THE QUEEN HAS BEEN CROWNED! — Page 2

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.

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I am so hapy, about her victory, I would be devastated if there was an upset ! And imagine that, I was not a big fan, till I saw her in Gypsy ! Now, I'm a fan for LIFE !!!!

I'm a stranger here myself, but let me see if I have this right: "A Director" will say anything, no matter how nonsensical, to denigrate Patti LuPone. Is that pretty much it?

It's news to me that "to be a major star, an actor has to created new roles." Someone go tell Maria Callas (who never created a role in her life) that she was not a major star of the opera world. For that matter, nearly all the acting nominees last night were appearing in roles that had been created earlier (albeit sometimes, as with Kerry Butler) in a different medium.

What a slap in the face bernedette peters.

-- "I'm a stranger here myself, but let me see if I have this right: "A Director" will say anything, no matter how nonsensical, to denigrate Patti LuPone. Is that pretty much it?"

That's exactly right, Reginald Tresilian! Pretty pathetic and rude, isn't it?

"Pretty pathetic and rude, isn't it?"

Well, it's certainly odd. I simply don't see the point. He/she convinces no one, and comes off sounding, to my mind at least, more obsessed with Patti than the most fervent LuPonista.

I mean, I don't care for, say, Lindsay Lohan. But I really don't care. It would never occur to me to spend any portion of my life attacking her on message boards.

But maybe that's just me.

Here's her speech from the thank-you cam--sort of a repeat of her speech, but at the end, she elaborates on thanking Rose Hovick, and manages to mention all the other Roses—-including Bernadette and Betty.

http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html#l

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"She created the role of Norma Desmond in 1994.

That was FOURTEEN YEARS AGO! "

Actually she created the role at the Sydmont Festival (Andrew Lloyd Webber's estate) in 1992, where it was thought that Meryl Streep would have gotten it (and she reportedly cried because Patti was so good and she knew she wouldn't get it). Rehersals for Sunset started in Spring 1993, opening in July/August 1993 and she left I think right after the Oliver Awards in 1994.

And I know she was technically the "third" to do EVITA, but her portrayal was so different from Elaine Paige who made Eva almost angry and bitter. And it's been 28 years...not 29. She won (against Christine Andreas) in 1980 Tony Awards for EVITA, which opened in Sept. 1979.

I'm happy for Patti because she won and I believe it was well-derserved. I'll be even happier when we can put this dicussion to rest.

She created the role of Norma Desmond in 1994.

That was FOURTEEN YEARS AGO!

So? Are you saying a bad performance in a new role will always be better than a good perfomance in a revival? The award is given for the performance, not whether the character has been previously performed. The Olivier Awards in London honors replacements in continuously running shows in the same categories as actors in new shows if they are deemed worthy of the award. It is how Martine McCutcheon and Joanna Riding both won for playing Eliza Dolittle in the same revival of My Fair Lady. I think they have the right idea. The best performance of the season should come from the actual best performance of the season, not just from the shows that happened to open that season.

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