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Tony award-winner Bernadette Peters will 'journey Broadway' for debut performance of the Sinfonia Gulf Coast
 | | "As an actress, singer and comedienne...Bernadette Peters has no peer in the musical theatre..." - New York Times |
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'Bernadette Peters - A Journey Through Broadway' will be the debut performance by Sinfonia Gulf Coast at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on September 23 in Ft. Walton Beach at 8 p.m.
Headline guest artist Bernadette Peters is a seven-time nominated and two-time Tony Award-winning actress, movie star and singer. Bernadette Peters is widely acclaimed as the finest singing actress on the scene today. She was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1996 and is the youngest inductee in its history.
Ms. Peters' first Tony for best actress was in 1986 for the lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Song & Dance.' The second Tony was for her lead role in 1999 as Annie Oakley in Irving Berlin's 'Annie Get Your Gun.' Talkin' Broadway Reviews said of her Annie role, "Any appearance by Bernadette Peters in a musical is just cause for popping open bottles of the best champagne and dancing in the streets."
In 2003, she received her seventh Tony Award nomination for her electrifying portrayal of Momma Rose in Sam Mendes' recordbreaking Broadway revival of 'Gypsy'. Her brilliant performance was captured on the Grammy award-winning 'Gypsy' cast recording.
 | | Sinfonia Gulf Coast's Music Director and Conductor Demetrius Fuller |
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Sinfonia is the region's only full professional orchestra dedicated to redefining the symphony experience. The orchestra is comprised of the best professional musicians from throughout the Southeast. The first half of the concert will showcase Sinfonia with emerging selections from Leonard Bernstein's "Overture to Candide," George Gershwin's "American in Paris," and Kurt Weill's "Suite from the Three Penny Opera". Ms. Peters will take to the stage during the second half with her majestic voice filling the hall as she performs the timeless standards that made her one of Broadway's brightest stars.
Sinfonia is under the baton of Music Director and Conductor, Demetrius Fuller. Maestro Fuller's impressive list of credentials already include working with some of the world's most prestigious conductors and orchestras. This upcoming season will find Fuller making debut performances with the Wuhan Symphony in China, the Aosta Festival in Italy and returning to Brazil to teach and conduct at the Festival of the Mountains.
Presenting sponsors of 'Bernadette Peters: Journey Through Broadway' are Destin Commons, WJHG News Channel 7 and Bay Life and Emerald Coast Magazines' Rowland Publishing.
Individual Sinfonia concert tickets begin at $40, and discounted season subscription packages start at $94.50. Limited special dinner theatre style table seating with wine and hors d'oeuvres is available at the Emerald Coast Conference Center performance. Order tickets by phone or purchase and print tickets online. Tickets can also be purchased the day of the concerts at the venues. Call Sinfonia at (850) 267-1478, or purchase and print tickets online at www.SinfoniaGulfCoast.org.
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