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68.160.35.x | posted: 6/6/2006 at 11:08:18 AM ET
Is anyone actually going to the show at Symphony Hall tomorrow night. I gather it's quite expensive for this one. Maybe folks could meet at the stage door after?
Sara
| Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 6/8/2006 at 7:16:09 PM ET
Any word on how this went?
I know it wasn't exactly open to the general public, but anyone hear anything or go to the stage door? Any comments in Boston local media?
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6/7/2003 | posted: 6/9/2006 at 6:44:46 AM ET
This is the only thing I could find:
"She's all business:Tony-winning actress Bernadette Peters won over the tony set of Boston business leaders at last night's 25th annual ``Presidents at Pops'' concert at Symphony Hall. Conducted by Keith Lockhart, the benefit raised a record $1.8 million. Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish chaired the committee of area head honchos. He also joined a chorus of 23 singing CEOs in a medley of money-themed songs with goofy new lyrics like ``If I had a million dollars, I'd buy Keith a new tuxedo.'' STAFF PHOTO BY MATT STONE"
from the Boston Herald, June 8, 2006, "Inside Track" column. The on-line edition doesn't have the photo.
Also, in the "Inside Track" column from June 9, there is this intriguing item:
"Broadway biggie Joel Grey having a slice of pizza at Giordano’s in Oak Bluffs..."
(Oak Bluff is on Martha's Vineyard)
| Jean
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6/7/2003 | posted: 6/10/2006 at 8:19:35 AM ET
Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company
The Boston Globe
June 09, 2006 Friday
THIRD EDITION
SECTION: ARTS ; Pg. D4
"HEADLINE: PETERS STEALS SPOTLIGHT IN POPS SPECTACLE
BYLINE: BY CHRISTOPHER MUTHER, GLOBE STAFF
A concert designed to thank corporate leaders for ponying up nearly $2 million to help the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its community outreach programs is destined to be a feel-good evening, especially when the program kicks off with a John Williams-penned serenade to Boston, accompanied by a film showing snippets of the Boston Marathon and the Boston Red Sox smacking home runs out of the park. (All that was missing was a shot of Tom Brady saving a kitten from a tree.)
Wednesday's "Presidents at Pops" was touching in its tributes to Harvey "Chet" Krentzman, the tireless entrepreneur who helped create the organization 25 years ago, and endlessly rousing with a program that featured Tchaikovsky's Allegro molto vivace from Symphony No. 6 in B minor and George Gershwin's "Strike Up the Band." Amid Keith Lockhart's effervescence, the baby boomer singalong, and a stage full of corporate muckety-mucks warbling uneasily through ABBA's "Money, Money, Money," guest vocalist Bernadette Peters handily hijacked the show with a well-cocked hip and a voice that was bigger than Symphony Hall.
Peters's performance was as well-designed as her shimmering, low-cut gown. She charged the stage with "Let Me Entertain You" from "Gypsy." It was the only moment of her stunning set that didn't click, as she and Lockhart initially approached the song at slightly different tempos. With "No One Is Alone" from "Into the Woods," Peters captured the pathos of Stephen Sondheim's music by hitting the song's melancholy moments with genuine heart. But it was a playful Peters who dis played her meaty comedic chops and used her stage persona to win over the last of the suits in the room who knew her only as "the woman who was in `The Jerk' with Steve Martin." (Yes, that quote was overheard in the crowd.)
Turning "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" into a burlesque show, Peters jiggled down from the stage and sauntered up to a table, asking "Are you a president?" in a husky purr.
"They didn't do it that way in the show," Peters explained of the "South Pacific" number. "But that's the way we like to do it, right Keith?"
Straying briefly from Broadway, Peters showed her range with a sultry interpretation of the Peggy Lee standard "Fever," telling the audience: "It's my first time. Please be gentle." This is how Peters managed the nearly impossible task of being sexy and funny at the same time. She may have been goofing when she stretched on top of the piano like a cat in front of a blazing fire, but her vocals on "Fever" were a minor torch triumph.
She concluded with "Being Alive," and encored with Irving Berlin's "Count Your Blessings." Here's hoping that by the end of the evening, plans were being made to bring Peters in as this year's Esplanade vocalist on July 4. Please?"
Nice review !
| Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 6/10/2006 at 10:02:54 AM ET
Wow, that is a great review. Thanks Jean, for tracking it down.
That guy is a really good writer. I love his description of "Fever." The part about the cat stretching in front of the fire is perfect imagery.
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