Stage and screen legend Bernadette Peters is heading back to London to play a one-night-only concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane this summer.
The triple Tony Award-winner who last year made her British theatre debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends will be back in the West End on 12 August.
Presented by Lambert Jackson, Cuffe & Taylor and Live Nation, Bernadette Peters – Live From London will feature music from the artist’s favourite Broadway shows along with classic tracks from her Grammy Award-winning and nominated albums.
Widely regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of Stephen Sondheim’s work, Peters has starred in some of Broadway’s biggest shows, including Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George, A Little Night Music and Follies. In 2018 Peters won rave reviews for her performance as Dolly Levi the hit revival of Hello, Dolly!
It was recently announced that Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends would transfer to Broadway in 2025.
Broadway legend Patti LuPone will return to the UK stage early next year for the first time since her Olivier Award-winning performance in Marianne Elliott’s critically acclaimed production of Company.
The triple Tony Award and Olivier Award-winner will take centre stage in Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes at the London Coliseum on 16 February 2025.
Tracing LuPone’s life through song, the solo concert will be LuPone’s biggest ever solo concert in the UK and the star’s only concert performance in Europe in 2025.
Conceived and directed by Scott Wittman and written by Jeffrey Richman, Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes has music direction and arrangements by Joseph Thalken. The London concert date will be presented by Fourth Wall Live and AEG.
Due to return to Broadway to star alongside Mia Farrow in Jen Silverman’s comedy The Roommate in August 2024, LuPone first stepped on a Broadway stage in 1973. The first of her two Best Actress Tony Awards came seven years later when she starred as Eva Peron in Evita. Her second came when she played Rose in Gypsy in 2008, and in 2022 she won her third Tony – a Best Featured Actress Award for her performance as Joanne in Stephen Sondheim’s Company.
Her performance in the original West End production of Company also earned LuPone a third Olivier Award – the Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Her first two Olivier Awards were both Best Actress in a Musical Awards – the first was for her performance as Fantine in Les Misérables and the second was for Moll in The Cradle Will Rock in 1985.
Angela Thomas
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