Patti LuPone: A Memoir (spoiler alert)- Page 8
Patti LuPone: A Memoir (spoiler alert)
#175Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 12:05am
I had never seen that video either and it was amusing. I've been listening to the Evita cast recording for about ten years and I discover another new lyric that suddenly makes sense once I crack through the Patti. Can't tell you how many times I was singing the wrong lyrics to "High Flying Adored" as a ten year old.
"High flying adored,
I {recall] names, but they're the strangest...
I was __________ in the right place at the perfect time
______________ I was lucky,
But one thing I'll say for me
No one else can [feel] it like I can."
I'd fill in the long blanks with humming or nonsensical words. She only sings one verse of that song and it took me years to crack it.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#177Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:29amI am beyond words. It's... beautiful.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#178Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:32amShe looks so serene. Maybe she DID miss her calling!
#179Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:33amI also love that it's now at the top of a new page!
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#180Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:43amI don't know if "serene" is the right word. I kind of think she looks like she might have had a mild stroke and is still regaining the use of her face in that picture.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#182Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:28am
Hello, everybody! My name is Patti! What's yours?
How do you like them French Fries, Mr. McDonald?
Hold your hats and hallelujah.
Patti's gonna show it to you.
Ready or not, shhh, here comes Patti.
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.
#183Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 11:51am
A friend of mine called the memoir "All-Beef Patti."
I wish I'd thought of that.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#184Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 12:04pmThere were parts where I'd literally laugh out loud at how petty and ancient some of her grievances are.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#185Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 12:09pm
Some of it is very funny.
"The barricade scene is the only scene the actress playing Fantine is in, and only because Sally Mates called me out, the raving bitch, as I stared at the rehearsal onstage too jet-lagged to react with my usual lightning speed. I never forgave Sally. She laughed her head off at me every night in the scene."
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.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#186Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 12:19pmThat was another part where I was confused as to how to interpret her tone.
#188Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 12:50pm
I've heard her relate that story in live interviews and her tone was always light and joking, so that's how I read it in the book. Other parts I'm not so sure about.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
Updated On: 11/9/10 at 12:50 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#189Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 12:51pmYou can understand, though, why I'd take pause?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#191Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:04pmI would imagine things are more clear in the audio book version. Perhaps.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#192Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:29pm
***Spoiler Alert***
It's ironic when Patti tells about hearing that ALW suggested her for Carlotta in the movie version of Phantom of the Opera.
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.
#193Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 7/19/23 at 7:15am
I've been rereading the book for the millionth time and listening to the audiobook and it still holds up- she's hilarious and her honesty is very refreshing in a business where so many stars will always say the experience of each show is amazing, lol.
The Sunset debacle is very interesting- it's clear that they treated her like garbage. Glenn Close was better suited for the part acting wise so I think it would have been a tough pill to swallow for her but she would have gotten over it if they hadn't tried to make her quit post the American critics coming to the show and if they hadn't treated her badly pre that.
#194Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 7/19/23 at 7:31am
The other thing Close adds which I assume Patti didn't (even though I can't stand listening to the Close cast recording) is that Close is a genuine film star with (I believe) many Oscar nominations. To stand on that stage in LA and sing those songs with that pedigree just feels so much more impactful and more exciting than Patti who is more a musical theatre star. I do think Glenn was probably the better option in the end, even though it's a shame for how Patti was treated and it's a shame that obviously she was so much more stronger vocally.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#195Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 7/19/23 at 3:54pm
Yes, I think that added an extra dimension to it although Close was by no means washed up at the time of course. She fits Swanson type-wise too although she definitely brings her own presence to the role. Close had been nominated for an Oscar five times prior to her playing the part. Her most memorable nominations were for Dangerous Liaisons and especially Fatal Attraction.
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#196Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 7/19/23 at 4:52pm
Like any homosexual of a certain age I adore Patti more than words can say. She is a performer of an unbelievable calibre and I’d watch her in 99% of projects she appeared in, however I agree that Close was the better option and I’d sooner see Close in the role then Patti.
"Charlotte, we're Jewish"
fosterfan2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/11
#197Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 7/19/23 at 6:03pm
As Soaring29 said,Patti's book still holds up and it IS hilarious. I still have it and treasure it,and I read parts of it whenever I need cheering up,because it's laugh-out-loud funny! Much like Patti herself.
OT,but Katrina Lenk seemed to have a good time working with her.
ManOfLaMuncha
Stand-by Joined: 6/17/22
#198Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Posted: 7/20/23 at 9:56pm
PalJoey said: "The two Kelly Bishop segments from the Dancers Over 40 tribute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqc3weK5X6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB8Z0eprCKU"
Thank you so much for posting these links. I love Kelly Bishop. I saw Chorus Line back then twice, and loved her part (bought the album, then cd). I didn't realize until later that I had seen her in Promises, Promises. I was kind of out of it watching that show. They had speakers on the stage, blasting the Bacharach music into the audience. It was kind of deafening! We were in the front row!
I came back to my post out of respect for Patti. I enjoyed hearing all of the wonderful stories from her new book, and of course I'm going to buy a copy and savor every page of it. Patti is a force of nature!
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