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#1LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 6:19pm
Now we know why she gave back her Equity Card:
While LuPone has found fame performing solo concerts of show tunes, theatre has remained her lifeblood. And now? "I love the stage but I'm taking a break from it. I'm tired. I'm tired of eight shows a week. I mean, if I go back, I'm gonna say it's not gonna be eight shows a week.
And I don't want to go back to Broadway. I love the West End. I would rather work in London theatre.
I would love to work at the National. I would love to work at the Almeida, the Donmar. I don't want to work on Broadway anymore because it's a circus."
#2LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 6:31pm
Well Patti I’d love you to guest star with Bernadette in Old Friends….
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
MemorableUserName
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/19
#3LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 6:34pm
The full article:
https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/patti-lupone-broadway-is-a-circus-id-rather-work-in-london-2341242
Fun interview. I thought the most interesting thing was that it was The Anarchist that brought her to Ari Aster's attention, leading to her casting in Beau is Afraid. So at least something good came out of The Anarchist.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#5LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 7:16pm
She said this after The Anarchist too.
...And then we got 2 more shows out of her.
Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
#6LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 7:24pm
They make a joke about her giving up her equity card in Titanique and it was one of the most hilarious bits.
RUkiddingme
Featured Actor Joined: 12/9/11
#7LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 7:26pm
she said it after War Paint.
or was it DURING War Paint?
it's like Cher's final tour that keeps on going
#8LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 10:02pm
If only she'd actually follow through. She's talented, but incredibly unpleasant in interviews and public appearances. She's exhausting.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
verywellthensigh
Stand-by Joined: 6/14/22
Bill Snibson
Broadway Star Joined: 9/1/19
#10LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 10:48pm
Wait, so she doesn’t want to do an 8 show a week Broadway schedule but she does want to do an 8 show a week West End schedule? Make that make sense. She’s EXHAUSTING!
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#11LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/19/23 at 11:54pm
She seems to talk like she's burned the bridges of most NYC non-profits and wants to do work through London's.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/20/23 at 12:43am
Stop saying bad things about Patti LuPone. Just stop.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#13LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/20/23 at 1:20am
Dollypop said: "Stop saying bad things about Patti LuPone. Just stop."
Why? She's a public figure and earns her living appearing before said public. Hence open to opinions.
#14LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/20/23 at 2:09am
It is a circus. I know it's fashionable here to hate on Patti, but let's not pretend there's much serious audience left.
JasonC3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/21
#15LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/20/23 at 6:13am
All we need for closure is Randy Rainbow singing "LuPone is done with Broadway" to the tune of Give My Regards to Broadway.
bwaydreamer
Stand-by Joined: 3/29/11
#16LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/20/23 at 12:13pm
Patti, while obviously a great performer over the years, has really shown the worst side of herself over the past decade. She does nothing to help charities, organizations or other actors. You see people like Bernadette and Stephanie J. Block helping everywhere they can, meanwhile Patti tells everyone to "figure it out" and she's not dealing with it. Please go away and just stop.
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#17LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/20/23 at 12:20pm
You don't know what she has or hasn't done for charity. Many people believe that charitable actions should be done anonymously.
...
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#18LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/23/23 at 1:25pm
bwaydreamer said: "inception said: "You don't know what she has or hasn't done for charity. Many people believe that charitable actions should be done anonymously."
Actually, as someone who knows and works with BCEFA and most of the other big Broadway charities and organizations, I can say with certainty that she has very rarely if ever helped out any of them. She just doesn't do any work helping others. I'm sorry that is hard for you to hear. It doesn't take away from her talent, just speaks to who she is as a person."
Do you mean she has never done anything like this?
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Patti-LuPones-DECONSTRUCTING-PATTI-Raises-280911-for-BCEFA-with-Christine-Ebersole-Frances-Ruffelle-and-More-20170927
Or this?
https://playbill.com/article/tony-winner-patti-lupone-to-offer-bc-efa-torch-concert-may-22-com-131868
Or this?
https://www.lct.org/shows/patti-lupone-songs-hat/
#19LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/24/23 at 11:59pm
Patti is wildly talented and incredibly charitable. She did a Zoom concert during the pandemic to help struggling theatres and always contributed her talent over the years.
That being said she is always insulting someone publicly. I experience her as crass and mean-spirited. She seems highly insecure and it’s like Psych 101 when I see her antics. I feel embarrassed for her. You can be truthful and outspoken without being belligerent.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#20LuPone is done with Broadway
Posted: 5/25/23 at 8:24am
Bettyboy72 said: "Patti is wildly talented and incredibly charitable. She did a Zoom concert during the pandemic to help struggling theatres and always contributed her talent over the years.
That being said she is always insulting someone publicly. I experience her as crass and mean-spirited. She seems highly insecure and it’s like Psych 101 when I see her antics. I feel embarrassed for her. You can be truthful and outspoken without being belligerent."
^ THIS. I love Patti LuPone, and think she is a great performer, but her negativity recently has been exhausting to say the least.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
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