Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
#1Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:03pm
I'm on an Amtrak right now reading their magazine, Arrive. There's this article about the holiday season on Broadway, and part of the highlight of Fela mentions that Patti Lupone would be in the production until it closes. XD
Though it is a funny thought imagining her in the show, maybe it'd actually work out better than Women on the Verge...
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:16pmThis is not news...it was quite publicized well before she joined the cast...and since she started.
Alivis
Swing Joined: 11/18/10
#2Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:26pmWas that a misprint? Don't they mean Patti LaBelle? I know she has joined the cast of Fela.
#3Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:26pmDrama, I suspect you are joking.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#4Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:31pmHAHA! Perhaps if it goes on tour she can join.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:01pmPatti got a contract with Uggs. As part of that contract, she gets to show her Ugg-clad feet to the audience from that suspended bridge. Face it, product placement is now a part of Broadway.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:45pmI was trying: I suppose I failed at my attempt. I hang my head in shame.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:52pmThe message was obviously a typo. Patti has just signed a 10 week deal to appear in IN THE HEIGHTS. She'll be amazing!
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#8Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:55pmOh god finally! Its about time they brought her in for Usnavi!
#9Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:59pmDon't be silly! She's taking supporting roles now! They cast her as Piragua Guy!
#10Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 9:11pm
Not only is LuPone on as Piragua Guy, Lin-Manuel Mirand has written another role into the show to incorporate Elaine Stritch as well!
Stritch plays "Piranha Guy," a vendor who sells flesh-eating fish live on the street corner, and enters into a rivalry with LuPone's Piragua Guy.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 9:34pmThis is all getting very confusing.
#12Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/21/10 at 10:43pmWait-- I heard she was playing Boq in Wicked?
#13Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/22/10 at 8:47pmYou got it backwards. Boq is playing Patti LuPone in Wicked.
#14Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/22/10 at 10:50pm
@darquegk and don't forget about her one women show that opens right after in the heights closes, "Piranhas On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown".....
I'm betting she'll get a tony for that one
#15Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/23/10 at 1:02amSo, I actually sent an e-mail to the Editor-in-Cheif and he responded today. He/she said he/she was aware of the mistake and "regrets the error".
#16Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/23/10 at 1:15am
He/she is killing my joy. I love a good misprint, but I think transgendered people are doing themselves a disservice when they hide behind late-80s politically correct jargon. 
#17Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/23/10 at 10:20amI thought it was Leslie Kritzer as Patti LuPone at Les Mouches in Women on the Verge of a Wicked Fela.
#18Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/23/10 at 10:22amThat would make for an awesome headline bit on Jay Leno- if his audience were made up of theater geeks like me!
#19Patti Lupone in Fela, apparently
Posted: 11/23/10 at 11:04amI said he/she because of the name. Wasan't sure if the editor was a man or woman. Probably a woman. Leigh.
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