if anything it’s guaranteed to not have the budget the old one had, won’t be hand animated like the old show, nor have a 35-piece orchestra score the music, because cartoon shows don’t get that kind of budget anymore (and it was a comparatively expensive show even back then). Heck, we don’t even know if the old staff and actors would be working on it (and my guess would be: probably not). It’s just wishful thinking on my part.

CrossfacePanda , wow! I didn't know they are making a new one!!!! And I didn't know she was Rita that's why I always loved to hear Rita sing!

Pretty sure Spielberg and Co. are actually coming back, and Maurice and Paul have both hinted that they will be back for it so I can't imagine the others not reprising their roles since they were all sad when Fox pulled the plug years ago. That being said, this is a Hulu exclusive thing so i might be missing out.

pkidawmbt sad to hear that but it's awesome for me I have Hulu!!!!! So that's why they put anamaniacs and tiny toons on?! Kool, I'm getting my 5 Year old into it

Nikki S. Oh god gracious I didn't know that. Are you sure?

If you loved it so much, WHY did you start your first sentence with “Ugh”?

habbogigi she plays Gloria the administrator of The New York Philharmonic. I am a huge fan of the show which stopped unfortunately last year 😢😢😢

It’s. Excellent.

She is 69. unbelievable!

Sutapa Bhattacharya WOW! She looks great for her age...! =O

By over 16 years. On February 28, in 3 weeks plus 2 days, she will turn 70 young, with no suggestion of her age and her appearance having crossed paths for decades. On May 13, Coal Bear will turn 54 (relatively) gnarly grizzled years old, continuing to settle into his potty mouth John Chancellor persona. Assuming that Coal Bear first watched on Broadway in 1984, which is when she headlined with Mandy Patinkin in Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (for which performance she received her by then THIRD Tony Award nomination, at that time, Miz Peters was 36, Coal Bert 20. By 20, Miz Peters had already received the Theatre World Award, which goes to the most outstanding DEBUT performance on Broadway, playing the part of Josie, sister to George M. Cohan in the original production of George M!, based on some of the life and times of the then-legendary Broadway performer. Cohan himself was played by Joel Grey, then 36 (from Cleveland! and still alive at 85! as dancers so often live long), best known for his role as M.C. in the movie version of Cabaret, and BTW father of film star / dancer Jennifer Grey. Despite that George M! was mostly panned by critics, it won awards not just for Miz Peters, but a Tony for Joel Grey for best performance and another for best choreography (among other awards centering on its dancing and music). So Miz Peters essentially had conquered Broadway by the time Coal Bear first watched her on stage, and was by that time the same age Joel Grey was when she debuted with him. I cannot believe it's taken this long for her to come onto Coal Bear's show, nor that they failed to do some music and dance number together. I expect this to happen the next time - get right on it, Mister Music Jon Batiste!

Michael Berthelsen - Stephen is 89.

Sondheim is 90 lol She’s like 20 some years off

74!!!!! ♡♡

Marilyn Taylor thanks for sharing that anecdote Marilyn it is actually a very nice one.