Patti Lupone in Sunday
Patti Lupone in Sunday
broadwayboy223
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#1Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 2:53amPatti has mentioned she had auditioned to replace Bernadette in the original production but Sondheim wouldn't let her because he didn't want it belted. Ms. Peters belts quite a lot in the show as well as using a more legit style head voice. So it seems strange Patti didn't get because of "belting". Patti could have done it. Anyone have any opinions on why she she wasn't allowed to do it? How do you think she would have done in the role? For the record I absolutely adore Bernadettes portrayal of Dot/Marie
#2Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 3:46am
I don't think Patti would have been a good Dot/Marie: don't get me wrong, I love Patti, but she doesn't really give her best singing Sondheim... her performances in Passion and Anyone can whistle weren't exactly an amazing piece of acting...
And then we have to remember than Patti tells a lot of stories...
Updated On: 2/1/15 at 03:46 AM
#2Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 4:39amWait. I thought Patti auditioned for ITW before Bernadette was cast. Or at least that's what she's said in the past, right?
#4Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 7:06amPatti would have made an incredible Witch.
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#5Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 8:55amI would've LOVED to see her as the witch. I can actually see her playing Dot when she was younger. It would be interesting to hear if there are any recordings of her when she was younger singing those songs.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 9:21am
I can think of several reasons why LuPone wouldn't get the role. First, her diction has never been that good. Sondheim wanted his lyrics heard. Second, Patti always belts. Always. She can't not belt. Third, her Evita reputation as being "difficult" was still very fresh in people's minds. Fourth, when Patti gets bored with a role, she becomes creative. You listen to some of the later Evita bootlegs and she sings her own timing, she speaks phrases that should be sung, she makes up her own notes. Fifth, Patti's phrasing is not that good. Never has been.
But most importantly: She's just not Dot. Dot was shy, quiet and longing for attention. Patti could never have played that. It would be like Ethel Merman playing Laura in The Glass Menagerie.
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#7Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 9:50amPatti doesn't always belt. Her entire "Matters of the Heart" album is not belting, just pure singing.
#8Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 10:30am
It's interesting that before she played Eva Peron, Patti was able to replace someone like Carole Demas in THE BAKER'S WIFE. After EVITA she was pigeonholed as this brash, brassy belter.
Updated On: 2/1/15 at 10:30 AM
#9Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 11:41amPatti would have been an incredible Witch, but apparently went to the auditions determined to get cast as Cinderella.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#10Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 11:55am
"It's interesting that before she played Eva Peron, Patti was able to replace someone like Carole Demas in THE BAKER'S WIFE. After EVITA she was pigeonholed as this brash, brassy belter."
But I wonder if that's why Demas was replaced. They wanted someone to belt "Meadowlark." It's a possibility that there just wasn't enough life in the show and they needed the female character to punch it up a notch.
Has anyone besides Patti ever confirmed that David Merrick wanted "Meadowlark" out of the show?
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broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#12Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 12:59pmThe story on ITW is she went in for Cinderella afterwards Sondheim said he wanted her for the witch. Apparently she agreed but mentions in her Seth Rudeksty Concert that "negotiations fell apart" and it just didn't happen. Patti would be a killer witch. She could still do it. Maybe at the Ravina festival or something.
#13Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 2:54pm
I adore Patti, but i don't think she has the delicate sweetness that Dot needs.
I do agree that she would've been a great Witch, but then we wouldn't have gotten Bernadette's beautiful portrayal.
#14Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 3:01pmI love hearing Patti singing andrew lloyd webber
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Gothampc
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#15Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 4:34pm
"The story on ITW is she went in for Cinderella afterwards Sondheim said he wanted her for the witch."
Once again, take everything that she says with a huge grain of salt. Do we really believe her as Cinderella? I can see the witch or the Baker's Wife, but Cinderella? No way.
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#16Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 4:50pm
Once again, take everything that she says with a huge grain of salt. Do we really believe her as Cinderella? I can see the witch or the Baker's Wife, but Cinderella? No way.
Well, what she said is that THEY wanted her to audition for the Witch but SHE wanted to audition for Cinderella. Which means that "we" don't really believe her as Cinderella.
I'm glad she didn't play the Witch, because then we wouldn't have gotten her brilliant Reno Sweeney that season.
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#17Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 6:03pmLuPone could play the witch tomorrow. She has the voice. I'd pay to see it.
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#18Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/1/15 at 6:59pm
Out of fairness to Miss LuPone, I'd like to note that actors RARELY know why they didn't get a certain part. Casting directors and agents lie to them, trying to be kind. Sometimes actors lie to themselves. The "Street" is always full of gossip.
To keep their sanity, most actors make up some sort of reason why they didn't get a part. Having worked mainly on the other side of the apron, I can attest that more often than not with a talented performer, it's simply a matter of budget or that the creators don't yet know what they want from the part.
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#20Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/2/15 at 8:19amOn the steps of the PALACCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-AH!
#21Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/2/15 at 12:01pmI would actually still pay good money to see her take on the Witch today. I don't see any reason why she couldn't do it now.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#22Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/2/15 at 12:21pm
"I don't see any reason why she couldn't do it now."
Other than the witch needs to be beautiful.
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.
#23Patti Lupone in Sunday
Posted: 2/2/15 at 12:26pmHow rude (and untrue).
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