Patti LuPone Has Had Sufficient !!! (2024)

She tweeted:

“Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name bandied about. Gave up my Equity card; no longer part of the circus. Figure it out.”

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by Anonymousreply 502February 16, 2023 1:52 AM

She's looking ROUGH. She seems like such a B....

by Anonymousreply 1October 17, 2022 5:04 PM

Her content will now be seen exclusively on OnlyFans.

by Anonymousreply 2October 17, 2022 5:11 PM

Big deal, I gave up my V Card at a circus.

by Anonymousreply 3October 17, 2022 5:19 PM

Does she have COVID, again?

by Anonymousreply 4October 17, 2022 5:21 PM

This is what caused Patti to say “enough”.

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by Anonymousreply 5October 17, 2022 5:22 PM

Once you've played Momma Rose and then Joanne in "Company," there are basically no good roles in musical theater for her to play anymore. She's aged out of them.

by Anonymousreply 6October 17, 2022 5:23 PM

Even for a Broadway legend, this cunt is a DRAMA QUEEN.

by Anonymousreply 7October 17, 2022 5:24 PM

She should have yelled back

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by Anonymousreply 8October 17, 2022 5:25 PM

Well now, is she out of Company, as of today?

by Anonymousreply 9October 17, 2022 5:27 PM

Most of her fans perished in hurricane Ian, so it's probably time.

by Anonymousreply 10October 17, 2022 5:36 PM

[quote] “Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name bandied about."

Translated:

KEEP MY NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTHS!!!

(Why people think they somehow have the right to demand that blows my mind.)

by Anonymousreply 11October 17, 2022 5:39 PM

[quote]Figure it out.

I don't care that much.

by Anonymousreply 12October 17, 2022 5:41 PM

It's nice to be at a point where you can just say "fuck it".

Good for Patti.

by Anonymousreply 13October 17, 2022 5:46 PM

I can't decide whether this story is the ghost of Christmas future for Lea or the desired goal.

by Anonymousreply 14October 17, 2022 5:46 PM

I saw 'The Elephant Man' on Broadway and two ladies down front kept talking through the show. Finally, one lead, politely turned to them and in an informal personal way, looked right at them and said everyone could hear what they are saying, but paid to come hear me. People gasped, but he went right on with the show. Marvelous show!

by Anonymousreply 15October 17, 2022 5:47 PM

I don't understand why she would turn in her Equity card over this. How do you connect the issue to the union?

by Anonymousreply 16October 17, 2022 5:55 PM

Ryan Murphy needs to produce “Feud: Patti vs the Hearing Impaired”.

by Anonymousreply 17October 17, 2022 5:58 PM

[quote]Well now, is she out of Company, as of today?

Since it closed in July, I think EVERYONE is out of "Company."

by Anonymousreply 18October 17, 2022 5:58 PM

R15 "Everyone can hear what you're saying, but paid to come hear me."

Things I will be saying the next time I'm interrupted in a department meeting. Bless you.

by Anonymousreply 19October 17, 2022 5:59 PM

Life goes on.

by Anonymousreply 20October 17, 2022 6:00 PM

She looks like a man in drag.

by Anonymousreply 21October 17, 2022 6:02 PM

Educate me, please. Doesn’t giving up her equity card also mean giving up benefits such as health insurance and access to senior living supports?

by Anonymousreply 22October 17, 2022 6:09 PM

You'll never be a star now, you cunt.

by Anonymousreply 23October 17, 2022 6:14 PM

Enough what? Enough of people using their cell phones in the theater? Enough of people with hearing problems not being allowed to use their cell phones in the theater? ENOUGH WHAT?

by Anonymousreply 24October 17, 2022 6:26 PM

[quote]I don't understand why she would turn in her Equity card over this

There's a difference between her turning her card in, and deciding to publicly say she has.

by Anonymousreply 25October 17, 2022 6:26 PM

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by Anonymousreply 26October 17, 2022 6:27 PM

If it was Lillias White who yelled at the audience member, why would Patti quit? Just because a bunch of people on Twitter assumed it was Patti?

by Anonymousreply 27October 17, 2022 6:37 PM

The unicorn that is Patti LuPone has left the circus.

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by Anonymousreply 28October 17, 2022 6:41 PM

"When the run of COMPANY ended this past July, I knew I wouldn't be on stage for a very long time. And at that point I made the decision to resign from Equity.​​​​​"

by Anonymousreply 29October 17, 2022 6:43 PM

Omg

by Anonymousreply 30October 17, 2022 6:43 PM

Fuck it, we'll cast Patti Labelle instead.

by Anonymousreply 31October 17, 2022 6:44 PM

Why doesn't she just prompt security to deal with suspected recorders? Hasn't she screamed at the audience in the past?

by Anonymousreply 32October 17, 2022 6:44 PM

The end of an era.

by Anonymousreply 33October 17, 2022 6:45 PM

Neither Lillias White nor Patti has ever slapped anybody so I think we're all good

by Anonymousreply 34October 17, 2022 6:47 PM

[quote] Why doesn't she just prompt security to deal with suspected recorders? Hasn't she screamed at the audience in the past?

Contacting security or house management would not give her the enjoyable release of sanctimoniously screaming at people.

by Anonymousreply 35October 17, 2022 6:49 PM

Patti can slap with the best of them.

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by Anonymousreply 36October 17, 2022 6:50 PM

Does this mean her future lies in productions with community theater in suburban Connecticut?

"The Westport Pepperpot Players is proud to present MISS PATTI LUPONE as Mrs. Sally Adams in 'Call Me Madam'!"

by Anonymousreply 37October 17, 2022 6:50 PM

Who wants to die for art!?

by Anonymousreply 38October 17, 2022 6:51 PM

[quote]"When the run of COMPANY ended this past July, I knew I wouldn't be on stage for a very long time. And at that point I made the decision to resign from Equity.​​​​​"

Because she's not up to it? Because she doesn't think anybody will cast her? Because there are no more roles she wants to play? Because she's got TV/movie projects lined up?

by Anonymousreply 39October 17, 2022 6:52 PM

She must not need the money. Good for her.

by Anonymousreply 40October 17, 2022 6:54 PM

r29 Where's that quote from?

by Anonymousreply 41October 17, 2022 6:55 PM

Maybe the eboot of "Life Goes On" will happen and Patti is going to do that....

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by Anonymousreply 42October 17, 2022 6:57 PM

I think this is because of the rave reviews that Lea Michele is getting.

by Anonymousreply 43October 17, 2022 6:59 PM

She’s vested in the Equity pension plan and I assume she can still collect on it. She also has SAG-AFTRA membership.

by Anonymousreply 44October 17, 2022 7:00 PM

The offers are pouring in.

She can go from one Great White Way to another.

