My Patti Lupone dream is...

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 2:21pm

That she gets cast as Miss Hannigan in Annie.. God i'd love to see her drunk on stage =*D Just imagine her in "Easy Street" ok..i'll get off my PattiLU dream now.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 2:28pm

I agree that she would be AMAZING but I'd have to insist that they add more songs for her cuzzz she's Patti "Freaken" LuPone. hehe

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 2:32pm

And the orphans can hold up a giant banner that says, "Ladies and Gentleman: Ms. Patti LuPone" a la Candide.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 3:11pm

My Patti Lupone dream, indeed fantasy, is that she begin to enunciate every word. Sloppiest diction this side of a stroke clinic.

[SkierRob02]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 3:35pm

I will agree with her ennunciation issues...However, she's doing fabulous in Sweeney right now. Only a few times throughout the show did she have "issues".

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 4:17pm

So many people have issues with Patti's diction. I've never had problems hearing her. Ever. Is it possible that human beings hear differently?

[morosco]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 4:25pm

"Is it possible that human beings hear differently?"

I think the problem is that people LISTEN differently.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 4:27pm

She is good in this Sweeney....you can't understand a word shes saying on the Philharmonic recording.

[sassypanz]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 4:28pm

Oh yes definately

[Isabella2]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 6:34pm

wow this message is really funny because, i just got cast as Ms. Hannigan in Annie. Patti would be awesome in that role, i think she would have made an amazing Grace in her youth.

I have no problem with her diction.

[jv92]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:12pm

Her diction?
Listen to the last minute or so of Buenos Aires from Evita when she jumbles up all of those Spanish words. That's why she's horrible at diction.
Or at least was...hasn't been bad lately.

[Urban]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:29pm

My Patti dream is... well I don't freaking care, just to see Patti in anything is a dream.

[Malice]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 11:21pm

Hey my dream came true last Friday when I got to see Sweeney Todd, and no diction problems at all, no tuba playing problems at all either

[GClef2]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 11:27pm

now if she was just naked the whole time, that would be my Patti Lupone dream realized

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 12:11am

It's funny how one person's dream can be another person's nightmare.

[GClef2]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 10:18am

i was just kidding. Really. I mean I love her and everything, but there are some things that don't need to be shared.

[JBSinger]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 11:53am

Granted, the end of Buenos Aires spanish section is a little blurry, but I can understand her every word in any recording of hers I have (I think I'm missing just one). AND - I was part of the Sweeney Todd concerts in NYC and even sitting behind her in the chorus, I heard/understood every word.

I think because she's been parodied so much, this diction thing has taken on a life of its own. But I guess when you're a star, people are going to take shots at you.

[GClef2]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 2:34pm

Yes I totally agree with you JBSinger. I can most always understand every word she sings. I think the problem is, as a belter, her mouth has to be so open to let the sound out strongly. This is probably why her vowels are so wide.