Patti's isotoners were back this evening

#1

Patti's isotoners were back this evening

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:23am

Saw the evening performance of Gypsy tonight, on a whim.

Before the show started, the man was doing the cell phone announcement, and at the end goes, "Patti LuPone has injured her foot." Then he paused. You can imagine the reaction- people started gasping, and were going, "Oh, no!" because I guess they thought she wasn't going to perform. After a long second or two, he finished with, "So she will be wearing isotoners for the entire performance."

I swear the man deliberately paused just to enjoy the panic he knew he was sure to cause.

The show was fantastic, by the way. LuPone still gives me chills (and I was not a fan of hers before this), and Benanti and Gaines have gotten better since the last time I saw them (first preview) if that's even possible.

#2

re: Patti's isotoners were back this evening

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:25am

Again with these damn foot problems? Wow. Haha

But I'm glad Patti and everyone else did not cease to amaze.

#3

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:27am

Maybe she just does this every once in a while to keep the audience on their toes.

#4

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:27am

I think they do the announcement now just so they can get the reaction from the audience. They did it on Sunday too, and the guy paused for a really long time.

Though, really, if Patti wasn't going to perform, we'd know about it before 30 seconds before curtain. I guess people aren't really thinking when they hear the announcement though. I know that when they had the first announcement about her being sick, my stomach dropped.

#5

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:27am

They did it on the 6/20 evening performance, too.

#6

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:44am

They did it Saturday evening as well as at today's matinee according to friends.

#7

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:44am

Well what is the real story? Anyone know what happened?

#8

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 1:04am

She's been wearing the isotoners at every performance for a while now. So they are not back, they are still there.

#9

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 1:11am

I saw the evening performance as well. When the announcement came on I was not worried because I knew that they have recently been making this announcement. After the show she still came out of the stage door. She has a broken toe. I give her a lot of credit b/c a broken toe is extremely painful to walk on let alone dane and perform on. After the show she looked extremely worn out and tired. And btw in tonight's performance Donald Trump and his wife were in the audience.

#10

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 1:12am

Where were Donald and Melania sitting?

#11

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 1:22am

8th row center aisle. (the one Patti enters)

I was in the Box so I could see everything.

#12

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 6:47am

I figured it's product placement for Isotoners. Otherwise, why bother? Do Rose's shoes really matter THAT much?

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#13

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 8:01am

I saw the matinee yesterday and the same thing happened. People were actually starting to collect their stuff to get ready to walk out.

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#14

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:14am

When you say isotoners, do you mean she wearing bedroom slippers on stage for the entire show?

#15

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:17am

Yes, she had on dark blue, flat slippers.

The thing is, I probably NEVER would have noticed it, had they not announced it.

#16

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:41am

"The thing is, I probably NEVER would have noticed it, had they not announced it."

A costume designer that I worked with said that 90% of the audience never looks below the waist. She could be wearing fuzzy bunny slippers and most people wouldn't notice.

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#17

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:56am

that "costume designer" you worked for is an ass.

#18

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 11:11am

She wore them on the Saturday 6/21 matinee, too, and the announcer made the announcement, and everyone (inclding my cousin, who is a HUGE Patti fan) just went insane... and then the announcer finished, when everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief. I remembered reading it somewhere here before, so it wasn't as much of a shock.

When I saw it Patti was awesome! She lost one of the isotoners during "You'll Never Get Away from Me" and laughed so hard trying to put it back on she and Boyd fell... (not sure if that was part of the show) but in all it was absolutely awesome!

Updated On: 6/26/08 at 11:11 AM

#19

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:08pm

This is a new low for Broadway.

#20

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:21pm

She lost one of the isotoners during "You'll Never Get Away from Me" and laughed so hard trying to put it back on she and Boyd fell... (not sure if that was part of the show) but in all it was absolutely awesome!

Yes, the falling is part of the blocking for the song.

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#21

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 1:59pm

She's had those for like a month or too. I think it's like just to freak people out.

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#22

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 2:03pm

^ That's what I'm thinking too. Because... she wore the isotoners this past Thursday (6/19) and they did NOT make any announcement.

Updated On: 6/26/08 at 02:03 PM

#23

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 4:40pm

This whole situation just makes me love/hate her even more.

#24

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Posted: 6/26/08 at 4:44pm

She has a broken toe. I am sure some audience members would be curious why she is wearing slippers.

#25

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Posted: 6/27/08 at 11:52am

I saw the show for the first time last night too. It was Amazing!! I'm sure they make that pause in the announcement just to get a reaction...my first thought when they paused was they that were going to say just kidding or something...haha. But besides the different shoes you'd never no she was hurt.
Oh and thats funny that Donald Trump and his wife were there. I was in like the fifth row but opposite side of where Patti enters...I didn't see him.