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by Anonymousreply 45October 17, 2022 7:05 PM

She’s got work on the gay cruise circuit

by Anonymousreply 46October 17, 2022 7:10 PM

R41 The quote is from that Playbill article OP posted.

by Anonymousreply 47October 17, 2022 7:14 PM

Patti can be the counterpoint contributor on the OAN Trump debates.

by Anonymousreply 48October 17, 2022 7:15 PM

Some advice to Patti from King George III...

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by Anonymousreply 49October 17, 2022 7:18 PM

Enough is enough is enough I can't go on I can't go on no more, no

by Anonymousreply 50October 17, 2022 7:25 PM

Couldn't she have just said she's retiring from Broadway? Was the dramatic announcement of giving up her Equity card really necessary? She could return in the future which makes it rather awkward to issue a statement later saying, "Whoops, changed my mind."

If she returned to Broadway and never gave up her Equity card, then she could just say that a particular role came along that was just too good to pass up. But by giving up the Equity card makes the whole thing uber bitchy and cunty.

by Anonymousreply 51October 17, 2022 7:28 PM

She can continue to do concerts. I've seen her three times, all excellent shows.

by Anonymousreply 52October 17, 2022 7:31 PM

She's going to open a sand candle shop in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

by Anonymousreply 53October 17, 2022 7:32 PM

Is it necessary to give up one’s equity card? Is it expensive to maintain? Are there yearly dues? Why not just hold onto it for just in case?

by Anonymousreply 54October 17, 2022 7:36 PM

And yet you Marys would still be falling all over yourselves frantically trying to get to your credit cards if she tweeted that she was gonna be appearing in a production of FOLLIES next month.

by Anonymousreply 55October 17, 2022 7:38 PM

Guilty as charged R55.

by Anonymousreply 56October 17, 2022 7:39 PM

[quote] But by giving up the Equity card makes the whole thing uber bitchy and cunty.

That's our Patti!!

by Anonymousreply 57October 17, 2022 7:40 PM

Who would Patti play in Follies? She isn't right for any of those roles.

by Anonymousreply 58October 17, 2022 7:40 PM

[quote] And yet you Marys would still be falling all over yourselves frantically trying to get to your credit cards if she tweeted that she was gonna be appearing in a production of FOLLIES next month.

At this age? Who would she play? She's too old to be Phyllis or Sally.

Maybe she could be Stella.

Or Heidi!

"VAWN LAHST KEESS BEFORE VE PART..."

by Anonymousreply 59October 17, 2022 7:42 PM

She's a born Buddy.

by Anonymousreply 60October 17, 2022 7:42 PM

One small mention in BuzzFeed is her "name being bandied about"?

by Anonymousreply 61October 17, 2022 7:42 PM

This is all drama. If a producer wanted Patti to play a role and Patti wanted to do it, she’d get Equity status.

She didn’t quit. She retired her membership. She can very easily take it up again.

by Anonymousreply 62October 17, 2022 7:43 PM

I enjoyed Patti's autobiography, but some of it read like she could very well be a "Karen." Show biz has always been cutthroat, and she really took offense at Andrew Lloyd Webber screwing her over twice (once for Evita and later, again, for Sunset Boulevard). But some of those instances could honestly be cracked up to wanting strong box office returns, especially in Sunset's case. Why *wouldn't* ALW want a major Hollywood star to open that show on Broadway? Is it possible Patti wasn't easy to work with and that also tipped the scales in someone else's favor? She has had issues on sets before, and we tend to hear mostly her version of events, but just maybe she is the problem.

I certainly can forgive Lilias White yelling at an audience member and assuming the device was a phone. People do that kind of thing all of the time now, and it's obnoxious enough just for the audience around them who choose to behave and actually watch the show on stage instead of checking social media or recording it. Anyone doing that should be evicted from the theater immediately. The visually or hearing impaired should have their devices marked somehow so it is clear to everyone that it's an aid and not simply rude behavior.

by Anonymousreply 63October 17, 2022 7:44 PM

It’s all they can talk about at the Olive Garden R61.

Thank goodness for the never-ending breadsticks, salads and soup.

by Anonymousreply 64October 17, 2022 7:46 PM

Make em wear dunce caps!

by Anonymousreply 65October 17, 2022 7:46 PM

Don't let the stage door hit you in your considerable ass!

by Anonymousreply 66October 17, 2022 7:48 PM

[quote] I certainly can forgive Lilias White yelling at an audience member and assuming the device was a phone. People do that kind of thing all of the time now, and it's obnoxious enough just for the audience around them who choose to behave and actually watch the show on stage instead of checking social media or recording it.

I can't.

That's the job of the ushers and the house management, and absolutely [bold]not[/bold] the job of the performers.

By interrupting the show to scold an audience member, the performers only make everything uncomfortable for the rest of the audience and bring them out of it.

The only time it's allowable to me is if the audience member is using flash photography, which can endanger people on stage and so needs to be stopped immediately. Otherwise, the actor is just being a control freak and should be more "in" the moment anyway rather than monitoring the audience.

by Anonymousreply 67October 17, 2022 7:49 PM

[quote]r51 If she returned to Broadway and never gave up her Equity card, then she could just say that a particular role came along that was just too good to pass up. But by giving up the Equity card makes the whole thing uber bitchy and cunty.

Maybe she’s very practical with money, and sees no point in paying yearly dues if she really has no intention of returning to the stage?

by Anonymousreply 68October 17, 2022 7:50 PM

This doesn't have anything to do with new DL Fave Sara Porkalob, does it?

by Anonymousreply 69October 17, 2022 7:50 PM

r68: In which case she shouldn't be making dramatic announcements that she's resigned for political reasons.

by Anonymousreply 70October 17, 2022 7:51 PM

that word 'bandied' is homophobic!

by Anonymousreply 71October 17, 2022 7:53 PM

It’ll be ironic once Patti starts going deaf.

by Anonymousreply 72October 17, 2022 7:53 PM

bandied?

Huh?

by Anonymousreply 73October 17, 2022 7:54 PM

[quote]r69 This doesn't have anything to do with new DL Fave Sara Porkalob, does it?

Is Sara the new Beanie?

If so, I don’t think that’s fair.

by Anonymousreply 74October 17, 2022 7:55 PM

[quote]R70 In which case she shouldn't be making dramatic announcements that she's resigned for political reasons.

I missed the “political reasons.”

