The mistress barely got a response when I saw the show. The audience stood for Martin and remained standing.
It's fascinating hearing the first hand accounts of LuPone's performance from both folks on the board and in Patti's book. It makes me think the internet has greatly harmed some of the mystique of theatre going.
There are times I miss the element of surprise that used to be present. Now we have full reports from the first preview and every show thereafter.
LuPone was afforded A LOT of discretion during her EVITA run that is no longer available to stage actors. There may have been talk but it was in small circles and certainly never reached across the country and globe.
Now every performance is vivisected. How would LuPone have fared with fans if she were performing EVITA in the internet age?
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello