It Could Have Been Patti in ENO's "Sunset"

According to Billy Masters.com, the English National Orchestra was keen on having Patti LuPone in their upcoming production of "Sunset Boulevard".  (The English are smart and have good taste.)  However, ALW put his foot down and basically said No Close...no rights.  F    ALW!

As you say the English are smart. If you were the ENO would you want somebody who has played the part in London before, isn't that well known to the general public and wasn't wholeheartedly well reviewed in her previous outing? Or would you want an actress who is really rather famous  and won a Tony for playing the role. From word go the talk has been of Close. I think she is the reason the production is happening. I suspect if she'd said no the ENO may well have not proceeded.

This is conjecture I know but at least it is sensible conjecture. For the record, I admire LuPone (her show at The Leicester Square Theatre was thrilling) and I liked her a lot in Sunset Boulevard.However, ENO would have lost their collective mind, if they'd gone with Patti over Glenn.

Updated On: 10/3/15 at 07:58 AM

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: ""

Isn't that what "According to BillyMaster.com" is?

At her London show, she sang "With One Look",not "Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye".  Seth Rudetsky served  as the pianist.

haterobics said: "g.d.e.l.g.i. said: ""

Isn't that what "According to BillyMaster.com" is?

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That is the same thing I thought. It looked to me as if the info offered an acceptable citation. 

In any case, it seems like it would have been a ballsy move to attempt to offer it to Patti. I don't think that she would have accepted.