Help me!

by Anonymousreply 75October 17, 2022 7:56 PM

Patti's pissed. Lea Michele is the toast of the town.

by Anonymousreply 76October 17, 2022 8:02 PM

Oh please, Patti could eat a bitch like Lea for breakfast.

by Anonymousreply 77October 17, 2022 8:04 PM

Patti LuPone killed Angela Lansbury!

by Anonymousreply 78October 17, 2022 8:06 PM

I'm glad that she has the self-awareness tp realize that her career is quickly coming to and end.

by Anonymousreply 79October 17, 2022 8:06 PM

Patti had a contract to appear in Sunset on Broadway hence successfully getting the funds for her pool out of Lloyd Webber. See r63? Quite simple really.

by Anonymousreply 80October 17, 2022 8:07 PM

Patti LuPone is 73 years old, a little past the time when one loses their voice. She sounded great in Company, but really, how long could that last, a couple of years? I figure she doesn't want to go the way of numerous other old singing divas who go one stage sounding like shit. HEAR THAT MISS STREISAND?

by Anonymousreply 81October 17, 2022 8:11 PM

I guess we'll never get to see Patti singing whilst in a wheelchair.

by Anonymousreply 82October 17, 2022 8:13 PM

[quote] Oh please, Patti could eat a bitch like Lea for breakfast.

Quite literally, if her waistline is any indication.

by Anonymousreply 83October 17, 2022 8:15 PM

OP- She look like a GUY in your photo.

by Anonymousreply 84October 17, 2022 8:17 PM

She looka like a MAN!

by Anonymousreply 85October 17, 2022 8:18 PM

There are few roles for people of her age. I cannot see her playing Madame Armfeldt or the Widow in Candide, and lacks the charm for Berthe in Pippin.

by Anonymousreply 86October 17, 2022 8:29 PM

70, Girls, 70 is a show about old people.

by Anonymousreply 87October 17, 2022 8:30 PM

What about Dear World for Patti?

by Anonymousreply 88October 17, 2022 8:32 PM

Dear. World. is. MINE.

by Anonymousreply 89October 17, 2022 8:36 PM

[quote] 70, Girls, 70 is a show about old people.

That's not going to be revived.

[quote] What about Dear World for Patti?

That's not going to be revived.

by Anonymousreply 90October 17, 2022 8:39 PM

[quote] I cannot see her playing... the Widow in Candide,

She already has.

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by Anonymousreply 91October 17, 2022 8:40 PM

Reality ain't gettin' revived either, hun.

by Anonymousreply 92October 17, 2022 8:40 PM

Patti for Girl Crazy!

by Anonymousreply 93October 17, 2022 8:47 PM

How about plays , television, or film? Doesn't have to be a musical.

by Anonymousreply 94October 17, 2022 8:48 PM

Stoned Pilla!

by Anonymousreply 95October 17, 2022 8:49 PM

There goes the last midnight chance of seeing Patti LuPone close out Into the Woods as the Witch

They were gonna save so much money on the “before” makeup

by Anonymousreply 96October 17, 2022 8:53 PM

But she'll never give up her Bitch Card!

by Anonymousreply 97October 17, 2022 8:57 PM

Does Actors' Equity cover just Broadway and stage and is separate from SAG?

Can she still do movies and tv?

by Anonymousreply 98October 17, 2022 8:57 PM

[quote]Couldn't she have just said she's retiring from Broadway?

She'd already said Company was her last show

[quote]Was the dramatic announcement of giving up her Equity card really necessary?

Your life must be really dull if you think her tweet was "dramatic"

by Anonymousreply 99October 17, 2022 8:58 PM

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by Anonymousreply 100October 17, 2022 8:58 PM

[quote] Your life must be really dull if you think her tweet was "dramatic"

Oh, you fully [italic]tried[/italic] to make it dramatic, Patti, and you fucking well know it.

Don't think you can feed us your bullshit and expect us to swallow.

by Anonymousreply 101October 17, 2022 9:18 PM

She can get her card back if she has a contract. This is all about attention, unless she really needs the $176/year for dues.

by Anonymousreply 102October 17, 2022 9:22 PM

I’ve had my card handy in my wallet since 1969.

When is it MY TURN?

by Anonymousreply 103October 17, 2022 9:48 PM

Patti has yet to play Martha Jefferson in 1776 and still can in an all inclusive production. She can shriek through it today as well as Betty did in 1969.

by Anonymousreply 104October 17, 2022 10:06 PM

The young deaf woman should have told the actress that she's not worth recording.

by Anonymousreply 105October 17, 2022 10:19 PM

PATTI LUPONE IS A FUCKING CUNT!!!!

by Anonymousreply 106October 17, 2022 10:30 PM

[quote]Why *wouldn't* ALW want a major Hollywood star to open that show on Broadway?

Well, why didn't he get one then?

by Anonymousreply 107October 17, 2022 10:48 PM

Patty Lupone is ROTTEN.

by Anonymousreply 108October 17, 2022 11:01 PM

She'll never play Princess Puffer now.

by Anonymousreply 109October 17, 2022 11:06 PM

Remember when she cussed that audience member out. What a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 110October 17, 2022 11:13 PM

[quote] looked right at them and said everyone could hear what they are saying, but paid to come hear me.

Or, as Patti would say, "Shut your hole honey, mine's making money!"

by Anonymousreply 111October 17, 2022 11:14 PM

Here's what I glean:

There was friction between Patti and Katrina Lenk, the lead of Company. Early in the run, they would exist the curtain call arm-in-arm. At some point they stopped doing that. Also, when Patti went on her "Chris Columbus (or whoever it was) pays my salary" rant, you could see that Lenk had a "not this again" look on her face.

I believe Patti was ANNOYED when the mask mandate for Broadway shows was lifted at the end of June. I think that might be why she turned in her Equity card. And, I think she exited the show as soon as she was contractually allowed, which pissed off the other members of the cast, because she was somewhat of a draw, having just won the Tony.

It's all very sad. I adore Patti LuPone, but unfortunately her temper sometimes gets the best of her. I can understand, however, her being upset about the mask mandate lifting. After all, she's 73, and she'd already had Covid once.

I very disappointing ending to her Broadway career, if this is it.

by Anonymousreply 112October 17, 2022 11:17 PM

R112/PF, why is the P in LuPone a capital letter? It doesn't seem to have any basis in the name's (Italian) origins, unlike, say, DeWitt.

by Anonymousreply 113October 17, 2022 11:26 PM

She should play Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street. She'd probably get a fourth Tony.

by Anonymousreply 114October 17, 2022 11:27 PM

[Quote] why is the P in LuPone a capital letter?

Affectation.

by Anonymousreply 115October 17, 2022 11:27 PM

I believe Patti was fed up with the bias rumblings on social media between her situation with an audience member and Lillias White’s interaction with one.

by Anonymousreply 116October 17, 2022 11:27 PM

She's too old to play Dorothy Brock.

