So LuPone pulls a Merman at Gypsy? — Page 2

The show was CALL ME MADAM. Stritch was her standby.

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This is news to me, so thanks for posting...especially the audioclip.

However, isn't that a bit hypocritical? People getting yelled at for taking pictures and someone recorded the whole thing. Aren't you not supposed to do that too?

At any rate, I would have been upset if I were emotionally invested in the performance.

But...since it was recorded, does anyone know what she did when she said, "You know what we're going to do?"

I thought it was Call Me Madam, but I couldn't be sure. I do know I read it from another source, however.

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Oh, it's everywhere, Matt. I was surprised that Joekv had never heard it before - it's classic show-biz apochrypha. I heard it long before Stritch was telling it (at least she, Goodman - and Mister Matt - agree that the show was indeed Call me Madam, if they don't agree on the specifics of the event).

I always wondered about Merman and Mary Martin's swear jar.

Story goes, Martin had a swear jar backstage at some show. You know, you had to put in for each expletive you uttered - fifty cents for "bastard", a quarter for "damn", and so on. It goes on to tell that one night Merman, annoyed about the practice, hands Martin a sawbuck. Says:

"Here's ten bucks - go fcuk yourself!"

Scarywarhol, have you been living under a rock. Patti the sun, the light, not always the grace but if not that the voice of reason on stage.