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Kaye to Step in for LuPone in Sweeney Todd, June 20-25
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2006


While Patti LuPone has her turn as Rose in the Ravinia Festival's Gypsy in Chicago, Judy Kaye will hawk the worst pies in London as Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett from June 20th through 25th

LuPone to Perform & Sign CDs at Barnes & Noble, 5/19
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2006


On May 19th, Patti LuPone will perform songs from 'Lady with the Torch' at Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble as well as sign copies of the CD

Grey Gardens Hits Broadway in October w/ Ebersole and Wilson
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2006


Grey Gardens, which recently concluded its sold out World Premiere production at Playwrights Horizons, will open on Broadway this Fall with performances beginning in October at The Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

An Interview with Patti LuPone
by Michael J. Roberts - May 9, 2006


From her dressing room at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where she is currently playing the role of Mrs. Lovett in the hit production of Sweeney Todd, the incomparable Patti LuPone talks to Michael J. Roberts about her newly released CD 'The Lady with the Torch', her upcoming May 22, 2006 concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS, and her return this summer to the Ravinia Festival where she will be portraying Mamma Rose in GYPSY.

Boevers and Willis Cast in Ravinia Gypsy, August 11-13
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2006


Jessica Boevers, last seen on Broadway in In My Life, is set to entertain audiences as Louise in the upcoming Ravinia Festival's staged concert production of Gypsy, while Jack Willis has been cast as Herbie

McDonald, Stokes Mitchell, Stritch and More Join Ravinia's Summer Line-Up
by BWW News Desk - Mar 23, 2006


The Ravinia Festival in Chicago has announced its 2006 summer season; Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald and others are set to join previously-announced stars such as Patti LuPone in the festival's starry line-up

John Doyle to Direct McDonald and LuPone in Mahagonny, Feb. '07
by BWW News Desk - Jan 16, 2006


In February of 2007, a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, starring Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald and directed by John Doyle, will open

McDonald Sings Mostly Arlen...All Audra! at NYFOS, Dec. 3
by BWW News Desk - Nov 16, 2005


On November 3rd, Audra McDonald will perform her concert Mostly Arlen...All Audra on December 3rd at the New York Festival of Song

LuPone and McDonald Visit the City of Mahagonny in 2007
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2005


Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald will star in the L.A. Opera's production of Weill and Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in 2007

Ravinia Announces LuPone's Turn in Gypsy for Summer '06
by BWW News Desk - Nov 10, 2005


Patti LuPone has been confirmed as Rose in the Ravinia Festival's production of Gypsy, which will run from August 11th through 13th in 2006

Stokes Mitchell and McDonald Pay Tribute to Gershwin in 2006 Ravinia Concert
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2005


Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald will headline Gershwin at Ravinia: Who Could Ask for Anything More? on July 15th, 2006

LuPone May Come Up Rose in Gypsy at Ravinia Festival
by BWW News Desk - Sep 2, 2005


The Chicago Sun-Times has reported that director Lonny Price is mulling over the prospect of a Ravinia Festival production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone

Complete Cast Announced for Sweeney Todd
by BWW News Desk - Aug 26, 2005


The complete cast for the upcoming, and highly anticipated revival starring Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris has now been anounced. Previews begin on October 3, for a November 3, 2005 opening.

More Casting Completed for Ravinia Anyone Can Whistle
by BWW News Desk - Aug 8, 2005


More performers have been cast in the Ravinia Festival's concert staging of Anyone Can Whistle, which will play on August 26th and 27th with Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris

Patti LuPone's Return to Broadway in Sweeney Todd Now Official
by BWW News Desk - Jul 29, 2005


Reported here back on April 27th, the news is now official that Lupone will star alongside Michael Cerveris for the show's fall opening.

Sondheim Will Take Part in Pre-Anyone Can Whistle Chat
by BWW News Desk - Jul 26, 2005


Stephen Sondheim, whose Anyone Can Whistle will receive a concert staging at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois, will take part in a pre-show chat on August 26th

Shuler-Buckley Sweeney Todd Production Called Off
by BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2005


The staging of Sweeney Todd that was to have starred Betty Buckley and Shuler Hensley at the Ector Theatre in Odessa, TX has been cancelled

LuPone Sings at Lenape Performing Arts Center, June 25-26
by BWW News Desk - Jun 13, 2005


Patti LuPone will perform her concert The Lady with the Torch at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center on June 25th and 26th as part of the Lenape's fourth Summer Series

Donna Lynne Champlin Likely As 'Pirelli/Fogg' in Sweeney Todd Revival
by BWW News Desk - May 5, 2005


BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Donna Lynne Champlin is likely to star as Pirelli and Fogg in the Sweeney Todd Revival.

Cerveris Confirmed, and LuPone Expected as Sweeney Todd Revival Stars
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2005


Reported first here on BroadwayWorld, Michael Cerveris is now confirmed, and Patti LuPone is said to be next for the Sweeney Todd revival.

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