Broadway NewsBernadette Peters Talks Her Broadway Return, the 20th Annual Broadway Barks, and MoreThe Tony-winning star shares who some of her special guests will be at the annual animal adopt-a-thon.
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Ruthie Fierberg
July 13, 2018
Bernadette Peters appeared on LIVE With Kelly & Ryan July 13 as she wraps up her starring role in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway and prepares to host the 20th annual Broadway Barks with her Dolly co-star Victor Garber.
“It’s the year of the dog, and we’ve been there 20 years. I can't believe it,” gushed the actor.
As for Dolly, Peters has only four performances left as the beloved meddlesome matchmaker. “I’m at the point now where I’m loving every moment of it and I’m savoring it—and it was terrific lovely experience. It’s a perfect show.” Peters first bowed as Dolly Gallagher Levi January 20, 2018, succeeding Tony winner Bette Midler in the 2017 Best Revival of a Musical (Midler returns to the role next week).
When asked if she plans to come back to Broadway, Peters said, “It depends what the role is and why. I’m open to whatever life has in store for me.”
Peters has received Tony Awards for Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun, as well as the honorary Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. Her additional credits include Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George, Follies, and A Little Night Music. She founded Broadway Barks with the late Mary Tyler Moore in 1998 as a program to promote the adoption of shelter animals. The organization hosts the event each summer as an adopt-a-thon paired with appearances by Broadway favorites. This year, the casts of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,Mean Girls, and moreare set to take the stage in Shubert Alley July 14.
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Look Back at Broadway Barks Over the Years
Look Back at Broadway Barks Over the Years
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Neil Patrick Harris, 2004
Laura Linney, 2004
Swoosie Kurtz, 2004
Eric Stoltz, 2004
Elizabeth Berkley, 2004
Bernadette Peters, Keegan-Michael Key, and Mary Tyler Moore,
Russell Tovey and Jacob Young, 2006
Christine Ebersole, 2006
Cheyenne Jackson, Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy, Orfeh, and Andy Karl, 2007
Laura Bell Bundy, 2007
Laura Bell Bundy, 2007
Lea Michele
Lea Michele, 2007
Lisa Rinna, 2007
Mary Tyler Moore, Maddie and Bernadette Peters
Marc Kudisch
Matthew Blank
Karen Olivo
J. Robert Spencer and Alice Ripley
Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore
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Corbin Bleu
Judy McLane, Gina Ferrell and Beth Leavel
Sara Jean Ford, Kevin David Thomas, Leigh Ann Larkin, Bernadette Peters, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Ramona Mallory and Erin Davie
Chuck Cooper
Sean Hayes
Reeve Carney and Jennifer Damiano
Isabel Keating
Aaron Tveit
Nikki M. James
Heidi Blickenstaff and Olive Blickenstaff, 2011
Joel Grey and Bernadette Peters, 2012
Angela Lansbury, 2012
Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, and Angela Lansbury
A new scholarship will send three young writers to the 2026 International Thespian Festival to work directly with Playbill on coverage of the week-long event.
