All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#1All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:26pmCan anyone actually see her in roles like Ado Annie and Nellie and Adelaide and Ruth?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#2re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:28pm
Nellie, no...Ado Annie, yes...Adelaide, yes...Ruth, yes.
I think she would be a fantastic Ruth. And it would show that she doesn't have to belt her lungs out to be powerful. Which is true of her, and is something most people forget.
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#2re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:30pm
Ugh. Sooo many Patti threads.
As a Patti fan, I am getting sick of Patti right now.
#3re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:32pm
I could imagine this Patti playing Nellie:
#4re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:32pmRuth. yes. But Ruth is like suppose to be in her 30's. In a concert version, she could do it.
#5re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:39pmWickedrocks, where'd you find that picture in your avatar?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#6re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:41pmBroadway.com ... I peed a little when I saw it.
#7re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:59pmActually, I can hear her Nellie without trying that hard at all. Like her "Cockeyed Optimist" plays in my head. She'd have so much fun in that role.
#8re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 9:00pmShe HAS recorded Cockeyed Optimist and A Wonderful Guy.
#9re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 9:01pmNow? No. Ever? Of course.
#10re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 9:04pm
Is it bad that I can imagine them without actually ever hearing them? I can just hear her trademark scoopy thing on, "When the..."
But, thanks for letting me know. I'll have to find those now and see if my imagined interpretations are similar to her real ones.
If they are, I'll need to step away from the LuPone for a few months.
#11re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 9:06pm
Haha. her OPTIMIST is actually very scoopy.
Both can be found on her recording "Matters Of The Heart."
#12re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 9:51pmI love "Matters of the Heart," and her "Cock Eyed Optimist" and "A Wonderful Guy" are both quite good.
#13re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:26pm
Nellie-No, i think Patti is too deep/isn't bubbly enough for her
Ruth-definitely...why haven't they done a revival starring Patti as Ruth?
Ado Annie-i could see it
Adelaide-maybe
#14re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:36pmWill find, thank you both.
Mutts2
Swing Joined: 7/6/07
#15re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:32am
LuPone has also often said that she wanted to play Cinderella in Into the Woods even though the producers saw her more as the Witch.
I don't see why LuPone couldn't play Ruth Sherwood. If Gypsy closes this year or early next, maybe Laurents could direct LuPone in the revival of Wonderful Town. In 2009 it will be 5 years since that classic was last on Broadway and then LuPone could get that Tony that eluded the often absent Murphy.
#16re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:35amRuth is in her 30's. Patti is 30 years too old. A concert production at Ravinia would be perfect.
#17re: All the roles Patti has said she's wanted to play
Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:55am
Ljay is completely right.
And Donna Murphy gave one of the most-raved about performances in the past few years as Ruth Sherwood both at City Center and on Broadway. Her performance ALONE was the reason the show itself transfered to Broadway, and her own health issues kept her from fully committing to the run of the show. So why oh why must you take a jab at the "often-absent" Donna Murphy in a thread to sort of honor and discuss Patti LuPone? It makes no sense to me when some people have the need to diminish an artist's work in order to validate another's.
LuPone would have been perfect as Ruth Sherwood in a post-EVITA revival, as it stands now, she is way way too old for the role. Who is going to play Eileen? Barbara Cook? I'd love to hear her take on "One Hundred Easy Ways" though.
I feel she would have never been right for Nellie (same reason why Merman could have never played Nellie either, I think.)
I think she is also too old for Adelaide, but again, would be wonderful in a concert version or a studio recording.
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