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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty
Seventy-five-year-old Bernadette Peters rolls back the years in Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre genius
October 5, 2023 09:37
Seventy-five-year-old Bernadette Peters rolls back the years in Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre genius
October 5, 2023 09:37Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Gielgud Theatre | ★★★★✩
That is old as in long-standing. Bernadette Peters may be 75 but there is nothing aged about this most Broadway of stars.
In Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre genius Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021 Peters will be the main draw even for the lyricist composer’s most loyal fans.
Gavin Lee, Damian Humbley and Jason Pennycooke (Photo: Danny Kaan)
Peters is billed side by side with fellow Broadway star Lea Salonga. Much of the rest of the cast are used to being top of the bill (Joanna Riding, Janie Dee, Damian Humble to name but a few).
But let’s face it, the one performer whose absence would cause greatest disappointment here would be Peters.
In at the beginning of many a Sondheim show it is right that Peters gets a little more than her fair share of the spotlight.
Janie Dee, Bonnie Langford and Joanna Riding (Photo: Danny Kaan)
