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Legendary star of stage and screen Bernadette
Peters makes her much-anticipated Boston Pops return
for a special December 31 concert at 8 p.m. at Symphony
Hall. One of the most popular guests to appear with the Pops
over the years, Ms. Peters—who last performed with the
orchestra in 2019—will ring in the New Year, for a magical
and inspiring evening of songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein,
Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, and other Broadway legends.
The program features not one but two conductors making their
Pops debut: Troy Quinn, who will lead the orchestra
in first half of the concert, and Joseph Thalken, Ms.
Peters' music director, who will conduct her set on the
second half of the program and accompany her at the piano.
Over a career spanning more than six decades,
Peters has starred in musical theater, television, and film,
performed in solo concerts, and released recordings. She is
a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received
seven nominations for Tony Awards, three Tonys, and nine
Drama Desk Award nominations, winning three. Four of the
Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won
Grammy Awards.
Regarded by many as the foremost interpreter
of the works of Stephen Sondheim, Peters is particularly
noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including in the
musicals Mack and Mabel, Sunday in the Park with
George, Song and Dance, Into the Woods, The
Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, A
Little Night Music, Follies, and Hello, Dolly!.
She has recorded six solo albums as well as many cast albums
and performs regularly in her own solo concert act. Peters
recently concluded a highly successful West End debut in the
Cameron Mackintosh production of Old Friends,
celebrating the life and work of Sondheim. The production
will transfer to Broadway in spring 2025.
In addition to the concert, this festive
evening includes food and beverage service. It marks the
first New Year’s Eve Pops concert since 2019 when the New
York-based jazz band Hot Sardines performed. |