Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

#1

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/21/13 at 2:25am

...for the first time since 1994. This is really special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t3P9GORfSgM

Here's hoping she and Seth bring this concert to New York! They seem to be having such fun, and Patti in particular seems like she's been a really amazinag sport about singing anything and everything Seth has asked her to. They are also reported to have said while in London that Seth is trying to put together an EVITA concert with Patti and Mandy Patinkin.

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Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 6/21/13 at 02:25 AM

#2

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/21/13 at 12:07pm

THE VIDEO BECAME PRIVATE!!

Anyone know a way around it?? I should have downloaded it when I had the chance!! Damnit!!

#3

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/21/13 at 12:09pm

I'm told it'll be made public again after the last show on Sunday.

#4

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/21/13 at 12:14pm

Fantastic. Thank you.

#5

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:08pm

Fantastic! I hope she'll begin to add this to her live performances.

#6

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:39pm

The video is available now. It is possible this is the first time she has sung "With One Look" since 1994. However, I distinctly remember her singing "AIWNSG" when she did a concert here in Austin, Texas in 1996. The following year, she sang it again in a televised concert in Palm Desert, California in "An Evening With Patti LuPone". I hope she does it again here in the U.S. Lovely!

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"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)

#7

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 5:47am

She did it last night too. It was the icing on the cake after her giving a powerhouse rendition of Rainbow High and Buenos Aires.

It's sad Elaine Paige's voice isn't what it was - Patti, on the other hand, sounds virtually like she did 30 years ago. Magical.

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Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 5:51am

I mean, it's the norm for voices to deteriorate over time (Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Chita Rivera, Angela Lansbury, Liza Minelli) so I don't find it THAT sad. I find it amazing how LuPone's voice has held up. Really remarkable..

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#9

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 5:55am

Oh, I know it's the norm - it just makes me sad. And makes me wonder how the hell Patti's is still so strong.

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Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 6:30am

There's a difference between aging and deteriorating. I think Angela's voice for example has simply aged rather than deteriorated. And having seen Elaine Paige onstage recently, her voice definitely hasn't deteriorated. Again, just aged and changed.

#11

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 10:43am

The video is still listed as private.

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#12

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 10:47am

I wonder why she changed her mind. In an interview she said she would never sing those songs again after her traumatic experience with the show. Dying to hear it though. Her final performance of "As if we never said goodbye" is on youtube and she gets a 5 minute standing ovation.

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Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 10:50am

#14

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 10:53am

"There's a difference between aging and deteriorating. I think Angela's voice for example has simply aged rather than deteriorated. And having seen Elaine Paige onstage recently, her voice definitely hasn't deteriorated. Again, just aged and changed."

Exactly, Clap. There is common confusion about that. You always have to consider age when having that discussion.

#15

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 1:37pm

"The video is available now."

Not to me, it still says "private."

Please post a link that will take you to a video that works, if one exists.

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#16

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 2:31pm

"In an interview she said she would never sing those songs again after her traumatic experience with the show."

Patti is a big old drama queen. If they offered her a few million dollars to do the movie version, she would gripe all the way to the bank.

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#17

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:26pm

Patti is not a drama queen. She is a serious, sensitive artist and when she is disrespected she feels it deeply. Her treatment at the hands of Andrew Lloyd Webber was atrocious at every turn. She had good reason for retiring those songs, and we should be grateful that she has now agreed to sing them again for Seth... and us.

Thank you, Patti LuPone.

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Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:39pm

Are her and Andrew still not speaking to each other? Apparently during casting for the Phantom Movie Andrew thought Patti would be perfect for the part of Carlotta but then one of his associates said " But Patti doesn't talk to you" and Andrew said " Oh well there is that" Or something along those lines. I always get a kick out of reading that part in her book LOL.

Updated On: 6/23/13 at 03:39 PM

#19

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:43pm

She's a a legendary Broadway diva, how could she not be a drama queen?!

#20

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:50pm

I feel like calling her a drama queen in some ways marginalizes her very justified feeling over how she was treated, that's all.

And, everyone, spare me the old, tired, "Carole Demas in Baker's Wife" argument. It is not nearly a comparable situation. What happened to Patti was the highest profile firing in Broadway history, and at that point she'd been estabished as one of Broadway's brightest stars.

#21

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:51pm

LOLZ

#22

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:53pm

I agree what happened to Patti was a terrible, terrible thing.

#23

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 3:56pm

"I feel like calling her a drama queen in some ways marginalizes her very justified feeling over how she was treated, that's all."

I agree with this. The incident that happened During SB doesn't make Patti a Drama Queen. She had every right to react the way she did. What makes her a true star is that even after she got fired she still returned to finish her run like a professional.

#24

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 4:00pm

Yes, above all the woman is a PRO.

Updated On: 6/23/13 at 04:00 PM

#25

Patti LuPone Sings SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted: 6/23/13 at 4:10pm

Are her and Andrew still not speaking to each other? Apparently during casting for the Phantom Movie Andrew thought Patti would be perfect for the part of Carlotta but then one of his associates said " But Patti doesn't talk to you" and Andrew said " Oh well there is that" Or something along those lines. I always get a kick out of reading that part in her book LOL.

That bit of Patti's book puzzled me to be honest. I think ALW would have been well aware that this was a silly suggestion - also considering because she's Patti LuPone, not Adelina Patti. Part of me wonders whether he said this in jest to Joel Schumacher as a sarcy remark reflecting his own thoughts on LuPone and Schumacher misinterpreted it as a serious suggestion.