Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night
Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#1
Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:26amJust before the overture, the announcement was made "Patti LuPone has injured her foot (pause)(audible gasp from the audience).....she will be performing the entire show in Isotoners and so far it hasn't affected her voice." Loud cheers and clapping. (whew!) She was fabulous!!!
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:31amWow, you got screwed! Patti's shoes are the highlight of the production!
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:36am
Why? Do they take her back to Kansas?
Updated On: 6/11/08 at 08:36 AM
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:54am
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Did her movement appear to be affected in any way? When I saw Rose's Turn, she actually collapsed onto the floor in the middle of the song -- did she do that this time?
re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#4
Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:03am
You go, Patti
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:04amMuch better than the night we arrived at Lincoln Center after a flight into New York specifically to see her do Anything Goes. Nothing was happening. At about 8:15 they finally announced that "tonight the role of Reno Sweeney will be played by Linda Hart", and then the show started about 15 minutes after that. About a fourth of the audience left. Since we couldn't rebook, we stayed. Rumor was that she simply never showed up that night.
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:50amI don't think her movement was affected in any way----she did the move you mentioned. I couldn't tell that she had any foot problems at all. (She was just very short) :)
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 10:55amIf it didn't have any effect on the performance, I think it was kind of stupid to make an announcement like that. Glad she's okay, though.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#8
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:05am
Yeah, something like that happened at my performance:
(beginning of Act II)
"Ladies and Gentlemen, for Act II, the role of-"
BUSTOPHERPHANTOM: ...
"-Hollywood Blonde #2 will be played by someone else. To BustopherPhantom: The role of Louise will still be played by the wonderful Laura Benanti."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#9
Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:09amWhen I saw Gypsy I had a similar moment. The announcer said that "Patti Lupone was feeling under the weather (very long pause, atleast it felt like it) But in true theater fashion she will be going on with the show" After that I was able to breathe. We were actually sitting all the way in the back on the aisle of the row she walks down and we could hear her coughing the whole time before she enters, but she definately made the show memorable for my mom and I.
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 11:12amWasn't part of the "Anything Goes" issue a burst blood vessel in her neck from improper singing during "Evita"? Cause I know one night she was at the theatre getting ready to go on, and all of a sudden had no voice. And then missed the rest of the week and came back full, strong, and supporting herself.
re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#11
Posted: 6/11/08 at 12:28pm
(She was just very short)
she has to have some of the highest character shoes I've ever seen; she's very short.
re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#12
Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:03pmI hate those excuse announcements before the show. BLECH.
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:11pmSince when does she collapse during ROSE'S TURN???
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:12pm...what are isotoners?
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:18pmWas such an announcement necessary and did they really specify "ISOTONERS"? I mean, was it a product endorsement? Couldn't they just say she hurt her foot but would be performing. People would probably understand why she didnt have the heels on. They seem to announce every time something is off with Patti and then the poster says they would have never noticed because Patti was wonderful.I think it is a given that Patti is a pro and weathers all sorts of ups and downs. I dont remember her falling down during Rose's Turn.
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:23pmis it wrong that I'd be obscenely amused watching her play Rose while wearing those?
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:25pmHow was she justafan?
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:27pmme too, givesmevoice. That would be a hoot. Thanks for posting the pic Brody, so we got the visual. It would be even better if she did the part in big fuzzy slippers or slippers that looked like animal paws or something. Actually, isotoners dont seem to offer any support. You would think she might want running shoes or something instead if she hurt her foot. Rose in Asics Gels would be HOT!
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:27pmWhatever, Christina did Charity with a healing broken foot...
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:28pm
justafan2: She was fabulous!!!
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re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#22
Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:30pmI was there as well. They did specifically say Isotoners...and they seem to look like the picture posted.
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Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:32pm
You would think she might want running shoes or something instead if she hurt her foot.
well, saying that someone hurt their foot could mean a lot of things, couldn't it? it could mean she broke a bone or she has a bitchin' blister on her heel.
re: Momentary heart-stopping announcement at Gypsy last night#24
Posted: 6/11/08 at 5:46pmMaybe her foot was sore because she kicks so much butt in this show?
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