THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!

[Midnight Radio]

THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#1

Posted: 6/15/08 at 10:53pm

And now all the other queens celebrate!

Congratulations Madame Patti LuPone!

[Unknown User]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#2

Posted: 6/15/08 at 10:55pm

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!
& PROUD!
& THRILLED!!!

[cfmiller]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#2

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:02pm

And a great speech!

It's been 29 years!

[Weez]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#3

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:02pm

And she just gave shoutouts to the real Rose and all the other divas who've played her, on the thank you cam.

It's almost as good as watching the ceremony proper. Almost. Honest.

*weeps*

Notes from the Earlham Street Gutter

[sabrelady]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#4

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:07pm

WOOOO HOOO!
You Go Miss Patti!

YOU TOTALLY RULE!!!!


MWAH!

[GlindatheGood22]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#5

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:08pm

Great lady, great performance, great speech, hideous dress.

I know you. I know you. I know you.

[Unknown User]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#6

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:21pm

that totally made the "thank you cam" worth it!!

[philly03]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#6

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:21pm

And a great speech!

It's been 29 years!"

SHUT UP! It's been 28 YEARS!

Agreed, Fantastic performance, great speech, wonderful diva!

Her only downfall of the night was her clapping along with Rent! Oh well, I guess she couldn't have it ALL.

[jigblob]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#8

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:25pm

great performance, great actress, awful speech IMO. is she really as obnoxious in real life as that speech made her sound? her rapid fire thank yous peppered with her complaining about how it's been 28 years was totally lame. i really almost wish she didn't win (even though she deserved it), just to see if she went on a murderous shooting spree in the radio city music hall when somebody else got the award.

[shira's chef]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#10

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:37pm

Okay I'm glad I'm not the only one that was wondering about her clapping during Rent.

But otherwise, YAY for Patti!

"...and the last thing I want to do is turn into Judy Garland." - Shira

[BroadwayBenny]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#11

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:59pm

I think her "what the hell is going on" face during RENT was obviously in response to the HORRIBLE sound job that was going on with the microphones. I was doing the same thing at home.

[LuPonatic]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#12

Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:03am

LOVE HER!

[PalJoey]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#14

Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:25am

JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED.

[JudasIscariot]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#15

Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:30am

Yay Patti! She's had this coming since Evita.

[A Director]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#16

Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:02am

And what musical is she going to do after Gypsy? There aren't that many musical roles for a woman her age. She hasn't been a new musical in years! To be a major star, an actor has to created new roles. For most of her career, Patti has made do with seconds.

[ljay889]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#17

Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:06am

She WAS going to star in a new David Mamet musical. I don't know if it will be resurrected though.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=945554
Updated On: 6/16/08 at 03:06 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#18

Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:10am

She hasn't been a new musical in years!

She created the role of Norma Desmond in 1994.

To be a major star, an actor has to created new roles.

And Patti is a Broadway legend. So what's your point?

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[Raviolisun]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#19

Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:13am

I am so, so happy for her. What a great speech.

One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...


It was awesome. - theaterkid1015

[Harpo]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#20

Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:15am

Agree, Wanna Be

She could sing Rubber Duckie and show how much she is a star.

Seconds?! Bah!

[emo_geek]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#21

Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:17am

She took forever to unfold that paper. Made me nervous, don't know why.

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

[A Director]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#22

Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:27am

She created the role of Norma Desmond in 1994.

That was FOURTEEN YEARS AGO!

[brettystar]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#23

Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:31am

I am so happy - well deserved.

'Downtown Elaiggghhhy?'

[sbflyfan]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#24

Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:44am

That was the best moment of the night for me.

Note that the ferocity of the "SHUT UP! IT'S BEEN 29 YEARS" did succeed in keeping them from cutting her off! I want to know what would have happened if they had!

"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2

[MovieGuy1031]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#25

Posted: 6/16/08 at 6:10am

Flippin' fantastic!

Although I have to say, the envelope opening was the most stressful three seconds of my life.

LUPWNED.

"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."

- Eeyore

[ahmelie]

re: THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED!#26

Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:16am

A Director- Just last year, Patti created the role of Anne in To Hell and Back at the Ravinia festival. And in 1997, she created the role of Jolly on Broadway.

Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done. -John Patrick Shanley