Patti out of Patti and Mandy today.....

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 10:52pm

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=2038637

My god. Two hours with Mandy (and his son) sounds like torture.

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:01pm

They let the show go on without half of the star cast? I didn't know you could just add someone in randomly and say it's the show. Does Equity allow that kind of thing often?

I didn't know his son's name was Gideon and laughed since his character's name was that on Criminal Minds. I'm assuming that he asked for his character to be named that?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:03pm

I believe something similar happened when they were touring and I seem to think people were given the option for a refund or a chance to exchange their tickets (they were at the venue for a week), in addition to Mandy's concert.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:29pm

That sounds painful. And no, I'm not talking about Patti's sciatica.

[binau]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:31pm

Oh god this sounds like a great idea for a forbidden broadway parody of "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream".

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:39pm

Very smart of him to do the show without an intermission today. Very smart.

[Broadway Joe]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:43pm

Well Patti was in tonights show though. I finally decided to go see it. It was meh.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:55pm

"Patti and Mandy" minus Patti? That must be like the sound of one hand clapping.

[binau]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 11:57pm

I think the sound of one hand clapping (i.e. silence) would be welcome after listening to Mandy sing for 2 hours.

Updated On: 1/11/12 at 11:57 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 2:59am

I know this is unpopular: but I would likely have been in heaven. I adore him (despite his being insane). I am inexplicably drawn to his intensity.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 3:24am

I thought he was surprisingly tame and understated (for Mandy, at least) at the first preview. No clue if this has continued throughout the run, though. His "Oh, What a Circus!" was pretty fantastic.

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 8:37am

In 2009 this happened in Cleveland, too.

They were there for 2 weeks, and performed Tuesday-Sunday. Patti got sick during the first week, and she didn't perform at the matinee on the first Sunday.

I went the 2nd Sunday, and there were some insane Mandy groupies at the stage door (they made their own posters for him to sign!) and they were absolutely raving about how they got to see him perform his one-man show.

Mandy came out with his assistant, scribbled his name on my Playbill and the other people's homemade posters, and hightailed it down the street. "Patti had already left." hehe

Updated On: 1/12/12 at 08:37 AM

[MatineeLover]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 9:54am

How deep did he have to reach into his playbook? Did he get as far as "Ya'll are Brutalizing Me" from the highly acclaimed film Run Ronnie Run?

Updated On: 1/12/12 at 09:54 AM

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 10:19am

Why didn't the producers have Christine Pedi standing by?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 10:21am

I thought he was surprisingly tame and understated (for Mandy, at least) at the first preview. No clue if this has continued throughout the run, though. His "Oh, What a Circus!" was pretty fantastic.

I saw the show on New Year's Eve and was also surprised at how relatively tame and understated he was. I still hate his one man version of "Buddy's Blues," but it wasn't nearly as terrible as I remembered it being. I did, however, hear a lot more about him than I really ever cared to, though.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 11:17am

I, also, was in the audience last night. Patti seemed to be in fine form. Mandy was Mandy--for better or for worse. Aside from the wonderful moments recreated from GYPSY and EVITA, the most marvelous moments were in the CAROUSEL segment at the end of the evening.

I enjoyed the show.

[Overkill]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 11:37am

dramamama - I thought I was the only one! lol I adore Mandy. You may find him annoying, but you can't say he's not a great performer. He's so intense and always gives 110%. I'm ready to see him in another actual musical! I wish I could have seen this, although...I think they probably should have just canceled. People were coming to see Patti AND Mandy. That's what the show is all about. I'm sure there were some disappointed people in the crowd...I just wouldn't have been one of them, because he's the only reason I want to see the show.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 11:42am

I also confess to a fondness for Mandy overkill. He just charges up my batteries; what can I say?

I heard from someone who attended that Hugh Jackman was at the matinee yesterday. Presumably he stayed for the unexpectedly Mandy-centric show.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 1:39pm

I would not have been able to stay without Patti there. For some reason, his voice just grates on my nerves. I don't know if its the way he shapes his vowels or his tone (I think both) but something about it makes me wanna run for the hills.
I'm not denying the man's talent though. Just doesn't do it for me :/

[TotallyJeannius]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 2:25pm

Hmmm, neither "An Evening" nor "with Patti LuPone". Not denying his talent, but there's just something about watching Mandy perform live that makes me cringe. Like when you're watching someone sing with their eyes closed and you sink into your seat out of embarrassment for them. I'm gonna chalk it up to those crazy gestures he does with his hands.

[rjm516]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 2:33pm

I saw this last month, and while I would have of course been disappointed to miss Patti, I would absolutely love (and have loved in the past) solo Mandy concerts. He is incredible. And, both he and Patti were delightful at stage door.

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 2:36pm

Mandy's style is just not for everyone. Even tame, as he is here, he has certain mannerisms that are always going to rub people the wrong way. But so does Patti. That's why they work so well together, for the people who like them both.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 4:05pm

Last night I was impressed with Mandy's legitimate baritone voice. It's when he goes into that strange head voice that I find very annoying. It's like the man has two distinctive singing voices.

Has anyone heard his Sancho Panza on Placido Domingo's MAN OF LA MANCHA recording? Patinkin is nothing short of brilliant on that disc.

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 7:56pm

So what did his son do?

I wouldn't mind it, I'd just be a little disappointed not to see Patti too...

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 8:02pm

Here is the song list for the Patti-less performance:

Bring Him Home
Doodle Doo Doo
"Once Upon A Time…" (Distant Melody) / Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe/ Children & Art / Sunday
Cat's in the Cradle (with Gideon)
Agony 1 (with Gideon)
Lily's Eyes (with Gideon)
Fugue For Tinhorns (with Gideon and Paul Ford)
Rockabye
Easy Street / Can You Use Any Money Today / Rock Island (with Paul Ford)
Paper Moon Medley (with Gideon)
Trouble (with Gideon)
Casey
If I Loved You
Soliloquy
Sorry Grateful / Being Alive
Agony 2 (with Gideon)
"Without the Least Excuse…" (Tchaikovsky) (with Gideon)
The Minute Waltz (with Gideon)