LuPone to Perform & Sign CDs at Barnes & Noble, 5/19

Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone--who is also a current Tony nominee--will perform songs from her new CD "Lady with the Torch" at Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St.) on May 19th at 12:30 PM.

In addition, the star will sign copies of the CD, which features an eclectic collection of torch songs by such composers and lyricists as Arthur Schwartz, Jule Styne, Billy Barnes, Stan Kenton and June Christie, Johnny Mercer, George and Ira Gershwin, Willie Nelson, and Cole Porter. "Lady with the Torch" was released by Sh-K-Boom Records on April 25th.

LuPone, who is Tony-nominated for her current Broadway turn as Mrs. Lovett in the hit Sweeney Todd revival, has been one of Broadway's foremost leading ladies since her star-making performance in 1979's Evita, for which she won a Tony Award. The star, who graduated from Julliard and was a member of John Houseman's famed Acting Company in the '70s.  Broadway credits include Noises Off, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Anything Goes (Tony nomination), Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Oliver!, Working, The Three Sisters, The Robber Bridegroom (Tony nomination) and The Beggar's Opera; she has also starred in Pal Joey and Can-Can at Encores! Additionally, she originated the role of Fantine in the London production of Les Miserables, starred as Norma Desmond in the 1993 West End production of Sunset Boulevard (her last appearance in a fully-staged musical), and played Genevieve in the original production of The Baker's Wife. She will next appear at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago as Rose in Gypsy.

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