 [ F ] or theater lovers there can be no greater current pleasure than to witness Bernadette Peters perform the show 's signature number , " Send In the Clowns , " with an emotional transparency and musical delicacy that turns this celebrated song into an occasion of transporting artistry . I 'm not sure I 've ever experienced with such palpable force – or such prominent goose bumps – the sense of being present at an indelible moment in the history of musical theater . 
