The Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced that Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning star Bernadette Peters will perform Broadway hits with the orchestra for a one-night-only performance on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 8PM at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle Theater. In-person tickets are available by calling 419.246.8000, visiting toledosymphony.com, or stopping by the Box Office at 1838 Parkwood Ave., Monday through Friday, 9AM-5PM. Proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test is required to attend.

“Welcoming Bernadette Peters to town is obviously a goosebump moment for anyone working in the performing arts,” says Zak Vassar, President & CEO of the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts. “She’s performed on the greatest stages in our industry, and I just can’t wait to hear her in her Toledo debut.”

Bernadette Peters has an extensive performing career on stage, television, in concert, and on recordings. Best known for her work in theatre, Peters most recently starred on Broadway in the hit musical revival Hello, Dolly! Her television credits include co-starring in Amazon Prime’s Mozart in the Jungle which won the 2016 Golden Globe for Best TV Comedy or Musical series. Other television credits include NBC-TV’s Smash, ABC-TV’s Grey’s Anatomy, and Ugly Betty, and more.

In addition to starring in the Lifetime TV movie Living Proof, Peters has appeared in 17 films throughout her distinguished career and received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in Pennies From Heaven. Other film credits include The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family, and Coming Up Roses.

Peters has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy®-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, in addition to numerous original Broadway cast recordings.

“I first heard Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park with George, one of my favorite Sondheim musicals,” continues Vassar. “Since then, she’s become one of my favorite performers. We are so privileged to share her talent with our community.”

Aside from performing, Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Her “pet project” Broadway Barks, co-founded with Mary Tyler Moore, is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event that benefits shelter animals throughout the New York City area. She is a New York Times best-selling author who has penned three children’s books: Broadway Barks, Stella is a Star, and Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever. All the proceeds from the sale of these books benefit Broadway Barks. Peters resides in New York with her rescue dogs, Charlie and Rosalia.

HOW TO ATTEND:
What: Spotlight Event: Bernadette Peters
When: April 9, 2022, 8PM
Where: Peristyle Theater, 2445 Monroe Street, Toledo
In-person Ticket Cost: Tickets begin at $42
More info: Visit toledosymphony.com, stop by the TAPA Box Office located at 1838 Parkwood Avenue, or call 419.246.8000, Monday-Friday, 9-5 PM.

For more information about the Toledo Symphony’s Spotlight Event with Bernadette Peters, please contact Vanessa Gardner, Director of Marketing & Communications at vgardner@artstoledo.com.

ABOUT TOLEDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a community-supported organization of professional musicians and teachers who deliver quality performance and music education for all.

Formed in 1943 as The Friends of Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has grown from a core group of twenty-two part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs sixty-nine professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer, as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands.

On January 1, 2019, the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet officially merged to form the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), a new non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional live music and dance performances and education for the region. This partnership promises to create new and invigorating programs, provide cost and revenue synergies in operations, and integrate the arts through shared educational missions.

The Toledo Symphony reaches more than 260,000 individuals annually through performances and education programs. The series concerts (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber) are the critical underpinning of the orchestra’s artistic mission and regularly draw people from 135 postal zip codes. Education programs, student performances, and community concerts are held in schools, neighborhood churches, performing arts centers, and community facilities throughout the region; many are offered at no charge or provided at a reduced fee to help expand participation.