#26
Posted: 8/8/08 at 10:51am
You totally were that stage manager, weren't you, Goth?
Patti LuPone's "Ramblings From The Road" Latest Edition — Page 2
#27
Posted: 8/8/08 at 10:56am
Aww, I was hoping for a Paul Harvey ending.
And that stage manager grew up to be.........Edmund Lyndeck. And now you know.....the rest of the story. Paul Harvey.........good day!
And that stage manager grew up to be.........Edmund Lyndeck. And now you know.....the rest of the story. Paul Harvey.........good day!
#28
Posted: 8/8/08 at 11:02am
"You totally were that stage manager, weren't you, Goth?"
No, I've never worked with LuPone. But I have worked as a stage manager and I know the crap they have to put up with from actors.
It just seems that every time Patti talks about Evita, she always has something negative to say. She stayed with the show for two years and she doesn't have one good thing to say about it?
Also, while we don't know which stage manager she was referring to, when looking at the Evita credits, several of them were experienced performers before turning to stage management.
No, I've never worked with LuPone. But I have worked as a stage manager and I know the crap they have to put up with from actors.
It just seems that every time Patti talks about Evita, she always has something negative to say. She stayed with the show for two years and she doesn't have one good thing to say about it?
Also, while we don't know which stage manager she was referring to, when looking at the Evita credits, several of them were experienced performers before turning to stage management.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#29
Posted: 8/8/08 at 11:08am
"Aww, I was hoping for a Paul Harvey ending.
And that stage manager was Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
And that stage manager was Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#30
Posted: 8/8/08 at 11:45am
If Joan Crawford were ever Mamma Rose, she'd be Patti.
This is, of course, a compliment.
This is, of course, a compliment.
"Hurry up and get into your conga clothes - we've got to do something to save this show!"
#31
Posted: 8/8/08 at 11:47am
Take some Windex, Mr. Goldstone..
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#32
Posted: 8/11/08 at 5:51am
Love the Joan Crawford comment, tulitapepsi. I was thinking the same thing...as a compliment also.
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#33
Posted: 8/11/08 at 7:36am
Secondly, LuPone only did six shows a week for Evita. She has no place talking about what another actor will or won't do.
But that was in her contract, and she was performing one of the most vocally demanding roles in musical theatre. The performer that Patti mentioned just decided to skip scenes.
But that's not the point. She is using that fact as a contrast to praise how wonderful the cast of Gypsy really is.
But that was in her contract, and she was performing one of the most vocally demanding roles in musical theatre. The performer that Patti mentioned just decided to skip scenes.
But that's not the point. She is using that fact as a contrast to praise how wonderful the cast of Gypsy really is.
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
#34
Posted: 8/11/08 at 8:40am
It just seems that every time Patti talks about Evita, she always has something negative to say. She stayed with the show for two years and she doesn't have one good thing to say about it?
As always, you miss the point.
The POINT of Patti LuPone is that, despite her extraordinary God-given talent, she is incapable of holding her tongue when a negative thought pops into her head.
That Tourette's-like lack of impulse control makes her a symbol of the self-destructive tendencies we ALL have.
We only wish that in addition to those tendencies, which we work daily to curb--as does she--that God had also given US as much talent as he give her.
As always, you miss the point.
The POINT of Patti LuPone is that, despite her extraordinary God-given talent, she is incapable of holding her tongue when a negative thought pops into her head.
That Tourette's-like lack of impulse control makes her a symbol of the self-destructive tendencies we ALL have.
We only wish that in addition to those tendencies, which we work daily to curb--as does she--that God had also given US as much talent as he give her.
#35
Posted: 8/11/08 at 9:27am
If this is her working to control those tendencies, I'd hate to see her when she lets them spew unfettered!
#36
Posted: 8/11/08 at 9:35am
"The performer that Patti mentioned just decided to skip scenes."
Well we don't know the performer or stage managers sides of the story. Perhaps the performer wasn't feeling well and should have been sent home. The point is that unless it affected Patti directly, she shouldn't be making comments to the stage manager about conversations she overheard which don't affect her.
