Patti's catching up to Bernadette

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 3:58pm

Announced 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.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:02pm

She played it before in another concert.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:13pm

Hot.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:14pm

She played it before in another concert.

Before Bernie if I'm not mistaken.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:14pm

Granny Get Your Gun?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:15pm

Seriously. Was Carol Channing not available?

[Kad]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:16pm

If someone takes a picture of her this time, they will get shot.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:23pm

Kad, that's the best laugh I've had today. =)

[kyle.]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 4:29pm

Lets hope Lonny keeps on her about diction.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3IyCa8bG4

[Patti_LuPone_Fan]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:00pm

This 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!

[kyle.]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:05pm

Is there anyone else who would rather see Leslie Kritzer tear this role up, rather than see Patti do it again?

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:08pm

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...

[BwayBuff2]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:11pm

This casting is ridiculous...too old. And yes, Leslie Kritzer would be amazing as Annie! THAT would be perfection.

[Dollypop]

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!

[Kad]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:19pm

You should write a book of Mad-Libs, where you can only write the names of famous people in the blanks.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:20pm

He already doing live action Mad-Libs, Kad.

[givesmevoice]

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).

Updated On: 9/14/09 at 05:29 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 5:52pm

Has anyone age appropriate ever played any role on Broadway

[binau]

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.

Updated On: 9/14/09 at 05:57 PM

[perfectlymarvelous]

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.

[givesmevoice]

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?

Updated On: 9/14/09 at 06:03 PM

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:06pm

Oh, 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.

[Gothampc]

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.

[binau]

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 :).

[Mister Matt]

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.