At age 73, all she's fit for is Madame Armfeldt and Jerry Herman's "Mrs. Santa Claus."

by Anonymousreply 117October 17, 2022 11:29 PM

How silly, if true r116.

by Anonymousreply 118October 17, 2022 11:29 PM

Patti was too old to play Rose. Nobody cares if Dorothy Brock is "mature."

by Anonymousreply 119October 17, 2022 11:29 PM

She can always play Dolly Levi. But my god that would be a horror show.

by Anonymousreply 120October 17, 2022 11:29 PM

She could do "Dear World."

by Anonymousreply 121October 17, 2022 11:30 PM

[Quote] She can always play Dolly Levi. But my god that would be a horror show.

She was supposed to, but she got pipped to the post by Bette and... Zaks, was it?

by Anonymousreply 122October 17, 2022 11:30 PM

If Bette could do Dolly in her 70s Patti could do Mame. And who wouldn't want to see that?

by Anonymousreply 123October 17, 2022 11:33 PM

But Patti is more a Vera than a Mame.

by Anonymousreply 124October 17, 2022 11:34 PM

Better look out or she will kick you right in the ASL.

by Anonymousreply 125October 17, 2022 11:34 PM

Patti is also more of a Petra than an Armfeldt, Mme or Desiree.

by Anonymousreply 126October 17, 2022 11:35 PM

“You figure it out.” Isn’t that a line from “Mommie Dearest”?

by Anonymousreply 127October 17, 2022 11:40 PM

Broadway died with Angela.

by Anonymousreply 128October 17, 2022 11:41 PM

[quote] Or, as Patti would say, "Shut your hole honey, mine's making money!"

R111 I didn’t realize LuPone studied with Merman.

by Anonymousreply 129October 17, 2022 11:41 PM

R112, no friction between Patti and Katrina. Patti adored her.

by Anonymousreply 130October 17, 2022 11:42 PM

Patti did not adore Sherie Scott.

by Anonymousreply 131October 17, 2022 11:43 PM

Patti did a masterclass with Ernest Borgnine at Julliard.

by Anonymousreply 132October 17, 2022 11:44 PM

After taking a look at OP's photo, I think we all know the best role for Patti: "Ivana Trump: Sad Last Days"

by Anonymousreply 133October 17, 2022 11:46 PM

Maybe they should musicalize The Manchurian Candidate for her.

by Anonymousreply 134October 17, 2022 11:48 PM

R131, which is a shame because Sherie Rene Scott would actually be a terrific Big Edie/Little Edie if they revived Grey Gardens - and second act Big Edie would be on the very short list of parts Patti could still do.

by Anonymousreply 135October 17, 2022 11:49 PM

She looks like a poorly made up drag queen

by Anonymousreply 136October 17, 2022 11:50 PM

People were slamming Patti for stopping Gypsy like Lillias stopping Hadestown. Patti was fucking pissed by this so is like 'I'm leaving Broadway for good you shits!' She's not but she's an old Italian lady and lives for melodrama.

by Anonymousreply 137October 17, 2022 11:50 PM

She could play Dorothy in a "Golden Girls" musical.

by Anonymousreply 138October 17, 2022 11:54 PM

Patti/COCO

by Anonymousreply 139October 17, 2022 11:56 PM

Patti could play Sophia's sister. That's about it.

by Anonymousreply 140October 17, 2022 11:57 PM

Hasn't she already quit Broadway once? After War Paint she said THAT would be her last musical then she did Company.

by Anonymousreply 141October 17, 2022 11:57 PM

Andrew Rannells will now be up for the roles for which Patti was previously considered.

by Anonymousreply 142October 18, 2022 12:06 AM

Is the Veronica Cartwright character in the Witches of Eastwick musical? Patti could play that.

by Anonymousreply 143October 18, 2022 12:06 AM

I want to see her turn in her card or we'll get the change of heart.

by Anonymousreply 144October 18, 2022 12:08 AM

Patti explains in this video why she is retiring. I don't understand why she had a hip replacement since she isn't a dancer. Was she ever in an accident?

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by Anonymousreply 145October 18, 2022 12:11 AM

Patti could play the Veronic Cartwright character in a musical version of The Birds directed and designed by Julie Taymor.

by Anonymousreply 146October 18, 2022 12:11 AM

She should do a disco album.

by Anonymousreply 147October 18, 2022 12:11 AM

[Quote] I don't understand why she had a hip replacement since she isn't a dancer.

She danced in EVITA and Anything Goes.

by Anonymousreply 148October 18, 2022 12:12 AM

[Quote] She should do a disco album.

She used to sing Paul Jabara's "Heaven Is a Disco" in her act. It's surprising that she never got a major label contract. She's as ill suited to pop music as Liza Minnelli but still...

by Anonymousreply 149October 18, 2022 12:13 AM

R67- I think Patti being in the moment of Rose’s Turn is why she screamed.

by Anonymousreply 150October 18, 2022 12:15 AM

The lifting of the mask mandate is the most logical reason. Why should she jeopardize her health at her age?

by Anonymousreply 151October 18, 2022 12:18 AM

[quote] She's as ill suited to pop music as Liza Minnelli but still...

Excuse me but Results is one of the greatest albums ever!!!

by Anonymousreply 152October 18, 2022 12:19 AM

[quote]She'd already said Company was her last show

She said War Paint was going to be her last show.

by Anonymousreply 153October 18, 2022 12:21 AM

I'd be fine never hearing another word about her again.

by Anonymousreply 154October 18, 2022 12:22 AM

The answer is the same as it was when it was questioned *very* recently, r145. Many older people need hip replacements, not just dancers. She might not have been a dancer, but her lifetime on the stage still takes a physical toll.

by Anonymousreply 155October 18, 2022 12:23 AM

In OP's link, Ms. LuPone looks like man in drag.

Then again, she's never been an attractive woman.

We all get the face we deserve!

by Anonymousreply 156October 18, 2022 12:26 AM

Patti better beware!

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by Anonymousreply 157October 18, 2022 12:26 AM

Oh, yeah and I also won't miss that hatchet face

by Anonymousreply 158October 18, 2022 12:27 AM

She's 73 years old. She has reached the peak of success in her field. It's time to retire and have some fun. Visit places she's never been. Try new things. Operate on her own schedule.

What more does she have to do to please people?

by Anonymousreply 159October 18, 2022 12:28 AM

Patti for Mrs. Brice!

by Anonymousreply 160October 18, 2022 12:29 AM

Team Patti

by Anonymousreply 161October 18, 2022 12:30 AM

Patti as Fanny Brice!

by Anonymousreply 162October 18, 2022 12:31 AM

[Quote] What more does she have to do to please people?

