The Anarchist and Patti Lupone

[lenstersf]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#1

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:15pm

I would like to see Patti Lupone on stage, and it seems like I'll get the opportunity later in the year when she's starring in Mamet's "The Anarchist." But I was wondering...how good of an actress is she when she's not acting/singing in a musical? Other than her big musical roles, I'm not familiar with her acting credits. Thoughts?

Thanks!

[Joey.]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#2

Posted: 7/31/12 at 10:23pm

"Patti Lupone" almost drives me as crazy as "Elena Rodgers."

[ljay889]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#2

Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:02pm

She's a classically trained actress from Julliard.....

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#3

Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:08pm

There are some days when I wish I could watch her scenes in GYPSY again, rather than listen to the album, as good as that is. She's a fabulous actress, and yes, classically trained from Juilliard. She's a presence and a force of nature.

[CapnHook]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#4

Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:22pm

Patti got chopz.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#5

Posted: 7/31/12 at 11:24pm

I actually should have posted, "Who's Patti Lupone?", but I've been awfully bitchy these days and figured I'd be nice and answer the freakin' question. :)

[broadwaydevil]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#6

Posted: 8/1/12 at 12:13am

What's a Lupone?

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#7

Posted: 8/1/12 at 12:15am

Is it an Italian relative to Jubilation T. Corn?

[Idiot]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#8

Posted: 8/1/12 at 2:55am

I totally misread this post to be about THE ANTICHRIST AND PATTI LUPONE.

Interest was piqued.

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#9

Posted: 8/1/12 at 2:56am

^ LMAO

Some of tomorrow's Chik-Fil-A customers might start a thread like that someday.

[lupone76]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#10

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:39pm

It's amazing how you all think your so wity on here. You don't have an ounce of wit. At least not what I call wit. Tired yes, wity no. ZZZZZZZ

Updated On: 8/1/12 at 01:39 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#11

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47pm

Patti is a fantastic actress and I'm PSYCHED to see her in a new play, especially with Debra Winger!

[lenstersf]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#12

Posted: 8/1/12 at 2:12pm

It's really quite impressive how some people seem to get a sense of satisfaction from pointing out minor things like "Lupone" vs. "LuPone" instead of answering the question. Meh.

But thanks to those making a useful contribution.

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#13

Posted: 8/1/12 at 3:10pm

Well, I may not be witty, but I do know how to spell, lupone76.

[egghumor]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#14

Posted: 8/1/12 at 8:23pm

and I always thought it was Patty Lou Pone... The Lady with the Blow Torch

[Musicaldudepeter]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#15

Posted: 8/1/12 at 8:25pm

Yes Patti was trained at Juilliard in the first class of the Drama Division in the late '60s, and she has stated at numerous points that once she began to train in straight acting, she never wanted to do another musical, but her first big 'break' (or whatever you want to call that experience) was a musical: 'Evita,' and she won her two Tonys for musicals. But she has done plays on Broadway like Mamet's 'The Old Neighborhood' and McNally's 'Master Class' (which she also took to London).

[pinoyidol2006]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#16

Posted: 8/1/12 at 9:29pm

But she hasn't had a Tony nod for her work in straight plays, which I kind find a little strange.

I like your imperturbable perspicacity.

[SNAFU]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#17

Posted: 8/1/12 at 9:34pm

In case it went over your head, it is "witty".

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

[givesmevoice]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#18

Posted: 8/1/12 at 9:38pm

But she hasn't had a Tony nod for her work in straight plays, which I kind find a little strange.

She was a replacement in Master Class, so she wasn't eligible. And other than The Old Neighborhood and Noises Off, the bulk of her straight plays on Broadway were either with The Acting Company or closed quickly.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#19

Posted: 8/1/12 at 10:41pm

Do Tony nods mean anything? Really? So if you don't get a Tony nod, you're not good, or you did bad work? Is that how it works?

[givesmevoice]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#20

Posted: 8/1/12 at 10:47pm

Do Tony nods mean anything? Really? So if you don't get a Tony nod, you're not good, or you did bad work? Is that how it works?

Are you new here?

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#21

Posted: 8/1/12 at 10:52pm

I've been here longer than you. I was being sarcastic, in response to pinoyidol's post.

[givesmevoice]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#22

Posted: 8/1/12 at 11:04pm

I was being sarcastic, in response to your post. Clearly it didn't work as well as I had hoped.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[Playbilly]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#23

Posted: 8/1/12 at 11:31pm

Is being "wity" like being a "honkey".

"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"

[jv92]

The Anarchist and Patti Lupone#24

Posted: 8/2/12 at 12:17am

Apologies, givesmevoice. I'm not very wity.