Patti Lupone talks about Elena Roger in - Page 4

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 5:57pm

She definitely did. She was pretty and had Blonde Hair and was always really nice to me. Her boyfriend was hot.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 5:58pm

God, you get more disturbing with every post.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:00pm

Why is "Blonde Hair" capitalized?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:01pm

That made me really bust a LOL

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:03pm

Hey you guys are the ones that asked. You can't honestly tell me that you didn't play with action figures while you were growing up

"Why is "Blonde Hair" capitalized"

No reason.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:12pm

Interesting, since "No reason" defines most of this thread

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:14pm

Then why comment on it?

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:15pm

So you're agreeing with Wynbish, then? Nice job!

[all that jazz]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:15pm

It's actually quite an entertaining thread.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:17pm

Because of Jordan. That's the only reason why.

Also, there is no mention of Lea Michele. That's a nice change for once.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:21pm

Thanks all that jazz. I have no idea why Liza's headband is even on this thread. She hasn't contributed anything to the topic at hand. Jordan had nothing to do with this thread and neither does Lea Michelle so idk why this troll likes to start stuff. Headband also tried to start something with me in the Gypsy thread earlier today. Clearly she is obsessed with me.

Liza's headband really is just a follower and will go along with what anyone else will say. Its like Jordan paid her to be his secretary or something.

Updated On: 6/18/13 at 06:21 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:22pm

Yeah. You're probably right. Ethel 4ever.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:24pm

"Yeah. You're probably right"

Clearly.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:26pm

Lauren Kennedy also played Eva and completely nailed the score. Honestly, I think Patti does best with a role when she brings her own emotions to the table. She triumphed in EVITA because she channeled her misery. She triumphed in GYPSY because she brought all of the Laurents history with her and fought like hell for the part.

I've also seen her sleepwalk and become lackluster, shredding scores with her "flannel mouth"-(that is the nickname taken from her bio.)

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 6:34pm

"I think Patti does best with a role when she brings her own emotions to the table. She triumphed in EVITA because she channeled her misery. She triumphed in GYPSY because she brought all of the Laurents history with her and fought like hell for the part."

I completely agree. She is an Actor first and a Singer second.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:07pm

I think she is EVERYTHING first and NOTHING second!

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:11pm

Wait. Can we pause? How old are you, exactly? You're still reliving your days from the 5th grade? I'm so confused.

This cracked me up and it's on point. How old are you REALLY, broadway guy?? You're still in high school, right? You clearly have a lot of maturing to do.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:18pm

I am only reliving my elementary days cause we got onto the subject of when i first saw wicked.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:20pm

She is an Actor first and a Singer second.
But how did LuPone get so good at singing?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:24pm

Those are her words not mine. I agree with her though. Patti always tries to understand the character and dives in deep with the character psychologically. She got mad when the London choreographers kept telling her how Elaine Paige did Evita. Patti said that she didn't want to know how Elaine did it cause she wanted to go on her own journey to discover the character. Thankyou for getting this thread back on topic wynbish. Lord knows it was overdue...

[jnb9872]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:28pm

I wish she had been an Actor first and Singer second in SWEENEY TODD. Actually, I wish she would have been Mrs. Lovett first, and Patti LuPone second... but my experience of that revival was sadly the opposite.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:29pm

yes yes i know all about her Evita struggling.I wonder if she would of had problems with the Evita score if she attended a MT school. hmmm...

hmmm

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:36pm

I still do wonder that Wynbish. If she had her voice trained a bit more by an MT school she might not have struggled so much through EVITA. But i don't know if there were exclusively MT schools around that time. PLus, I think she is such a great actress because she did go to juilliard so if she went to an exclusively MT school than she might not of had the acting training to play Mama Rose as well as she did.

Updated On: 6/18/13 at 07:36 PM

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:40pm

"I wish she had been an Actor first and Singer second in SWEENEY TODD. Actually, I wish she would have been Mrs. Lovett first, and Patti LuPone second... but my experience of that revival was sadly the opposite."

Her casting of Mrs.Lovett really came out of left field for me. I never saw her do it live but i did watch a bootleg of the whole show and I thought she was magnificent.t She always brings something different to her parts and she is My favorite Mrs.Lovett to date.

Updated On: 6/18/13 at 07:40 PM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 6/18/13 at 7:41pm

Better than Angela?