A Little Night Music Broadway, NY 2010 The amazing Bernadette Peters singing 'Send in the Clowns' from the Sondheim musical, A Little Night Music. Enjoy!
Folks, my wife and I sat front row center for this B'way show with Bernadette Peters. She sang the entire song with tears streaming down her face. It was the same for me. It was historic, I don't think I have ever seen anything better. While Catherine Zeta-Jones was in the role the first 6 months I had no interest in going. When Bernadette took over the role I booked tickets on-line immediately and we drove almost 10 hours to NYC to see it. I will never, ever forget it.
Her interpretation is so perfect. Vulnerable, self-aware, shattering. Just imagine the person you’d decided to finally open your heart to telling you he’s choosing someone else. She nails this.
Without question, one of the most moving performances I’ve ever had the privilege to see. A single house seat and I sobbed and sobbed. She was hilarious and heartbreaking. This was a PRIVILEGE to see.
Oh my lord, I had no idea this video existed. I just started watching it and realized Bernadette Peters just gave the best performance of this role ever.
Her performance in this show is possibly the greatest, most masterful musical theater performance I have ever seen on the Broadway stage. And I have seen so many great ones.
Agreed! I am auditioning for a role in my college on September 9th. Bernadette Peters has helped me understand the meaning of the song, and I cried listening to her.
I passed on suffering through seeing Katherine Zeta Jones doing this part because I knew she couldn't handle it. I was sad because like most I'd never seen the show, most certainly on Broadway. When they reopened with Bernadette and Elaine Stritch (RIP) oh my God was I psyched! And what an AMAZING show and what AMAZING performances by BOTH ladies. Bernadette's "Send in the Clowns" had eyes tearing in the audience and you could hear a pin drop. She was perfect all around ("Have You Met My Wife" -- hilarious and skillfully done). I'm convinced Bernadette can do anything. Again, SO glad I saw here in this show. Those who got to see it witnessed musical theater history.
Maybe you should have seen Catherine Zeta Jones before judging? I did. I did not love her in the role. Too frosty and she sang this number with too much anger.
NY Times: "For theater lovers there can be no greater pleasure than to witness Bernadette Peters perform the show's signature number with an emotional transparency and musical delicacy that turns this song into an occasion of transporting artistry...[it's] an indelible moment in the history of musical theater." After reading this, I went twice, including the last show of the run with Bernadette...pure magic, and SS came out at the end of the show to say hi. If only there was a cast recording with her on it.
I have seen the show twice. Bernadette Peters was Superb. @ Nick. Elaine Stritch was 86yrs old. Does not drink any longer. And did not stumble out of any bar.It was her swan song from Broadway. Having an illustrious career. Bravo to both of these Great Performers.
I saw her performance in this. As a huge Sondheim fan I can say that the entire production was utter perfection. Her performance was mesmerising, and this is the proof. So heart wrenching and beautiful. Thank you so much for posting this, I just relived my entire experience with this production and am very overwhelmed!
This production was the worst revival I have ever seen. The sets were tacky, the costumes more fit for an Italian funeral and the tinny band was not worthy of this glorious score. The supporting cast was uniformly awful.
Thank you *so much*. Watching this is like being there again; she's making me cry all over again. Her rendition is simply heart-wrenching. It, like her, is perfect.
Gran actuación de Bernadette Peters. He escuchado varias y siento que ésta es la mejor. Las hay muy buenas como la original de Glynis Johns o la de Judi Dench. Incluso la de Catherine Z. Jones , aunque se salta parte de la letra, está bien concebida (aunque ella la interpreta más como enfado que arrepentimiento)...pero la que más me gusta es esta de Bernadette.
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To Nick Mayor: it is becoming boring to listen to someone say "Ms. Peters is/was miscast" because that is what they ALWAYS say and yet, she always smacks it out of the park. She is her own type, and that confuses the lesser minds who need performances to be cookie cut-outs of past efforts. Very sad. You missed a wonderful performance because you were too stupid to enjoy perfection.
Glynis johns is the best version, but this is a close second. Bernadette peters was great. I would have ended the show after her rendition of this song, instead of the neat wrap up.
VINCE RAMDHANIE it’s a song of heartbreak. Desiree and Fredrick have been on and off lovers for decades, even having a daughter together (which he knows not of). In this scene Fredrick tells Desiree they cannot be together and this is her response. “Send in the Clowns” is her way of trying to lighten up the mood, saying with such travesty, there should be clowns there relieve everyone of the tension. In a way, it’s a song about the death of the possibility for their love to flourish and last.
With mega-wattage like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, this production struggled at the box office for one simple reason....despite their efforts, this production was an utterly horrid mess. Apart from an utterly talentless supporting cast, the production values were 4th rate summer stock. Ms. Peters was miscast, not sophisticated enough for this role and Stritch seemed like she stumbled out of a bar. Worst of all, the tinny mini orchestra did not do this sumptuous show justice.