Well we don't know the performer or stage managers sides of the story. Perhaps the performer wasn't feeling well and should have been sent home. The point is that unless it affected Patti directly, she shouldn't be making comments to the stage manager about conversations she overheard which don't affect her.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#37
Posted: 8/11/08 at 9:47am
"Well we don't know the performer or stage managers sides of the story."
That's perfectly true. But not having first-hand information didn't stop you from rushing to condemn Patti's behavior.
That's perfectly true. But not having first-hand information didn't stop you from rushing to condemn Patti's behavior.
#38
Posted: 8/11/08 at 10:33am
I'm with BroadwayBaby2 - Patti as "Dolly" and "Mame" would be AWESOME!
"I'm going to make you A STAR!"
#39
Posted: 8/11/08 at 10:41am
She's not right for Mame. LuPone would completely run over the subtle moments of the character. And there is nobody that could play Vera opposite her. LuPone would blow them right off the stage. Mame is not a part for a diva.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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#40
Posted: 8/11/08 at 10:50am
I can't quite see her as Mama either (though I think she would be an amazing Dolly).
Patti often does a generic sort of grandeur when she's playing someone "high-falutin'" that just rings hollow. I'm afraid her Mame would resemble her Vera in "Pal Joey,", which didn't really work for me--happy though I was to see Patti back on stage, and I thought she sang it wonderfully.
But Dolly? Stick some feathers in her hair, plop her on a staircase, and stand back, Yonkers!!
Patti often does a generic sort of grandeur when she's playing someone "high-falutin'" that just rings hollow. I'm afraid her Mame would resemble her Vera in "Pal Joey,", which didn't really work for me--happy though I was to see Patti back on stage, and I thought she sang it wonderfully.
But Dolly? Stick some feathers in her hair, plop her on a staircase, and stand back, Yonkers!!
Updated On: 8/11/08 at 10:50 AM
#41
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:12am
There's a quaintness about Hello, Dolly! and the leading character that she would bulldoze right over.
Even cartoon Carol Channing understood the "quaint appeal."
With Dollita Peron at the helm, braying like a donkey as she descended the stairs, it might get ugly. Or at least frosty up there.
Even cartoon Carol Channing understood the "quaint appeal."
With Dollita Peron at the helm, braying like a donkey as she descended the stairs, it might get ugly. Or at least frosty up there.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#42
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:17am
I'm afraid her Mame would resemble her Vera, which didn't really work for me--happy though I was to see Patti back on stage, and I thought she sang it wonderfully.
- WAIT. What? When did Patti play Vera in Mame?
BEST - Mr. Herman seems to think Patti has the quaintness for the role. I would love to see Patti back in a "warm" loveable role. She's been playing too many wackos lately, lol.
- WAIT. What? When did Patti play Vera in Mame?
BEST - Mr. Herman seems to think Patti has the quaintness for the role. I would love to see Patti back in a "warm" loveable role. She's been playing too many wackos lately, lol.
Updated On: 8/11/08 at 11:17 AM
#43
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:29am
Sorry, I got in a hurry and didn't finish my thought. It was Vera in "Pal Joey" that I was talking about.
#44
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:30am
Ooooh. I figured you meant that. Her BEWITCHED is amazing.
#45
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:51am
And there is nobody that could play Vera opposite her
Patti as Mame. Julie Walters as Vera. I'm there--anyone else?
Patti as Mame. Julie Walters as Vera. I'm there--anyone else?
#46
Posted: 8/11/08 at 12:00pm
I love Julie Walters and think she is brilliant. But LuPone is too big of a presence for Julie. Julie is a superb actress, not a presence. If they cast LuPone, they would have to cast someone like Bette Midler as Vera.
eta: Let's hope for Julie Walters as Desiree in ALNM.
eta: Let's hope for Julie Walters as Desiree in ALNM.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Updated On: 8/11/08 at 12:00 PM
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