Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 3:58pmAnnounced today that LuPone will star in a Ravinia production of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN opposite Brian Stokes Mitchell. Lonny Price directs. Paul Gemignani musical directs.
#2re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:02pmShe played it before in another concert.
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#3re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:14pm
She played it before in another concert.
Before Bernie if I'm not mistaken.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#4re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:14pmGranny Get Your Gun?
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#5re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:15pmSeriously. Was Carol Channing not available?
#6re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:16pmIf someone takes a picture of her this time, they will get shot.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#7re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:23pmKad, that's the best laugh I've had today. =)
#9re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:29pm
Lets hope Lonny keeps on her about diction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3IyCa8bG4
#11re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:00pmThis was good 10 years ago know it should be good from thre very very very very very back where you cannot see Patti's aging face. I luv ya LuPone but sorry!
#12re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:05pmIs there anyone else who would rather see Leslie Kritzer tear this role up, rather than see Patti do it again?
#13re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:08pmUm, isn't Annie supposed to be in her early twenties? Not that she and Brian Stokes Mitchell wouldn't have been great about twenty years ago, but really...
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#14re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:11pmThis casting is ridiculous...too old. And yes, Leslie Kritzer would be amazing as Annie! THAT would be perfection.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:15pm
>>>"Seriously. Was Carol Channing not available?"<<<
This is funny becuse when Patti did ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Lincoln Center, Carol Channing sat next to me!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#16re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:19pmYou should write a book of Mad-Libs, where you can only write the names of famous people in the blanks.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#17re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:20pmHe already doing live action Mad-Libs, Kad.
#18re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:29pm
Um, isn't Annie supposed to be in her early twenties? Not that she and Brian Stokes Mitchell wouldn't have been great about twenty years ago, but really...
Ethel played Annie when she was 58 (and the revival was jokingly called Granny Get Your Gun).
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Updated On: 9/14/09 at 05:29 PM
#19re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:52pm
Has anyone age appropriate ever played any role on Broadway 
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#20re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:57pm
This is HILARIOUS.
Obviously it won't become a revival, but the thought of Patti on a vendetta to win all the Tony awards that Bernadette has won (or should have won), is hilarious.
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
Updated On: 9/14/09 at 05:57 PM
#21re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:02pm
She has to play the Witch in Into the Woods next.
Also, on a different note, can Brian Stokes Mitchell do a show in New York again? That'd be awesome.
#22re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:03pm
Has anyone age appropriate ever played any role on Broadway
No, because I think the charisma and skill the role requires seem to go hand in hand with age and experience. Kind of like how Reno Sweeney is often played by women who are too old. It's a concert version, though, so it doesn't really matter.
And why does everyone think Patti has actual beef with Bernadette?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Updated On: 9/14/09 at 06:03 PM
#23re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:06pmOh, obviously... but I mean, I see nothing wrong with an Annie in her thirties or a youthful looking Annie in her forties... but one who's sixty? Patti looks great for her age, but that's pushing it just a little bit. The whole appeal of the character of Annie is her cluelessness. Patti's voice and bearing and everything are just too mature by any standards.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#24re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:06pm
No big deal, Bernadette sucked as Annie.
Several years ago in an interview, Patti said that she felt she was the heir apparent to the Merman catalogue. Since Lonnie Price is too much of a wimp to say no to Patti, expect productions of "Call Me Madam" "Panama Hattie" "Du Barry Was A Lady" and "Girl Crazy". Also expect PBS to do a show called "Together on Broadway (Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald)" which will be an exact recreation of the Merman/Martin show.
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#25re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:10pm
"And why does everyone think Patti has actual beef with Bernadette?"
I don't know about everyone else, but if you're referring to my post, I was joking :).
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
#26re: Patti's catching up to Bernadette
Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:12pm
Obviously it won't become a revival, but the thought of Patti on a vendetta to win all the Tony awards that Bernadette has won (or should have won), is hilarious.
Two roles is not a vendetta. Patti also played Fosca, Mrs. Lovett, Desiree Armfeldt, Cora Hoover Hooper and the Dana Ivey roles in Sunday...George at Ravinia. None of those roles were played by Bernadette on Broadway. In a concert, I don't think the age matters any more than race or staging or costumes. It's simply to feature the music. And it's not as if Bernadette weren't 51 when she did the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun.
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