Yes, Patti's problem is that she's always been a people pleaser.

by Anonymousreply 163October 18, 2022 12:32 AM

Tovah Feldshuh better watch out, or it will be Patti who ends up playing Leona Helmsley on Broadway!

by Anonymousreply 164October 18, 2022 12:36 AM

I adore Patti. Doesn't bother me that she can be the ultimate diva.

by Anonymousreply 165October 18, 2022 12:37 AM

She's not distancing herself too far from Equity. If they're late with a pension payment, they will certainly be hearing from her

by Anonymousreply 166October 18, 2022 12:42 AM

How about Barbra and Patti do a remake of the song, "Enough is Enough?"

by Anonymousreply 167October 18, 2022 12:42 AM

You're gonna hear from me!

by Anonymousreply 168October 18, 2022 12:43 AM

Does her pussy stink? Well does it?????

by Anonymousreply 169October 18, 2022 12:44 AM

You can't be the ultimate Diva if you've never been Box Office...

by Anonymousreply 170October 18, 2022 12:45 AM

Does Patti still miss Kevin Kline’s dick?

by Anonymousreply 171October 18, 2022 12:50 AM

What does that even mean?

by Anonymousreply 172October 18, 2022 12:54 AM

r172 = William Frawley.

by Anonymousreply 173October 18, 2022 1:05 AM

Miss Patti Lu is my kind of bitch. Would not want to share a cross-town cab with her, however.

by Anonymousreply 174October 18, 2022 1:13 AM

r168 Patti IS Daisy Clover!

by Anonymousreply 175October 18, 2022 1:14 AM

I'm sure she could handle one of the parts in the new "1776."

by Anonymousreply 176October 18, 2022 1:15 AM

Don't tread on me, LuPone!

by Anonymousreply 177October 18, 2022 1:30 AM

If they do a "stage Harry Potter" on a revival of "Henry, Sweet Henry," Patti could sing "Poor Little Person."

by Anonymousreply 178October 18, 2022 1:36 AM

Patti has never been boffo box office but Company had to close when she left.

by Anonymousreply 179October 18, 2022 1:46 AM

Patti could be " Hold Me, Touch Me," In " The Producers" at The Villages in Fla.

by Anonymousreply 180October 18, 2022 1:46 AM

Patti could be Harold in The Boys In The Band.

by Anonymousreply 181October 18, 2022 1:52 AM

There's no role now that Patti is suited for. Unless someone writes a musical for her (FAT CHANCE OF THAT), she'll be relegated to FBI and L&O episodes. Better yet, lock her in the basement with her pinball machines.

by Anonymousreply 182October 18, 2022 1:54 AM

And now she's white and only one sexuality.

by Anonymousreply 183October 18, 2022 1:55 AM

What about a musical version of Carmilla/Countess Dracula? Patti could share the role with someone young and pretty.

by Anonymousreply 184October 18, 2022 1:56 AM

She’ll do an Only Fans.

by Anonymousreply 185October 18, 2022 1:56 AM

Do you need an equity card to do Big Brother Australia?

by Anonymousreply 186October 18, 2022 2:00 AM

There is one, r184...

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by Anonymousreply 187October 18, 2022 2:01 AM

Patti will play Nancy Pelosi someday-she’s perfect for her.

by Anonymousreply 188October 18, 2022 2:04 AM

Would "I'm Gonna Punch Him Out" be the 11 o'clock number for that musical r188 ?

by Anonymousreply 189October 18, 2022 2:08 AM

Patti could do The Masked Singer, Celebrity Fit Club...

by Anonymousreply 190October 18, 2022 2:10 AM

How about "Don't Poo Poo Nancy"?

by Anonymousreply 191October 18, 2022 2:12 AM

How about Patti LuPone and Bill Smitrovich in a television remake of "On Golden Pond"?

by Anonymousreply 192October 18, 2022 2:13 AM

Why does she have to do anything? Let her enjoy her houses and millions. She can always tour in her one woman show if she get bored.

by Anonymousreply 193October 18, 2022 2:15 AM

Nathan Lane in WAR OF THE ROSES, starring Patti LuPone.

by Anonymousreply 194October 18, 2022 2:16 AM

She's far too old to play Norma Desmond in the much anticipated, box office boffo Sunset Boulevard, that's certain.

by Anonymousreply 195October 18, 2022 2:17 AM

How much do you think she would have earned in her career?

by Anonymousreply 196October 18, 2022 2:24 AM

This...

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by Anonymousreply 197October 18, 2022 2:34 AM

and this...

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by Anonymousreply 198October 18, 2022 2:34 AM

She’s such a miserable old cunt.

by Anonymousreply 199October 18, 2022 2:40 AM

"Broadway Celebrity Mole" with Patti, Mandy Patinkin, Sara Porkalob, Kristen Chenoweth, Beanie Feldstein, Lea Michele, Tovah Feldshuh, Lillias White ...

... and Julie Benko as the Mole!

"Who ... has ... SHAT ... in my WIG?" — Patti

by Anonymousreply 200October 18, 2022 2:47 AM

She's *our* miserable old cunt, r199, lay off her!

by Anonymousreply 201October 18, 2022 2:48 AM

She gave me da suk job!

by Anonymousreply 202October 18, 2022 2:51 AM

The only time I ever get a flash of what it's like to be Meryl Streep is when we discuss Patti LuPone.

by Anonymousreply 203October 18, 2022 2:54 AM

[quote]But by giving up the Equity card makes the whole thing uber bitchy and cunty.

She gave it up before all this happened, but the truth isn't as fun as what you've made up in your head, is it?

by Anonymousreply 204October 18, 2022 2:59 AM

DLers are consistently inconsistent. Constant wailing about "the woke" all over the board 24/7, day in and day out, but now that "the woke" are after someone DL dislikes, suddenly you're all repeating their Twitter talking points and agreeing with everything they say.

I also don't think the eight or nine actual gays who are left on here realize that a lot of the hate for people like LuPone comes from the rightwing straights who have invaded, and are perpetually angry with any celebrity that is identified as being liberal and/or Democrat.

by Anonymousreply 205October 18, 2022 3:01 AM

No one cares enough about Patty Lapone to be angry with her.

by Anonymousreply 206October 18, 2022 3:03 AM

She’ll be back to take on the starring role of Edna Garrett in THE FACTS OF LIFE: THE MUSICAL!

by Anonymousreply 207October 18, 2022 3:05 AM

She should really play Miss Hannigan before she pops her clogs.

by Anonymousreply 208October 18, 2022 3:06 AM

[quote] Patti could play the Veronica Cartwright character in a musical version of The Birds directed and designed by Julie Taymor.

Question: What are the worst jobs in the world?

