Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
#1Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 11:58am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_LuPone Happy Birthday to a great Broadway legend! 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)
Updated On: 4/21/15 at 11:58 AM
#2Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 12:32pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTI!...i first saw Patti at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco the very first week of a 10 week tryout of EVITA...and she was awful, as was the show...but then i saw it the 10th week and she and the show had transformed into one the greatest Broadway Leading Ladies and shows i have ever seen...
Updated On: 4/21/15 at 12:32 PM
#2Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 2:13pm
I was 18 years old and closeted and attending Emerson College in Boston. I had a crush on my (straight) roommate, who had no idea.
I remembered back to my high school English teacher, who had seen Anything Goes and told me how amazing it was. At the time I had no idea who Patti LuPone was.
So, my Christmas present to my roommate was a ticket to see Anything Goes with me over the break. And we were going to stay at my father's company's suite at the Hotel Dorsett. It was all gonna happen that night.
Well SOMETHING did happen. I was enthralled by Patti LuPone from the second she hit the stage. I remember my heart racing when she sang Anything Goes. She was commanding the stage in front of rows of tap dancing sailors- and at the end she gave the broadest wink I've ever seen.
That night, I feel in love with Patti. One of the most exciting nights of my life. I believe I must have seen one of her final performances because it was the last week of December, 1988. I've seen her live countless times since.
Oh yeah, I didn't get laid that night. But I DID have my first gay experience (albeit a non-sexual one!) seeing Patti LuPone belt Cole Porter.
Happy Birthday, Doll!!
Updated On: 4/21/15 at 02:13 PM
#3Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 3:24pm
Happy birthday, doll.
Patti Lupone and Kevin Kline at The Julliard School (1972).
#4Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 3:27pm
Happy birthday love! My favorite performer to see live, period.
#5Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 4:43pm
Happy birthday, Patti Ann.
I've had the pleasure of seeing her sing twice as well as meeting her. Her presence is amazing. I hope to see her perform on Broadway soon. :)
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#6Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 5:22pm
Happy Birthday, Patti!
I'll be seeing her this Friday and I can't wait.
#7Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 6:31pm
Happy Birthday Patti! My all time favorite Broadway performer.
"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
#8Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 6:41pm
Happy Birthday, Patti!! I hope to meet you one day!
Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#9Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 6:59pm
Am I the only one who remembers her flicking her nipples at the audience on "How do ya like them egg rolls, Mr. Goldstone?" during her last "Rose's Turn" when GYPSY closed on Broadway?
Surely, everyone who saw it remembers her dazzling exit at the end of "Invisible" in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Flawed show, but a brilliant, iconic performance and a brilliant, iconic song.
And I'll never forget her stopping Paul Ford right before she began "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" the matinee I saw PATTI/MANDY on Broadway. Was a tantrum to occur? Was someone taking a picture...texting...eating a TV dinner in the second row? No, she just wanted to tell us all that despite everything that happened in those wild EVITA days, watching Mandy sing "Oh, What a Circus"...hearing Paul play that famous intro...she wished she could go back and do it all over again.
Did she do that at every performance? It didn't seem like it, but maybe. In any event, thank you Patti for thrilling...and I mean thrilling...us all.
#10Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone!
Posted: 4/21/15 at 7:15pm
"she just wanted to tell us all that despite everything that happened in those wild EVITA days, watching Mandy sing "Oh, What a Circus"...hearing Paul play that famous intro...she wished she could go back and do it all over again."
Annnnd with that I teared up a bit.
She really is the best we've got. We're lucky to have her in our time.
