Patti Lupone-Matters of the Heart-finally saw it!

I just saw it in Pittsburgh. It was great seeing Patti Lupone. But I could have done without it. It's not something you absolutely need to see. The production is not memorable at all except for Patti.

GO SEE HER -- you will not be disappointed -- this is a great collectionof songs!

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Is it the same songlist she recorded about five years ago under that title?

If you know she's great, then you know you should see it. I saw the show. It was great.

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In a word?

FRIGGIN' YES!! :)

I saw it at Lincoln Center a few years ago, and it reconfirmed to me that she is my supreme diva of choice. Gorgeous concert, featuring an unparalleled song list and near-definitive arrangements. Just fantastic!

"If you know she's great, then you know you should see it."

Thanks for your feedback... the reason I asked is because I thought I'd read somewhere, sometime, somehow... who knows... that this wasn't one of her best, so I was reluctant to spend the money and be disappointed by her.

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I saw the concert at the Donmar in London. Wonderful show. I wouldn't miss it if I were you. Watching her perform Shattered Illusions was simply hysterical.

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"why not sing the songs that you're most famous for? Evita and Anything Goes? Come on. An audience who isn't familiar with these songs she sang..."

Because she's been singing those songs for 25 years. God forbid an artist might want do some different material once in a while. Better be careful, you might accidentally turn an audience on to some beautiful new songs they weren't familiar with, when what they really wanted was just to hear the one song you made a hit in 1979. Seriously, though, I could sit and listen to Patti sing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" any day of the week, but even I love hearing her do some other material as well.

"If you were late you had to wait for like 5 songs to go in because it disrupted her."

Many, many shows have specific places after the show has begun where late-comers are allowed to be seated. It's much less distracting -- to the other audience members, that is -- than for ushers to spend the first 15 minutes of the show seating the constant trickle of people who couldn't be bothered to get there on time. Especially in a more intimate concert-type setting. Hell, even in a big spectacle like Ragtime, if you got there late you had to wait until the entire 10-minute opening sequence was over before you could be seated.

OK. Stepping down off my soapbox now...

I saw her and loved her. She was the greatest!!!

there's nothing wrong with trying new songs, but they all began to sound the same, she sounded nasal, she hardly moved or anything.. being alive was the best. most of the crowd only knows her for evita, maybe if this was like just in nyc where a lot of people know her as an "artist".. but no one else cares. she should do popular songs, not a concert filled with boring music.

"at the Patti Lupone concert in Pittsburgh, there were several people complaining and walking out saying stuff such as "I can't believe this is the Broadway series".

Remind me to skip Pittsburgh! Sounds like one sophisticated crowd! Even more so because the show includes songs from: "South Pacific", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Company", "Ragtime", "Carnival", "The KIng and I", "Meet Me in ST. Louis", etc.

Time to expand our listening options!

This reminds me of a funny story -

I saw this show about six years ago in Toledo at the reopening of the Valentine Theatre. It was a gala event with a pre and post show reception. I was 19 or 20 at the time, and all the other people at the event were well into their silver years.

I was a little bored since the pre-show reception lasted an hour, but I could drink the champagne. I was drinking several glasses with a nice young girl around my age. She seemed well off, and my observations were confirmed when she said "I come to these things all the time, but at least we can drink for free!" We laughed and chatted for a few minutes. She was from Toledo, but visiting.

We all filed into the theater after some toasts were made, and the head of the Valentine restoration committee came out to welcome the audience. He then said, "I would like to also welcome to the stage our very own Toledo celebrity, Miss Katie Holmes!"

You can see where this is going...

And on the stage walked the girl I had been speaking to. I didn't know her from Adam because I never watched Dawson's Creek, but in retrospect, it was pretty cool.

The show itself was fabulous. I still think the best performance I ever saw of Patti’s was at Ravinia’s Martin Theater this fall when she performed “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.” An out of this world performance.

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