Dan Cirucci: Italian American Heritage Month: Bernadette Lazzara Peters

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Italian American Heritage Month: Bernadette Lazzara Peters

Bernadette Lazzara Peters

Born Bernadette Lazzara to a Sicilian American family in the Ozone Park section of Queens, New York, Bernadette Peters made her way from TV appearances as a three-year-old to successful stage roles that led her to become an unquestioned Broadway diva -- a compelling actress-in-song who has starred in landmark Broadway musical revivals and original productions where she created iconic characters.

Bernadette Peters received her first Tony Award in 1986 for Song and Dance and won her second Tony in 1999 for the revival of Annie Get Your Gun. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award in recognition of her years of service to charitable organizations. Peters made her stage debut at the age of nine, and first came to the attention of theatergoers with her acclaimed performances in Dames at Seaand George M!.

Additionally, she starred on Broadway in On The Town (Tony Award nomination), Jerry Herman’s and Michael Stewart’s Mack and Mabel (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), Sunday in the Park with George (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Into the Woods (Drama Desk nomination), The Goodbye Girl(Tony nomination), Gypsy (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), A Little Night Music and Follies (Drama Desk nomination). Peters currently stars on television in Mozart in the Jungle and The Good Fight, with numerous additional guest appearances including those on Smash, Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly Betty. Her film credits include The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven, Annie, Slaves of New York, Pink Cadillac, Alice, Impromptu and Coming Up Roses. Her solo albums, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight; Sondheim, Etc.; Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall; and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein have all been nominated for Grammy Awards.

With Mary Tyler Moore, Peters co-founded Broadway Barks, an animal welfare organization dedicated to changing people’s perceptions of shelter animals. She is the author of three New York Times best-selling children’s books, Broadway Barks, Stella Is A Star and Stella & Charlie: Friends Forever. Peters proudly serves on the Board of Trustees of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Part of a month long series spotlighting a different accomplished Italian American every day during Italian American Heritage Month.

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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