Photo Coverage: Patti LuPone's Lady with the Torch Concert
By: Ben Strothmann May. 24, 2006
Patti LuPone performed her one-woman concert of classic torch songs May 22nd at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beamount Theatre.
The concert, which LuPone previously performed at Carnegie Hall, was conceived and directed by Hairspray's Scott Wittman. The concert serves to promote Patti LuPone's new album, "The Lady with the Torch," available now on Ghostlight Records.
A longtime favorite among Broadway enthusiasts for her appearances on both the musical and dramatic stages, Patti LuPone is currently thrilling audiences with her Tony-nominated performance as Mrs. Lovett in John Doyle's acclaimed staging of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, now playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Patti LuPone has essayed such legendary roles as Eva Peron in Evita, for which she won a Tony Award, Fantine in the original London production of Les Miserables (Olivier Award, the first ever awarded to an American actor), and Norma Desmond in the original London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard. Ms. LuPone has also performed on Broadway in The Robber Bridegroom, the 1984 revival of Oliver!, Anything Goes (Tony nomination), That Old Neighborhood, Master Class, and Noises Off. Her extensive credits elsewhere on the New York stage include the Encores! productions of Can-Can and Pal Joey, while her appearances on regional stages include turns in the Ravinia Festival's productions of Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, Anyone Can Whistle, and the upcoming Gypsy, as well as a concert version of Marc Blitzstein's Regina at Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center. Her film and television work includes the long-running series "Life Goes On," the final season of "Oz," as well as the films Summer of Sam and City By the Sea.
To purchase "The Lady with the Torch", go to www.sh-k-boom.com.
Patti LuPone greeting the audience at her Lincoln Center concert
Patti LuPone beguiling the audience
After her performance, Patti LuPone acknowledges the crowd's appreciation
Patti LuPone shares a moment with her musical director Chris Fenwick
Patti LuPone and Chris Fenwick
Patti LuPone graciously accepts flowers
Patti LuPone gives a hearty thank-you to her band
Patti LuPone gives the audience a final kiss good-bye
Angie Schworer and Kristin Johnston
Edward Hibbert and Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone and Chris Fenwick
Patti LuPone snuggles up to Lincoln Center security
Diana DiMarzio, Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone, and Manoel Felciano
Patti LuPone and Scott Wittman
Sh-K-Boom's Kurt Deutsch with Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone, Fran Gaar, and Joyce Randolph
Diana DiMarzio, Benjamin Magnuson, Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone, John Doyle, and Manoel Felciano
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