The BEST LuPone impersonator...
The BEST LuPone impersonator...
#1The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/18/08 at 11:04pm
He strikes again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gXKxipviCY
Brilliant.
Here's his BY THE SEA, which I posted before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W40bfIbHIzA
He has even mastered the LuPone jaw woble.
#2re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/18/08 at 11:46pmOH ....my....goodness! This guy does a phenomenal interpretation of our Miss Patti!! He must be something like 21 or 22 years of age? I have an inkling that he'll be a musical theatre major. He is awesome. from RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#2re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/18/08 at 11:49pm
This guy's rendition of "By The Sea" hilariously duplicates many of LuPone's vocal mannerisms to a scarily accurate level, but his "Everything's Coming Up Roses" sounds nothing like her.
Where is the heavy vibrato and scoops? If he's specifically immitating the Tony performance like the title says, he's quite a ways off in terms of her vocal approach to this number (he's just throwing in some of her trademark affectations without really doing anything she specifically does here.)
Regardless, quite a hoot!
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#3re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/18/08 at 11:53pmHe did her swoop on 'Nothing to DooOOOO' but relax, perfectly.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#4re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/18/08 at 11:53pmI remember his "I Dreamed a Dream" by Daphen Rubin-Vega and it sounded just like her, or atleast a good spoof of it. Seriously, Daphne please no more Les Mis as Fantine.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#5re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 12:02amBest Patti impersonator = Leslie Kritzer
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
#6re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 12:54amHaha, this is me. Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
#9re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 2:13am
It's not quite as spot on as "By the Sea", but it's still pretty funny. I wish I had friends like that. I LOVE "I'm Not That Smart". I hope you have someone wonderful to go home to, Michael.
Updated On: 6/19/08 at 02:13 AM
#10re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 2:42am
I'm sorry if you guys don't think it's as spot as By the Sea-I just make these videos to entertain. I love Patti and I love her singing and I'm not trying to prove anything with the videos. They're just supposed to be fun. 
And CATSNYrevival, that was sweet what you said.
#11re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 2:53amEverything but the dialogue in By the Sea is BRILLS. I personally had no problem understanding her speak the 2 times i saw her in Sweeney, but seriously, that was AMAZING. too funny.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#12re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 3:18amThat is pretty amazing. Esp. the lip curl.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#13re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 3:22am
Way to nail the straight-tone into the intense vibrato on the final note, in "Roses".
Fabulous job!
#14re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 4:12am
Better than PATTI!! BRAVO!
(Request - you have got to do STEW!!! Pretty Please!!)
#15re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 6:41amTotally, great work. How old are you? Are you still in high school or in college? Just wondering.... RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#16re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 7:21amOH! Both of these vidoes brought a huge smile to my face!!
#18re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 10:33am
He's pretty good, now if we could get him in drag...
Ummm...isn't Patti LuPone the *best* Patti LuPone impersonator?
<---- You can see the crazy in her eyes. ;-)
#19re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:39amThese are great. I LOVE the "I'm Not That Smart" video.
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
#20re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 1:38pmGreat job!
"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)
-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)
#21re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 2:06pm
"Haha, this is me. Thanks for the feedback, everyone!"
Great job. BTW, your drawings on you LJ page are awesome.
#22re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 2:09pmhaha i love this kid! I saw his daphne impression last year and loved it but this is great :)
http://two-sails.blogspot.com/
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#23re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 2:24pmHaha! By The Sea is great.
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Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#24re: The BEST LuPone impersonator...
Posted: 6/19/08 at 3:17pmI loved "Everything's Coming Up Roses". On "By The Sea" the only version i've heard is Angela's, so I can't say. But "Roses" was scarily spot on.
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