Crazy Patti Does It Again ... & I Love Her For It- Page 5

[Elphaba3]

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.

[ahmelie]

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.

[ckeaton]

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?

[retroG]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:42pm

anyone going to Gypsy this afternoon (gallery section center?)

[baddadnpa]

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.

[Greekmusicalfan]

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 !!!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 11:03pm

Dominate me, Greek!

[broadwaybaby086]

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!

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 12:47am

Aww, that was really nice of her.

[baddadnpa]

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.

Updated On: 7/22/07 at 12:57 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 12:58am

I wouldn't mind being slapped by Tony Yazbeck.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 1:00am

He'll have to wait his turn.

[NYC4Life]

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.

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.

Posted: 7/22/07 at 6:09pm

that is a really sweet story!!!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 7:15pm

Aww! See Patti isn't the anti-christ!

[Jellylorum]

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.