Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
chanel
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/04
#1Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 1:42pmhttp://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2011/07/patti_and_mandy.php
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#2Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 1:45pmFor whatever reason, I just don't see this being very successful.
#2Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 1:49pmTheir act is them on a bare stage with maybe two props and some lighting. They look like they perform in the clothes they wore to the theatre. It's going to cost three cents to produce.
#3Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:04pmI'd rather seen an evening of Forbidden Broadway parodies of them. That said, why is Mandy doing an Ed Grimley impression in the photo in the link?
#4Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:07pm
I wonder what theatre it's going into...The available theaters are:
Barrymore
Belasco
Broadhurst (?)
Golden
Kerr
Longacre
Lyceum
Nederlander
Studio 54
#5Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:12pmI swear, I want to get out my nun's costume and slap him hard with a wooden ruler as I shout, "WILL YOU STAND UP STRAIGHT?"
#6Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:28pmI will see it for her. I am not a big fan of his. If he sings selections from Sunday in the park, that I would enjoy.
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#7Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:28pmI saw this in Chicago. It was pretty good, but far from a sell out. Anyone who had mezzanine or balcony seating were upgraded to orchestra level.
#8Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:43pm
I love Patti Patinkin and Mandy LuPone!
But they look like Donna Karan and Ed Grimley in that photo.
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#9Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:44pmI've said it before...this show is drab and boring. And I LOVE Ms. LuPone.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#10Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 3:11pmThere isn't a theatre big enough for those egos.
#11Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 3:25pmIs he grabbing her boob?
#12Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:05pm
The show was a dud. I hope they liven it up. When I saw the show they never even addressed the audience with a welcome greeting.
The show will be super cheap to produce so it will have a pretty low weekly nut. They can get by with half-full houses.
I saw that show for Patti and it confirmed my disdain for Patinkin. He's an insufferable scenery chewing schmuck. Awful.
#13Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:09pm
He's awfully hard to take, isn't he?
I'd be happier with an updated version of the one-woman show she did on Broadway.
All that said, I'm sure I'll go. And it is kinda fun to see the two of them do some "Evita" stuff.
#14Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:13pm
Reg, if they are doing the show they toured with, the only "Evita" stuff was "Dont Cry For Me Argentina"-Patti singing it with a piano.
Patinkin had more stage time than Patti and they did some monologues together. The audience was bewildered.
I wish Patti would do "Gypsy In My Soul" on Broadway and leave Miss Mandy at home.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#16Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:21pm
"Is he grabbing her boob?"
Only if her boob in on her back. Which for Patti LuPone may be the case.
#17Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:23pmSo he's unhooking her bra, most likely.
#18Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:54pm
Patti's method of operating in these cabaret/concerts is to sleepwalk through 2/3 of a song and then come alive for the last eight bars and nail the last note for all her life.
It leaves the audience only remembering the "big finish" and forgetting that she was ordering a pizza in her mind for most of the number.
And I've seen her do this over and over again, number after number, on more than one occasion live. Some people call it "pacing yourself" or "saving your voice."
Okay.
As for Mandy, I think he's actually operating the controls in that photo.
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vegas2
Featured Actor Joined: 12/5/09
#19Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 5:09pmWhen I first heard about this, I was excited. But these comments are pretty devastating! Does anyone like this show?
#20Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 5:19pm
I haven't seen this show. I've seen Patti live many times in concert.
And even with the bitchy comments, the negativity, the mixed reviews ...
... she's still Patti Friggin' LuPone. And if you haven't seen her live, go. Even if she's uneven, and Mandy is over-the-top ham ... they're worth it.
I'm sure you will have one or even several moments that will make it more than worthwhile. That's always been the case with me.
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Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#22Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 5:38pmI saw this in Toronto. One of the most boring nights in a theatre and a complete waste of money.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#23Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 5:44pmI thought she was gonna be busy playing Miss Hannigan?
#24Patti and Mandy are headed to Broadway
Posted: 7/28/11 at 10:11pmI agree this is an awful, boring show. I am thankful to see Patti live and if I was in NYC I'd probably see it again just to see her. If you have seen her in GYPSY, COMPANY, VERGE et al. (I haven't) I'm not sure if it would be worth seeing.
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