Saw Christine Ebersole & Patti Lupone on Saturday night

[nealb1]

Posted: 10/12/09 at 12:10pm

On Saturday night my friend and I saw Christine Ebersole in concert at OCPAC - Orange County Performing Arts Center. She was in the Cabaret Room. The show was at 7:30pm, and was over with at 8:45pm. She was fantastic - great songs and great stories about her family and starting out in NYC in the mid 70's. She's so beautiful and so funny. There was a table of 4, 2 rows behind us who were quite loud and talked during the first 20 minutes or of the show. Finally, after shooting them glaring looks, the usher told them...not asked them, told them to leave. And, they did. Go figure??? The usher said that they reeked of booze.

When the show was over with, we walked by the stage door of the main auditorium where Patti Lupone was performing. It was intermission there, and a few musicians were outside smoking. As we walked by, they told us to go see Patti - it's intermission, just walk in, find an open seat and watch Act 2. It wasn't sold out........ We sat 4th row and saw Patti. She was brilliant!!!! The Symphony was Act 1, and Patti was Act 2. So, we didn't miss anything of hers.

2 Broadway divas under 1 roof...who knew?
Updated On: 10/12/09 at 12:10 PM

[cre8ivemlq]

Posted: 10/12/09 at 12:47pm

I know, wasn't it awesome? I saw Christine opening night on Thursday, then Patti Friday night... what amazing luck that you got to see both on the same night! Two Great Broadway Divas for the price of one!
My reviews!

[nealb1]

Posted: 10/12/09 at 12:58pm

Great review!! I couldn't agree more.

[BwayBuff2]

Posted: 10/12/09 at 2:27pm

It's like a double feature! I love it!

[Huey's Pop]

Posted: 10/12/09 at 4:40pm

We also saw Patti on Saturday night in the large auditorium. We had second row seats. Right after intermission, 3 young guys came in and sat in the front row, directly in front of us. They were very disruptive during Patti's set, yelping ("Hey Patti, Hey Patti") loudly after each song. A guy sitting next to them had his I-phone out, shamelessly recording parts of the concert. Patti could see what was going on, and she didn't react. Needless to say these creeps got the audience aroud us plenty upset.

Once the concert was over, the ushers stopped these guys from leaving, obviously scolding them for being so disruptive and for shooting photos/video. As we walked by, I pointed to Mr. iPhone Video man and told the ushers that he took a lot of pictures (my little way of giving him the finger).

Bottom line: Patti was great and it was a definite treat seeing her from the second row.

[nealb1]

Posted: 10/12/09 at 6:01pm

That was soooooooo annoying. Those kind of people are so self-centered.....ugh!