Recommended Concert: OPENING NIGHT WITH BERNADETTE PETERS (Pacific Symphony Pops at Segerstom Concert Hall)

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by Connor McCormick on October 22, 2024

in Concerts / Events,Theater-Los Angeles,Theater-Regional

Let her entertain you! Legendary Broadway, film and TV star Bernadette Peters returns to Pacific Symphony at Segerstrom Concert Hall for two nights — Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, at 8 — to open the 2024-25 Pops Season, led by Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez for the second year. Dazzling with show tunes and masterpieces from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, and more, Peters creates that special one-of-a-kind feeling with live music that showcases her illustrious vocal range and impeccable talent.

Lopez-Yañez sets the stage for the first half of the show with musical theater favorites performed by Pacific Symphony, including George Gershwin’s Overture to  Girl Crazy, George M. Cohan’s  A George M. Cohan Overture, Herman’s  Mack & Mabel,  Carl Teike’s  Old Comrades, March  and Herman’s  Hello Dolly!  Then, prepare to be swept off your feet as the legendary star of film, TV, and Broadway, Bernadette Peters, graces the stage with her incomparable talent, fabulous humor, and magnetic presence.

Opening Night with Bernadette Peters
Pacific Symphony
Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1-2, at 8
for tickets ($50-$189), call 714.755.5799 or visit Pacific Symphony

First Half:
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Overture to  Girl Crazy
GEORGE M. COHAN:  A George M. Cohan Overture
Give My Regards to Broadway
Mary Harrigan
Over There
Yankee Doodle Dandy
You’re a Grand Old Flag
JERRY HERMAN:  Mack & Mabel
Movies Were Movies
Look What Happened to Mabel
I Won’t Send Roses
Where Ever He Aint!
When Mabel Comes in the Room
CARL TEIKE:  Old Comrades, March
          George Schreyer, guest conductor
JERRY HERMAN
:  Hello Dolly!
Put on Your Sunday Clothes
It Only Takes a Moment
Before the Parade Passes By
Hello Dolly

~ Intermission ~

Bernadette Peters
Selections to be Announced from the Stage

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