New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Bernadette Peters returns to "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" in a new episode airing this Sunday, April 18th!
The series stars Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael
Thomas Grant, Kapil Talwalkar and Mary Steenburgen.
One of Broadway's most critically acclaimed performers, Peters has won numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards, three Emmy nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Peters received both the Tony Award and
Drama Desk Award for her performance in the
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Song and Dance. She earned her second Tony Award for her performance in
Annie Get Your Gun.
She also received Tony nominations for her outstanding performances in Sam Mendes' critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy (as Momma Rose), in Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman/Gower
Champion Ode to the Movies, Mack and
Mabel and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical On The Town. In addition to these honors, Peters earned a
Drama Desk nomination for her unforgettable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
In its second season, "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" continues to explore the feelings we keep buried on the inside, the human impulse for connection and the undeniable healing power of music and dance. Following a tragedy, Zoey (Jane Levy) and the Clarke family begin to recalibrate and navigate their new normal. As she finds herself in a new dynamic at work and in her love life, Zoey's musical powers will continue to both awkwardly complicate and inform her worldview as she attempts to rediscover joy and connect with those around her.
Featuring inventive musical performances set to hit records from a variety of genres and time periods, "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming in its freshman season.
