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#26Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 5:55pm
Coke.It does a performance good.
Ah, the good old days when Patti had a waist.
#27Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:03pmHimynameisPattiLuPoneandI'mperformingEvitatonightthankyouallforcomingletsmakeitobviousLuPoneisoffandrolling...
#27Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:09pmIn my opinion, she does sound "good." Hell she belts to the rafters and I agree, most Evita's take the damn song to funeral level slow. However, this is a bit too fast. I don't think she was trying to get out faster. But she was rushing it.
#28Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:15pm
I never understood all the LuPone hate. I first saw her in 1989 in Anything Goes and she was... MAGIC.
My first encounter with LuPone hate was shortly after that. I was interviewing Fred "Miss Gulch Returns" Barton on my college radio show. I mentioned how much I'd loved Patti in Anything Goes- he rolled his eyes and gave me a "Ugh". He said "New York's crazy about her, but I can't stand her".
To this day I'll never understand that comment. The woman is a brilliant musical theater performer.
#29Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:16pmAh it wouldn't be a LuPone thread without Bettyboy making a rude comment about her appearance.
#30Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:30pmI miss sexy Patti is all. I thought she was sexy.
#31Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:35pm
She was very sexy in Anything Goes. I understand from someone in the orchestra she used to flash the orchestra every now and again to keep 'em on their toes.
And he confirmed some other rumors for me too, but we won't get into that. Let's just say one of the lyrics she sang in I Get a Kick Out of You was NOT true for Patti in 1987.
; - )
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#32Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:37pm
Before digital recording, audiotape used to stretch and compress, based on weather conditions. Heat and humidity could loosen and stretch the tape, make the recordings slower in some parts, and dry cold conditions could compress the tape, speeding up the
#33Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:42pm
No, the tape isn't sped up. You can TELL the orchestra is playing faster, and she tries to keep up, and then she is singing faster.
And there are eyewitness accounts of her speeding up tempos toward the end of the run.
#34Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 7:31pmYou do realize that Patti is in a business that involves criticism right? It is not written law that everyone in theater must fall to their knees and bow before her. I love her voice, but I can see why others don't care for her.
#35Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 7:34pmSexy Patti? During Life Goes On?
#36Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 9:46pm
I guess it's a matter of taste. Some people like soft and melodic performances while others, like me, like LOUD, electrifying ones.
To me this is Broadway heaven, I'm obsessed with her!
#37Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/30/13 at 9:54pmAgain...much blah, blah, blah.....but yet a whole lotta nothing.
#38Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 2:13amIt IS Broadway heaven. I'm obsessed with Patti's talent and have been for the better part of 25 years now. I've seen her perform countless times and she is always wonderful.
#39Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 3:52amListen to Don't Cry For Me Argentina from the same performance. It seems the sped up version of Rainbow Tour, (A whirlwind tour in reality) was an artistic choice. On many levels this is what I missed in the recent (and hated in MHO) revival.
#40Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 7:11am
There's a video performance of Patti during the run on YouTube, and the tempo is just as fast as that final audio.
When you see it with the staging, I understand why it was done that way. It works well in the theatre. I think most of you are used to the cast recording, which was slower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGdHTCZZclI
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#42Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 8:07amIt was sped up as an artistic decision, against the will of the creators. It's been well documented in things like Tim Rice's autobiography. It wasn't just Patti rushing because she hated it and wanted to leave. Or her being on coke. It's not as black and white as that.
ajh
Broadway Star Joined: 5/6/11
#44Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 9:37amI normally love Patti LuPone and I think Rainbow High is one of the most exciting numbers in the Evita score but if this is really the way this sounded that night in the theatre I wouldn't have been very happy. To me, it doesn't sound dynamic it just sounds rushed: I can't believe that she is connecting with the lyrics as an actor when they are taken at such a pace, and the speed means that vocally I think she sounds a little ragged, especially on the low notes which seem a real struggle. I think the OBC is sluggish, so I'd like to hear this number at a tempo roughly half way between the two, as I did when I saw other Evita's in this production. I would still sell a kidney to go back in time and see the LuPone Eva however.
#45Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 9:40am
QUESTION: Why does Patti LuPone take the tempo so fast?
ANSWER: Because she can.
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#46Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 10:02am
Patti Lupone is such a treasure to Broadway and the World. The life she has led is truly amazing. I don't know any Broadway performer who gives it their all more than Patti. She will go down in history as One of the greats. She has given Some SPECTACULAR performances That will go down in history as " You had to be there to believe it". One of the Performances from her that have always made me go "WOW" is her Last performance in SB when she sings "AS IF WE NEVER SAY GOODBYE" That performances is truly legendary. Everything about Patti and EVITA is legendary. The way she fought through the score, the way she had a chorus member train her with the score etc etc. The way she trashed her dressing room during SUNSET and we can't forfet her JAW DROPPING TONY WINNING PERFORMANCE as Mama Rose! Everything about this woman is just pure AWW. She really is a gift from the Broadway Gods. We have Ethel, We have Liza, and we have Patti. Patti if you are reading this: PLEASE PLEASE DEAR GOD do a revival of HELLO DOLLY!
#47Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 10:11am
broadwayguy you left a long trail of goo after that post....
talk about a postgasm.
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#48Manic LuPone
Posted: 5/31/13 at 10:21am
I can't help it, Patti gets me so emotional. She has given me such pleasure and joy throughout my life and i can't imagine a world without Patti in it. She isn't just on Broadway....SHE IS BROADWAY!
Updated On: 5/31/13 at 10:21 AM
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