Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
#1Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 1:56pm
Buried in this article about her upcoming appearance in Ghosts of Versailles at the LA Opera is the announcement that she's starting rehearsals for the show next month, and news that she is still workshopping War Paint.
"When Ghosts closes a month from now don’t expect LuPone to suddenly make a late career swing into opera. She’s currently workshopping the new musical, War Paint, by composer Scott Frankel, lyricist Michael Korie and book by Doug Wright, based on the rivalry between Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, (no word on whether Donna Murphy is still set to co-star), and next month she goes into rehearsals for a new autobiographical play by Douglas Carter Beane, Shows for Days. And while she’s happy to be returning to Broadway, she’s hardly sanguine about its future."
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When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Updated On: 2/6/15 at 01:56 PM
#2Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 2:00pmWhere is the Beane show playing?
#2Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 2:01pm
Oh, sorry, I meant to include that. It's LCT, at the Newhouse.
Shows for Days
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#3Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 2:01pmNVM. I see its LCT at the Newhouse.
#4Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 2:36pmThis was an informative post. Thank you, givesmevoice.
#5Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 3:07pmPatti and Jerry Zaks together again...
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#6Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 3:15pm"Short? And Happy? C'mon, next door at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!"-- DCB, Xanadu
#7Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 5:20pmWhat awesome timing! I'll be in NYC from June 6-9. Yay....
"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)
#8Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 5:50pmThey should replace Donna Murphy with Bernadette Peters. The novelty of a show about a rivalry starring Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters is too good to pass up.
"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
#10Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:39pmCAN Patti play nice with a co-female lead? How did she get along with Debbie Winger?
#11Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:42pmThey barely had time to say hello.
#13Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:58pmPatti and Benanti got/get along, although Rose and Louise are hardly equal roles.
#14Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 7:43pmOMG why can't they just get a small broadway house???? I LOVE PATTI LUPONE!!!!
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#15Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 8:16pmIM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#17Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/6/15 at 11:00pm
War Paint---YES a play please but NOT a musical--don't need Helena Rubinstein screaming an 11 o'clock number about how her lipsticks are better than Ardens'.
Spelling
Updated On: 2/6/15 at 11:00 PM
#18Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/7/15 at 2:51amThis is a very very exciting piece of news!
#19Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/7/15 at 4:18amThoughts on GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES? Assume Patti's role is fairly small? I love Corigliano's score for THE RED VIOLIN, but I tend to get a bit bored with too much recitative. Prefer operas with several full out songs/arias. What do you think? Worth checking out?
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#20Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/7/15 at 7:52amIt's a fun mess of an opera with some ravishing music and a few static patches. The premiere production at the Met was something of an event, though it's never proven popular enough to enter the repertoire in any major way. Patti's role is small, though--as the article attests--it's made for a dynamic performer to swoop in for ten minutes and steal the show. If I were in LA right now, I'd see this production for Patti and for Patricia Racette, who's one of the best sopranos singing today.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#21Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/11/15 at 3:46pm
Well, it's official:
Breaking: Patti LuPone, Michael Urie & Dale Soules Will Lead Douglas Carter Beane's SHOWS FOR DAYS at Lincoln Center!
#22Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/11/15 at 3:52pmI, for one, am very excited about this.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
mattyp4
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/04
#23Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/11/15 at 4:08pmDoes anyone know when tickets go on sale? (Specifically LincTix??)
PJPan
Featured Actor Joined: 5/6/13
#24Patti LuPone in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows For Days
Posted: 2/11/15 at 5:21pmmattyp, I was thinking the same thing!
