#101
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:47am
Point taken, n69n. Mt feelings about Ms. LuPone are have not changed, but I apologize if I offended anyone.
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#102
Posted: 7/21/07 at 11:24am
If Bernadette Peters (who I'm not a huge fan of, but I think did magnificent in SITPWG) did what Patti did that night, I would only gain respect for her!
Patti's ****in fabulous, what she did was fabulous. If she was on a killing spree, it would not be fabulous.
Patti's ****in fabulous, what she did was fabulous. If she was on a killing spree, it would not be fabulous.
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
#103
Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:24pm
People who use the stage as a personal coffee table or footrest are taking the rest of the audience out of the world of the play. I can't stand it. WTF?
Hamlet's father.
#104
Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:42pm
anyone going to Gypsy this afternoon (gallery section center?)
#105
Posted: 7/21/07 at 9:47pm
Mutts, I was sitting 3rd row on the aisle. This occurred 3 feet away from me. I stand by my statements and no one else in this thread who was there that night has contradicted me. The kick was hard.
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
#106
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:58pm
The fact, that the woman who left the playbill on stage and got hit by it, laughed it off, shows what an illiterate idiot she was ! Not only she did something so rude and stupid, but she didn't have the decency to be ashamed by her action, when she was clearly reprimanded by the star of the show ! Patti, or any other actor who would react that way, was 100% right ! The stupid cow, who used the stage as her personal coffee table, should be forced to eat 10 Playbills and then get slapped by the whole cast !!!
#107
Posted: 7/21/07 at 11:03pm
Dominate me, Greek!
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#108
Posted: 7/22/07 at 12:45am
To counter the playbill-kicking business, there was a young girl crying at the stage door on Friday night, upset about missing someone, and Patti immediately went to her to ask what was wrong (I think she missed someone's signature and was upset), and made arrangements to make sure that the child could get her missing signature (or what not). Even hearing all of the diva stories could not deny her that moment of being a complete class act!
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
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#109
Posted: 7/22/07 at 12:47am
Aww, that was really nice of her.
#110
Posted: 7/22/07 at 12:57am
The primary fault lies with the woman who left the playbill on the stage, however, where were the ushers? In almost every house I've been in, ushers will advise the front row orchestra and mezz patrons not to put coats, purses and playbills on the stage and/or mezz railing.
This did not happen at City Center and some fault lies with house employees and management.
This did not happen at City Center and some fault lies with house employees and management.
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
Updated On: 7/22/07 at 12:57 AM
#111
Posted: 7/22/07 at 12:58am
I wouldn't mind being slapped by Tony Yazbeck.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#112
Posted: 7/22/07 at 1:00am
He'll have to wait his turn.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#113
Posted: 7/22/07 at 1:21am
Oh I am so sick of people not letting stars be stars. I can only imagine what Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis, or Joan Crawford would have done in the same situation.
#114
Posted: 7/22/07 at 5:59pm
That was my daughter crying at the stage door Friday night. Having just seen such an incredible show from the front row (thanks Darth!) we sprinted to the stage door through a shortcut near the loading dock.
We met Sami Gayle and Emma Rowley (baby June and Louise), multiple newsboys, farmboys, and blondes. Boyd Gaines and Tony Yazbeck signed. Uncle Jocko too! But we weren't fast enough to catch Leigh Ann Larkin, who plays Dainty June.
So when Laura Benanti and then Patti LuPone came by and signed her Playbill in quick succession, my little girl became a little emotional. Patti saw her weeping, walked back to ask her what was wrong, and all that made sense between sobs was that Dainty June hadn't signed, so we didn't have the whole family.
Patti suggested we come back the next day and asked the manager to take a note from us and deliver it to Leigh, which he evidently did, because after the matinee Saturday Leigh came right out the stage door - still in June's rosy cheeked makeup - thanked my daughter for her note and signed her Playbill.
We wanted to share our keepsake with everyone, so click on the thumbnail to see a larger image. Leigh Ann Larkin signed top right corner. Laura Benanti on top of the word Gypsy. Patti signed between the eyes.
We met Sami Gayle and Emma Rowley (baby June and Louise), multiple newsboys, farmboys, and blondes. Boyd Gaines and Tony Yazbeck signed. Uncle Jocko too! But we weren't fast enough to catch Leigh Ann Larkin, who plays Dainty June.
So when Laura Benanti and then Patti LuPone came by and signed her Playbill in quick succession, my little girl became a little emotional. Patti saw her weeping, walked back to ask her what was wrong, and all that made sense between sobs was that Dainty June hadn't signed, so we didn't have the whole family.
Patti suggested we come back the next day and asked the manager to take a note from us and deliver it to Leigh, which he evidently did, because after the matinee Saturday Leigh came right out the stage door - still in June's rosy cheeked makeup - thanked my daughter for her note and signed her Playbill.
We wanted to share our keepsake with everyone, so click on the thumbnail to see a larger image. Leigh Ann Larkin signed top right corner. Laura Benanti on top of the word Gypsy. Patti signed between the eyes.
#117
Posted: 7/22/07 at 11:46pm
That's a really cute story. 
As for the original incident... I think it has been blown out of proportion by both sides. I wasn't there that day, but if the woman who got hit laughed it off, it couldn't have been that bad, right? The playbill was kicked out of annoyance, but probably not in a purposefully mean spirit.
On the other hand, I don't get why she's being worshipped for doing it either. Actually, I don't get why people swoon over every little thing she does. I wouldn't even be surprised if the playbill was left there on purpose by a crazy fan who wanted Patti to kick it in her face.
As for the original incident... I think it has been blown out of proportion by both sides. I wasn't there that day, but if the woman who got hit laughed it off, it couldn't have been that bad, right? The playbill was kicked out of annoyance, but probably not in a purposefully mean spirit.
On the other hand, I don't get why she's being worshipped for doing it either. Actually, I don't get why people swoon over every little thing she does. I wouldn't even be surprised if the playbill was left there on purpose by a crazy fan who wanted Patti to kick it in her face.
"It's a goddamn beautiful day, shut up!"
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