Sweeney Todd News- Patti Answers my question!- Page 2

[PJ]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:19pm

Patti is a huge name in the theatre community. She will sell tickets for that reason. Plus, she's a living legend.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:25pm

She didn't sell out NOISES OFF for very long...

SWEENY TODD has never been a blockbuster. Never has been. Never will be. But if the reviews are strong, the show should could run the better part of a year.

[hedonism]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 6:29pm

Patti, apparently , is going to play the Tuba in this show. Not kidding. And she sold Noises Off fine. It slumped after she left.

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 6:44pm

She was firece in MASTER CLASS! Dare I say, better than Zoe.

*runs and hides*

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:11pm

Patti was very good, but Zoe gave me chills.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:48pm

Does she sell tickets? Sure does, and she is a bigger name than Bernadette Peters.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:54pm

I think she'll sell some tickets. Don't some people know her from that awful TV show she was on in the late 80's? I can't remember the name of it, but it was about a family, and one of the kids was autistic (I think...as I said, it's been awhile). The show was pretty popular, as I recall.

She sold Noises Off just fine. Business dropped when she left and Jane Curtin came in. Which is ironic, because in my opinion, Jane Curtin was ions better.

Also, let's not forget this is her first Broadway musical role since Anything Goes. When they bill this as her "triumphant return to musicals" they'll sell a few tickets.

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 8:31pm

and starring Patti LuPone on washboard.

[october]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 10:34pm

I have to agree with Wonderboy on this.....see the article from the voice
WEB EXTRA

Hold everything, I have some urgent advice for Broadway producers too: Put Cyndi Lauper in something right now, even a jukebox musical. The pop stylist was on fire at last week's all-stars-for-gay-pride True Colors concert, a slick night which only stumbled with its cutesy Up With People-type opening number about how great Lincoln Center is. ("If it's good enough for Marc Chagall, it's good enough for me!"). Things got more sophisticated when the event trotted out knockout perfs by both Broadway divas (Lillias White) and classical ones (two lesbian-lover opera singers who sized each other up longingly between high notes). For the finale, Lauper did her full throttle, exciting thing, running into the crowd and yelping in our faces for extra Laupery effect. Everyone knows that Cyndi was up for the Mrs. Lovett role in the upcoming Sweeney Todd revival, a meat-pie-serving opportunity that went to Patti LuPone instead. Well, I hear the producers wanted Cyndi, but while Sondheim liked her, he ended up anointing Patti, who's an old friend. My guess is that Cyndi would have been a revelation, so let's get the little powerhouse onstage in something—anything—else. It's good enough for me!




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[Annie Get Your Rose]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 10:59pm

"Sure does, and she is a bigger name than Bernadette Peters. "

I hate to disagree with you on that one. I do not think that Patti pulls in that much of an audience. Just opinions though.

Posted: 7/8/05 at 3:18am

Ms. Lupone is a wonderful actress and singer. If you have seen her in something and not liked her voice, that is one thing. To dismiss her from the role all together is another.

She is one of the true Broadway stars who came long before all the "diva's" of today....and is still here.

See her.

[hedonism]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 5:45am

Updated On: 7/8/05 at 05:45 AM

[Flight0017]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:28pm

The TV series was called "Life Goes On".