How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#1How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 9:59pmJuilliard doesn't have a MT program. Hmm...
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#2How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:08pmI can only imagine the torrent of responses the OP's question might trigger!
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#3How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:13pm
#4How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:19pmMany great singers don't receive any kind of vocal training, hitting the notes comes natural to them. Patti struggled a lot during the original run of Evita due to her lack of technique, eventually she was taught by a chorus member well into the run.
#5How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:22pmRemarkably, a performer's experience and abilities is not limited to their college education.
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#6How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:22pmyes yes i know all about her Evita struggling.I wonder if she would of had problems with the Evita score if she attended a MT school. hmmm...
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#7How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:25pmYes But It sure helps.I attend a professional Circus college school and there is no way i would make it with a big company like cirque du soleil if i wasn't at college.Lupone probably wouldn't of had vocal problems if she went to a school that specializes in Proper voice training.
#8How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:39pmIdina went to Tisch, and she still suffered in Wicked, not to mention Dame Julie in MFL.
bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#9How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:39pmIt is not as though LuPone had no musical theater training before EVITA. She starred in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, and THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM during her years with John Houseman's THE ACTING COMPANY. She also starred in THE BAKER'S WIFE. One can assume she had paid vocal coaches during this period. EVITA is a very difficult role to sing and LuPone's reminiscences of her time in EVITA are that it was not a pleasurable experience. Her training at Julliard taught her how to be an actor. She has always considered herself an actor who sings and not a singer who acts. Updated On: 3/30/13 at 10:39 PM
#10How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:39pmWOULDN'T HAVE, dammit!!!
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#11How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 10:43pmFINALLY! someone with a proper answer.Thank you! That's all i ever wanted!!!
chinto1984
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/07
#12How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/29/13 at 11:21pmRead her memoir. It's good. She explains she had music lessons throughout her childhood and high school years. She was in choir and learned to sing there. She did musical theater growing up and commented on how she always had a musical theater type of voice. She could sing. With Evita, she goes into detail about her vocal struggle. She could sing it but didn't know how. A member of the ensemble helped her through out of the run.
#13How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:02amScreaming at Bank of America and hotel employees really strengthens the voice.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#14How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:11amPssh, Babs didn't even go to college.
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#15How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:22amI did read it but i just skipped all the childhood stuff and dove right into the Evita stuff HAHAHAHAAHAHA
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#16How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:25am
"Screaming at Bank of America..."
Making her a hero in many eyes.
#17How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:42amI was going to make a snarky joke about how I can't stand Mandy P's voice. But, I can't think of a subtle way to bring it up. So I won't. Be subtle, that is: He burns my eardrums.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#18How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:45amI love Mandy. He's like an uncle you want to get a bear hug from, but "distractedly" walk away from when he starts talking about anything.
Leadingplayer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#19How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 12:47amStreisand never even had a voice lesson.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#20How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 7:46am
Mandy P. and Kevin Kline were also theatre majors at Julliard. They both did OK in musical theatre.
Audra McDonald - a classical voice major, has five Tonys - three for musicals and two for straight plays.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#21How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 8:44am
The point is: a college education isn't the only way people train --- for ANYTHING.
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#22How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 9:24amYes But it sure helps.
Tink2
Stand-by Joined: 8/7/08
#23How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 9:38amThank you, D2! Another one that really bothers me, for some reason, is the misuse of then and than. A college education should help this, too. ; )
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#24How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....
Posted: 3/30/13 at 9:52am
I can't imagine at CIRCUS college there is an awful lot of emphasis on the English language. But we can hope that the random uppercase letters could be addressed.
It only "helps" to those that are successful. Gads go to college and do very well, and never score a single professional credit. MANY, many working actors don't finish college. It's simply ONE path people take.
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