PATTI LUPONE: A LIFE IN NOTES

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 7/19/24 at 7:21pm

Patti’s got a new recording out today. Patti LuPone: A Life In Notes is streaming everywhere and a 2-CD set will be released on August 30th. 
 

it’s a lot of fun…23 tracks.

Disc 1:

1. A Song for You
2. Come On-a My House
3. Summertime, Summertime
4. Ebb Tide
5. We Kiss in a Shadow / Teen Angel / Town Without Pity
6. I Wish It So
7. Some People
8. Lilac Wine
9. Alfie
10. Saratoga Summer Song
11. The Man That Got Away
12. Those Were the Days

Disc 2:

1. On Broadway
2. Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
3. I Dreamed a Dream
4. The Ladies Who Lunch
5. Stars
6. Anything Goes
7. I Didn’t Know What Time it Was
8. Make You Feel My Love
9. Ready to Begin Again (Manya’s Song)
10. Forever Young
11. In My Life / Those Were the Days

 

Updated On: 7/19/24 at 07:21 PM

[binau]

Posted: 7/20/24 at 5:21am

Listening quickly to ‘some people’ it’s as if she could play Rose today and still impress with her vocals. Maybe there is an ever so subtle slight hint of aging - but it’s barely noticeable - Patti has remained remarkably lucky because by this age practically all of the famous divas have had degraded voices.
 

I think Patti could still have a big Broadway leading role in her. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/21/24 at 3:11pm

Listened to the entire album and her exaggerated Patti-isms are hilarious. She sounds like those Patti LuPone impersonators. They truly are spot on. 

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/16/25 at 7:01am

Patti LuPone: ‘Would I work with Andrew Lloyd Webber again? God, no!’

(Interview timed for "A Life in Notes" in London)

 

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/patti-lupone-andrew-lloyd-webber-tqmsf5xn2

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/17/25 at 2:07pm

Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes review — sheer presence and vocal agility

 

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/patti-lupone-a-life-in-notes-review-dgcmqhslj

[binau]

Posted: 2/19/25 at 5:12pm

I caught Patti at her recent London "life in notes" concert. The sold-out audience went absolutely wild for her at her entrance and after many of her big songs, which was really fun. Her voice sounded even better live than it did on this recording - her belt is really very, very strong still and has almost no signs of vocal degradation. In fact, the only odd thing I noticed about her voice is that it's actually when she tries to sings quietly that her voice sounds strangely thin and lacking a bit of volume these days. But otherwise Patti is like a constant who you can always count on, I can't believe she is 75 and I don't think I am going to be ok to watch what happens over the next 5-10 years if time catches up with her. 

It was kind of cool after she sat during the whole "Ladies Who Lunch" in the recent revival to see her stand and belt the song out to the whole theatre.

I would have preferred if she stuck with theatre music but I was moved by her performance of "Lilac Wine" and "The Man Who Got Away". 

Can they just revive the revival of "Hello, Dolly" and put Patti LuPone in it already? Hard to believe we're coming up on 8 years since that first opened.