Answer: Being the stage, set, and costume cleaners for a stage version of "The Birds."

by Anonymousreply 209October 18, 2022 3:13 AM

R207 I can just hear Patti screeching out "Girls! Girls! Girls!" In the big production number, doing it just like Meryl as Madeleine Ashton singing Songbird in "Death Becomes Her".

by Anonymousreply 210October 18, 2022 3:18 AM

[quote] I also don't think the eight or nine actual gays who are left on here realize that a lot of the hate for people like LuPone comes from the rightwing straights who have invaded, and are perpetually angry with any celebrity that is identified as being liberal and/or Democrat.

So let me get this right: rightwing straigjhts are infiltrating Datalounge in order to hate on Patti LuPone?

You think rightwing straights actually have the slightest idea of who Patti LuPone even IS, much less what her politics are?????

This is like Jussie Smollett thinking that white MAGAts actually watch "Empire."

by Anonymousreply 211October 18, 2022 3:35 AM

"Her content will now be seen exclusively on OnlyFags."

There, fixed it for ya.

by Anonymousreply 212October 18, 2022 3:44 AM

She looks like Chris Farley with makeup on. Hideous.

by Anonymousreply 213October 18, 2022 4:16 AM

Well I don't feel too sorry for the deaf woman who was yelled at. First of all, she knows she wasn't recording the show, so Lupone was the fool. Secondly, if she's deaf, how did she know she was being yelled at?

by Anonymousreply 214October 18, 2022 4:24 AM

She’s fabulous. And a very good actress, besides.

by Anonymousreply 215October 18, 2022 4:30 AM

[quote]r 127 “You figure it out.” Isn’t that a line from “Mommie Dearest”?

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by Anonymousreply 216October 18, 2022 4:35 AM

R205, your paranoia is really dull. The right wing doesn't explain everything.

by Anonymousreply 217October 18, 2022 4:44 AM

Patti never has been nice to retards.

by Anonymousreply 218October 18, 2022 4:44 AM

[quote] First of all, she knows she wasn't recording the show, so Lupone was the fool.

Lupone didn't yell at her. She wasn't even in the show.

I don't blame her for being mad, everyone is a goddamned idiot these days.

by Anonymousreply 219October 18, 2022 4:51 AM

[quote]Educate me, please. Doesn’t giving up her equity card also mean giving up benefits such as health insurance and access to senior living supports?

No, since they are funded by the employers the Health & Pension programs are separate businesses which are not "the union". They are co-administered by union members and producers following all the laws of such organizations. She is just being noisy and nasty, as usual.

by Anonymousreply 220October 18, 2022 5:23 AM

[quote]“Feud: Patti vs the Hearing Impaired”.

But surely the hearing impaired are a major component of her demographic? (Bless her heart.)

by Anonymousreply 221October 18, 2022 5:32 AM

I highly doubt Patty is worried about a pension and health insurance.

by Anonymousreply 222October 18, 2022 7:42 AM

) responses are coming from MAGAts, but about 95% are coming from bitchy DLers who are poking fun at La LuPone because of the unbridled worship heaped upon her by NYC DL theater queens.

by Anonymousreply 223October 18, 2022 7:55 AM

^0 responses

by Anonymousreply 224October 18, 2022 8:50 AM

I remember seeing her answer fan questions once in a video. She was smug and cunty the whole time, even to her own fans.

One guy wrote in and asked her advice on how she gets through a tough audition.

Her response: A tight smile, and the words "I don't have to audition anymore!"

by Anonymousreply 225October 18, 2022 1:34 PM

Dear PattI:

Just a note to let you know that outside of the Broadway community and a small cadre of Hollywood types, no one knows who the fuck you are. More importantly, nobody fucking cares.

by Anonymousreply 226October 18, 2022 1:40 PM

R226 = Andrew Lloyd Webber

by Anonymousreply 227October 18, 2022 1:49 PM

Interesting how few people have bothered to read the information or learn the facts before posting their opinions here. Ms. LuPone resigned from Equity months ago -before this recent incident happened. There is no connection between the two things, other than her comment saying, "Hey -leave me out of it." Her reasons for quitting had to do with changes to rules regarding dues/fees. She said that she didn't see herself having another role on Broadway at her age, so why should she continue to pay, and at a higher rate than before?

I am not her biggest fan, but she deserves the respect she has earned from her 50-year career on Broadway, and the iconic roles she created or played. She has strong opinions and is not afraid to state them. That makes her more of a Datalounger than anything else.

by Anonymousreply 228October 18, 2022 2:27 PM

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen......

by Anonymousreply 229October 18, 2022 2:30 PM

Patti tweeted yesterday “Gave up my Equity card” in a post that started with “Quite a week on Broadway” R228.

Perhaps you need to wag your finger at her.

by Anonymousreply 230October 18, 2022 2:41 PM

R116 But, it later came out that she had turned in her card at the end of her run in Company. I think it was the mask thing.

by Anonymousreply 231October 18, 2022 3:10 PM

R228, when Equity members are not working, they pay the basic dues of $176 a year. The higher rate comes from salary deductions which she would no longer have.

by Anonymousreply 232October 18, 2022 3:14 PM

Why is she such a cunt? Be happy for once Patti.

by Anonymousreply 233October 18, 2022 3:17 PM

[Quote] Her response: A tight smile, and the words "I don't have to audition anymore!"

And then she auditioned for Woody Allen's stage version of Bullets Over Broadway.

by Anonymousreply 234October 18, 2022 3:34 PM

[quote] I am not her biggest fan, but she deserves the respect she has earned from her 50-year career on Broadway, and the iconic roles she created or played.

That does not exempt her from mockery.

There are far more famous and accomplished people on DL who get mocked constantly; just because you're a queeny fan of hers does not mean anyone is going to exempt her when she acts like an ass.

by Anonymousreply 235October 18, 2022 3:39 PM

[quote] she deserves the respect she has earned from her 50-year career on Broadway,

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by Anonymousreply 236October 18, 2022 3:40 PM

^^^ I love Peter Allen.

by Anonymousreply 237October 18, 2022 3:42 PM

I'm no lady!

by Anonymousreply 238October 18, 2022 3:43 PM

Neither am I.

by Anonymousreply 239October 18, 2022 3:49 PM

Peter Allen wrote that song after someone was talking during a Julie Wilson cabaret performance and annoyed him. But then later he said it was really written with Judy Garland in mind.

