Bernadette Peters, A voice of an Angel and the body of a 33 year old.
Written: Apr 13 '01
Product Rating:
Pros: 90 minutes with Bernadette Peters
Cons: Doesn't included Making Love Alone song from Saturday Night Live.
The Bottom Line: So many Stephen Sondheim songs, make this a wonderful concert to view. A large band, a great dance number (guys only), Bernadette's voice make me wish I owned a DVD.
jckatz's Full Review: Bernadette Peters in Concert
I needed a hair cut, not what you would expect when reading a video review, but that how I came across this video. I was walking through an unfamiliar mall in the Chicago land area, and I was looking for a hair salon, when I saw her.
Her being Bernadette Peters, in a HUGE screen, singing Children will Listen from Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award winning show Into the Woods. . If you don't know who Bernadette Peters is, I shall strive to describe her.
She has a slightly nasally sounding voice, that works so well when singing, she has been in many Stephen Sondheim shows from Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George , and Anyone Can Whistle and just a few that are still available on CD. She was also in for the non-soundtrack owning readers in movies such as NBC's mini-series the Odyssey Steve Martins' The Jerk and my favorite she played the voice of Rita in Rita and Runt from the Animaniacs. Ohh yeah, she looks like a 30 something yet was born in 1954!! I hope that helps place her, if not check out http://www.bernadettepeters.net/
Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall [LIVE]
Is the concert series this video is based on, the CD is at Carnegie Hall while the video was produced in London, on the most part that is OK, Bernadette still has all the lovely dresses shown on the cover book of the CD, and most of the songs are the same. There is on song missing from the video that is on the CD, but not listed in the tracks (its track 7). This is a song called Making Love Alone , and with a 5 minute intro, and lots of laughter from the audience when she wasn't singing I was dying to see this not just hear it.
Making Love Alone is from Saturday Night Live and has lines like, "It fits like a hand in a glove, especially when the glove is your own. . ."
That being said, this video has 90 minutes of songs compared to the measly 45 minutes on the CD.
WHAT you will get for $19.95M
We're in the Money/Pennies from Heaven
A Fun and interactive opening with the London Audience, not on the CD
Broadway Baby
She sings her heart out for this on No One Is Alone
On of the Most Powerful Songs in INTO THE WOODS Sooner or Later Faithless Love Time Heals Everything
Breaking up, fast forward to this song, it helps Raining in My Heart
Look at all the guys dancing, WOW! Some People Johanna
I hated this song in Sweeney Todd , but she can sing! Happiness Hello, Little Girl/Any Moment
What a voice, also from Into the Woods Later You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Fun Song Not a Day Goes By Being Alive With So Little to Be Sure Of Children Will Listen
It got me to by the video and I still love it, also not on the CD Move On I'll Be Seeing You My Romance/Just the Way You Look Tonight
Was it a good purchases?
This is the only video I have ever purchased for full price, I purchased a couple videos at garage sales for $2 and watched once, this video I have maybe watched 3 or 4 time, and lately I turn the TV on, and listen to it. There for I will most likely purchase it again, after I get a DVD player where the sound will be excellent.
And I am hoping the DVD will have the Making Love Alone Song !
Recommended:
Yes
Viewing Format: VHS Video Occasion: Good for Groups Suitability For Children: Suitable for Children up to Age 4
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