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">Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer
and children's book author from New York City.
Over the course of a career that
has already 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 eight Drama
Desk Awards, winning three. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which
she has
starred have won Grammy Awards.
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.
Peters is particularly noted for her starring roles in stage
musicals,
including Song and
Dance, Sunday
in the Park with
George, Into
the Woods, Annie
Get Your Gun, and Gypsy,
becoming closely associated with
composer Stephen
Sondheim. She had a four-year romantic relationship with comedian Steve
Martin and was married
to investment
adviserBroadway Barks animal
charity Michael Wittenberg for
over nine years until he was killed in a helicopter crash on September
26, 2005.
Peters is known for her charitable work, including as a founder of the
| Bernadette Peters | |
|---|---|
 At a Broadway Barks book signing (San Francisco, 2008) | |
| Born | Bernadette Lazzara February 28, 1948 Ozone Park, Queens, New York, United States(1948-02-28) |
| Occupation | Actress/Singer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Wittenberg (1996-2005) (his death) |
| Official website | |
MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEVEN SONDHEIM
CINDERELLA
Mother cannot guide you.
Now you're
on you're own.
Only me
beside you.
Still, you're not alone.
No one is alone, truly.
No
one is
alone.
Sometimes people leave you
halfway through the wood.
Others
may deceive you.
You decide what's good.
You decide alone.
But
no one
is alone.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
I wish...
CINDERELLA(To
Little
Red)
I know...
Mother isn't here now. BAKER(to Jack)
Wrong
things,
right things...
Who knows what she'd say?
Who can say what's
true?
Nothing's quite so clear now-
Do things, fight things...
Feel
you've lost your way?
You decide, but
You are not alone,You are
not
alone.
Believe me.
No one is alone.
No one is alone,
Believe
me.
Truly...
BOTH
You move just a finger,
Say the
slightest
word,
Something's bound to linger,
Be heard.
No one acts
alone.
Careful, no one is alone.
CINDERELLA
People
make mistakes. People make
mistakes.
Fathers,
Mothers,
BOTH
People make
mistakes,
Holding their own,
Thinking they're alone.
CINDERELLA
Honor
their mistakes...
Fight
for their mistakes-
Everybody makes-
BOTH
One another's
Terrible mistakes.
Witches can be right,
Giants can be good.
You
decide what's right,
You dedide what's good.
CINDERELLA
Just
remember:
BAKER
Just remember:
BOTH
Someone is on
your
side.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & JACK
Our side.
CINDERELLA
& BAKER
Our side-
Someone else is not.
While we're seeing
our
side-
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & JACK
Our side....
CINDERELLA
& BAKER
Our side-
ALL
Maybe we forgot:
They are not
alone.
No one is alone.
CINDERELLA
Hard to see the light
now.
BAKER
Just don't let it go.
BOTH
Things will
come out
tight now.
We can make it so.
Someone is on you side,
No one is
alone.