Patti LuPone Send in the clowns

[alxscrz2]

Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#1

Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:07am

Patti LuPone singing Send in the Clowns
LINK :)

[Edna Turnblad]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#2

Posted: 9/28/09 at 6:49am

Now, I'm not a Lupone fan, but this wasn't terrible. Not great, but not terrible. Just fair. I was surprised that I didn't hate it. But I just don't like her voice, here, though, it was better, it worked here. Did that make sense?

[Bettyboy72]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#2

Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:33am

Personally, I like the Glenn Close version better. That song requires a strong actress, and while Glenn's singing voice isn't everyone's cup of tea, she quietly acts the hell out of it.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[dchesnutny]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#3

Posted: 9/28/09 at 12:48pm

i love it.

[Pgenre]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#4

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:14pm

One of my most cherished memories is seeing Patti sit on the lip of the stage of the Westport Country Playhouse and deliver this song to a teary-eyed Steve.

She owns it. This version isn't as good as she has done it, but it's still wonderful and magical.

Here's hoping for THE LADY WITH THE TORCH... STILL BURNING... 2!

P

[pc1145N2]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#5

Posted: 9/29/09 at 8:28pm

I was there for this performance....it was wonderful.

[madbrian]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#6

Posted: 9/29/09 at 9:14pm

"She owns it."

It wasn't awful, but it's done better by many others. It's ridiculous to say she owns it. If anyone 'owns' it, I'd say it's Judi Dench.

Dench

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Updated On: 9/29/09 at 09:14 PM

[wonderwaiter]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#7

Posted: 9/29/09 at 9:30pm

Love Patti, but I have to agree about Dame Judi owning it.

I had seen Dame Judi singing it on youtube and thought it was great, but I never really "got" that song until I saw this clip of Florence Henderson singing it on the Brady Bunch Variety Hour. It was my own personal Send In The Clowns lightbulb moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJlnox1I7Xs

I was watching this, completely mesmerized, and thinking, "Gosh, Judi Dench did a truly magnificent job with this song!"

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#8

Posted: 9/29/09 at 10:27pm

To say that I don't care for Cruella's voice is an understatement. However, it could be worse. Can you imagine Harvey Fierstein "interpreting" that song? He's a legend in the theatre world. I love his acting. But.... everytime I hear him on the XM Radio Broadway channel in my car, I either turn it off or switch to the Pop Escape channel. His "singing"..if you can call it that, makes Lauren Bacall's voice seem much more appealing in comparison. That's all.. from RC in Austin, Texas

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[Michael Bennett]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#9

Posted: 9/29/09 at 11:38pm

She is just not right for Desire, no matter her talents as an actress and interpreter of lyrics. Whats up with that Dolly Parton mop?

[PalJoey]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#10

Posted: 9/29/09 at 11:42pm

No one owns this song except Glynis Johns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAl-EawVobY

[Michael Bennett]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#11

Posted: 9/29/09 at 11:51pm

here here Pal Joey

[dshnookie]

re: Patti LuPone Send in the clowns#12

Posted: 9/30/09 at 7:45pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghd5weu5Mpg

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