Joan Allen asked to have it sung at her funeral by Hugh Jackman, whom she had heard sing it in "The Boy from Oz." (He complied.)

by Anonymousreply 240October 18, 2022 3:49 PM

[r240] Joan Allen died?

by Anonymousreply 241October 18, 2022 3:57 PM

Somebody better tell her.

by Anonymousreply 242October 18, 2022 3:58 PM

Sorry--I meant Joan Rivers.

by Anonymousreply 243October 18, 2022 3:59 PM

I doubt it was inspired by Garland. Even a rowdy gay bar would give Judy their rapt attention.

by Anonymousreply 244October 18, 2022 4:02 PM

Judy didn't just sing at gay venues. Straights came to hear her concerts too.

by Anonymousreply 245October 18, 2022 4:05 PM

No one who came to see Judy at a real venue would have to be told to listen. Garland also did some appearances at gay bars when she was particularly on her ass.

by Anonymousreply 246October 18, 2022 4:14 PM

I once went to a performance of a show with Katharine Hepburn. Someone was taking a picture and she stopped the show and lectured them. She was right, but I thought it was weird, like, to just go out of character like that.

by Anonymousreply 247October 18, 2022 4:17 PM

[quote] No one who came to see Judy at a real venue would have to be told to listen.

Dataloungers always think because THEY revere someone and some of their friends do, that everyone else does (or did).

When her health was failing and she was giving bad shows at the end of her life at nightclubs, audiences would become restless (and Allen saw some of that).

She was still adored by many, but she had to play smaller venues as she got older, and some people went to see her who did not keep shrines to her in their apartments.

Read the biographies of her.

by Anonymousreply 248October 18, 2022 4:20 PM

This cuntry needs Miss Patti for president!!!

by Anonymousreply 249October 18, 2022 4:27 PM

William Goldman reported that two straight guys who had brought their wives to see Judy at her 1967 concert at the Palace were talking in the lobby and he overheard:

Guy 1: I don't know - is it theatre? Guy 2: It has to be. Guy 1: Why? Guy 2; It sure as hell ain't singing.

by Anonymousreply 250October 18, 2022 6:00 PM

Who's Joan Allen?

by Anonymousreply 251October 18, 2022 6:50 PM

Peter Allen's mother.

by Anonymousreply 252October 18, 2022 6:52 PM

Say goodnight, Joanie.

by Anonymousreply 253October 18, 2022 6:56 PM

You mean you don't know MULTIPLE Oscar nominee Joan Allen?

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by Anonymousreply 254October 18, 2022 7:00 PM

I think Patti looks great in OP's pic. She looks better now than she did 10 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 255October 18, 2022 7:08 PM

Joan Davis, America's Queen of Comedy, requested Patti perform at her funeral.

Cunt respects cunt.

by Anonymousreply 256October 18, 2022 7:22 PM

I don't even want to imagine what yours looks like, r156.

by Anonymousreply 257October 18, 2022 7:50 PM

"Joan Davis, America's Queen of Comedy"

More like Joan Davis, America's Queen of Cuntery.

by Anonymousreply 258October 18, 2022 10:44 PM

What about Steve Allen?

by Anonymousreply 259October 19, 2022 12:03 AM

I unapologetically adore Patti and I always will.

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by Anonymousreply 260October 19, 2022 12:34 AM

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by Anonymousreply 261October 19, 2022 12:36 AM

Reactors are not fans of Patti

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by Anonymousreply 262October 19, 2022 1:40 AM

"Dimmy up widda heat windja nod ebba nad ebba doomy!"

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by Anonymousreply 263October 19, 2022 1:58 AM

Mahagonny

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by Anonymousreply 264October 19, 2022 2:05 AM

With her Stubby Kaye thigh...

by Anonymousreply 265October 19, 2022 2:08 AM

It's a blowsy role, r265.

by Anonymousreply 266October 19, 2022 2:12 AM

She’s busy BEING ALIVE

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by Anonymousreply 267October 19, 2022 2:13 AM

[quote]Couldn't she have just said she's retiring from Broadway? Was the dramatic announcement of giving up her Equity card really necessary?

Only for a narcissist who has to make EVERYTHING about HER.

[quote]She could return in the future which makes it rather awkward to issue a statement later saying, "Whoops, changed my mind."

Well, she made a huge pronouncement after "War Paint" that she would never do another Broadway musical, and we know what happened there. Again, it's ALL about calling attention to herself.

by Anonymousreply 268October 19, 2022 2:19 AM

So what R268? Why do you have a problem with that?

You can always ignore her, and this thread.

by Anonymousreply 269October 19, 2022 2:22 AM

This is a site for gossip and pointless bitchery, r269. Where have you wandered in from?

by Anonymousreply 270October 19, 2022 2:25 AM

Now is the time for Patti to cover "Take This Job and Shove It."

by Anonymousreply 271October 19, 2022 2:28 AM

No shit Sherlock. I have no patience for idiots like you, R270.

by Anonymousreply 272October 19, 2022 2:32 AM

No, what you have no patience for is words said against your fave. Run along, fangurl.

by Anonymousreply 273October 19, 2022 2:33 AM

[quote]So what [R268]? Why do you have a problem with that? You can always ignore her, and this thread.

Umm, yes, I COULD ignore her. Or I could comment on her very newsworthy behavior and comments, as SO MANY other people are doing, either negatively or positively. Shut up if you don't have anything to contribute other than telling people not to contribute.

by Anonymousreply 274October 19, 2022 2:38 AM

The horrific screams behind my house from the poor wild life victims of coyotes and fish cats are less disturbing than this piece of shit, Patti.

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by Anonymousreply 275October 19, 2022 2:49 AM

I worship the ground she walks on. Haters, kiss my ass.

by Anonymousreply 276October 19, 2022 3:07 AM

It's funny to see from the clips here how attractive she was when she was younger. (Notice I did not say "pretty" nor "beautiful," but "attractive")

But she had the kind of looks that don't age well--they depend upon vitality.

by Anonymousreply 277October 19, 2022 3:20 AM

Attractive? It's not realistic...

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by Anonymousreply 278October 19, 2022 3:24 AM

At the risk of losing my Gay Card, I knew who she was, but never heard her...uh...sing. Having listened to the clip at R197, does she frequently take artistic license with pitch?

by Anonymousreply 279October 19, 2022 3:29 AM

I actually had that After Dark issue.

by Anonymousreply 280October 19, 2022 3:41 AM

Patti has played the Segerstrom Center in OC twice. First time was the cabaret theater, with her and a pianist- she took requests.

Second, was the concert hall, with the philharmonic. I was in the front row, and we locked eyes a few times. It was thrilling.

I will MARY! myself.

by Anonymousreply 281October 19, 2022 5:21 AM

HOW DARE YOU! HOW VERY DARE ALL OF YOU! I'll have you know, I've been SHITTING IN WIGS since before Lea Michelle was even a concept! Fun Fact: Bill Smitrovich wore a wig for the first table read of Life Goes On, but never again, it's tough to get raisin skins and caraway seeds out of synthetic hair....

by Anonymousreply 282October 19, 2022 5:38 AM

Is Bernadette Peters any less of a diva? Maybe she's just quieter?

by Anonymousreply 283October 19, 2022 2:47 PM

[quote]Is Bernadette Peters any less of a diva? Maybe she's just quieter?

She certainly dos not have a rep as a diva. Quite the opposite, in fact.

by Anonymousreply 284October 19, 2022 2:49 PM

does not

by Anonymousreply 285October 19, 2022 2:51 PM

Why does it seem like the more success she finds the more bitter she becomes? It's bizarre.

by Anonymousreply 286October 19, 2022 4:34 PM

[quote]With her Stubby Kaye thigh...

Patti LuPone IS Nicely-Nicely Johnson!

by Anonymousreply 287October 19, 2022 5:45 PM

[quote]Why does it seem like the more success she finds the more bitter she becomes? It's bizarre.

I've wondered the same thing. Poor Patti must have some deep-rooted insecurity, paranoia, or other neurosis. She could be enjoying the twilight of her career or resting on her laurels and basking in the adoration of her fans, instead she continues to behave like a bitch and create unnecessary drama with some sort of new outburst every few years.

by Anonymousreply 288October 19, 2022 7:31 PM

Team Patti

by Anonymousreply 289October 19, 2022 7:34 PM

I didn't realize she was friends with Andy Cohen. JFC, is that queen friends with everyone I like?

by Anonymousreply 290October 19, 2022 7:38 PM

You don't know her to like her.

by Anonymousreply 291October 19, 2022 7:40 PM

Oh, R290 likes Lupone, Ripa, Cooper, Mayer, Lucci and SJP? Rarified air, gurl.

by Anonymousreply 292October 19, 2022 7:52 PM

Rarified enough. And you're forgetting Hickey.

by Anonymousreply 293October 19, 2022 8:02 PM

She’ll be back.

by Anonymousreply 294October 19, 2022 8:03 PM

[quote]instead she continues to behave like a bitch and create unnecessary drama with some sort of new outburst every few years.

Every few YEARS?

by Anonymousreply 295October 19, 2022 8:25 PM

Ha! You got me, R295. I guess Patti has sometimes acted out more frequently than that :-)

by Anonymousreply 296October 19, 2022 9:18 PM

I think she's bitter because it took her so long to win a Second Tony. She's said as much when she received it. For a legend it took her a while to really get a second "big" role on Broadway after Evita.

by Anonymousreply 297October 19, 2022 9:59 PM

Nancy is a big role.

by Anonymousreply 298October 19, 2022 10:01 PM

So is Reno Sweeney.

by Anonymousreply 299October 19, 2022 10:01 PM

“Broadway has also changed considerably,” LuPone said. “I think we’ve spent — not we, but whoever’s in charge of, whatever — has actively dumbed down the audience. And so the attention span of the majority of the audience, I think, is much less than it was in the past, and I don’t think plays are going to have long lives on Broadway — I feel as though it’s turning into Disneyland, a circus and Las Vegas.”

“There’s still very intelligent audiences that support the theater, but the ticket price is outrageous,” LuPone continued. “There’s so many obstacles that prevent theater from being the tool it should be in society, which is an education.”

by Anonymousreply 300October 19, 2022 10:05 PM

I love her. Ever since I saw her in “Evita”. Broadway legend who always delivers. Three time Tony winner. Any serious actor dreams just to be nominated. I hope she finds peace.

R294 is right…. She’ll be back. Lol

by Anonymousreply 301October 19, 2022 10:58 PM

She was known for racing through EVITA. I guess the Les Mouches audience mattered more to her.

by Anonymousreply 302October 19, 2022 10:59 PM

I've already done Nancy, bitches.

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by Anonymousreply 303October 20, 2022 12:12 AM

[quote]Nancy is a big role.

That she got to do for a few days.

by Anonymousreply 304October 20, 2022 12:50 AM

As long as...

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by Anonymousreply 305October 20, 2022 1:00 AM

Thank you for posting that R300. Here’s the clip if anyone is interested.

I had to watch it twice as I was distracted by some preening eye candy in the background the first go around.

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by Anonymousreply 306October 20, 2022 1:15 AM

Just let this nasty old bitch fade into the background and die.... with more than a million suspects of who could have off'd her.

by Anonymousreply 307October 20, 2022 1:26 AM

Patti keeps you awake at night, doesn't she, r307?

by Anonymousreply 308October 20, 2022 1:30 AM

Patti and I had such fun - and more than a few drinks - putting together her look as seen in R264. Oh, how we laughed!

by Anonymousreply 309October 20, 2022 1:35 AM

r308 Yes, her horrid, hammy, over the top exaggerated performance in Company was a thing of nightmares

by Anonymousreply 310October 20, 2022 2:01 AM

[quote]I think she's bitter because it took her so long to win a Second Tony.

Loser.

by Anonymousreply 311October 20, 2022 2:08 AM

Take some melatonin, r310.

by Anonymousreply 312October 20, 2022 2:11 AM

r312 Ms LuPone, go join Yolanda.

by Anonymousreply 313October 20, 2022 2:14 AM

Be sure to watch me in AHS:NYC starting tonight, dolls.

by Anonymousreply 314October 20, 2022 2:33 AM

Hollywood royalty! Parted friends! Everyone already knows! Box office poison!

by Anonymousreply 315October 20, 2022 2:45 AM

Patti is a love or hate kind of singer and artist and personality. I LOVE her.

Leave her alone because she doesn't give a rusty fuck about any of our opinions. When you are THAT gifted - you carry the knowledge and burden of it with you - every day of your life. Patti has nurtured and used her gifts exceedingly well.

She will never be forgotten. Her voice is SPECTACULAR.

by Anonymousreply 316October 20, 2022 2:45 AM

If she don't give a rusty fuck, then why are you whining about leaving her alone, Florence?

by Anonymousreply 317October 20, 2022 2:47 AM

[Quote] When you are THAT gifted - you carry the knowledge and burden of it with you - every day of your life.

That sounds like some bullshit Stritch would say.

by Anonymousreply 318October 20, 2022 2:47 AM

[quote]I think she's bitter because it took her so long to win a Second Tony. She's said as much when she received it. For a legend it took her a while to really get a second "big" role on Broadway after Evita.

She was absent from Broadway from 1987 through 1995, I believe because she was raising her son. She won her first Tony for EVITA in 1980 and her second for GYPSY in 2008. For what shows could she have expected to win Tonys for in the interim? I would say the only serious possibility was SWEENEY TODD.

by Anonymousreply 319October 20, 2022 2:51 AM

Anything Goes?

by Anonymousreply 320October 20, 2022 2:53 AM

Why didn't she win an Emmy for Life Goes On? Hmmmm?

by Anonymousreply 321October 20, 2022 2:55 AM

Patti, Bernadette and Betty are all pretty much retired from the Broadway stage now. It seems just like yesterday that all 3 were the toast of the town, but time waits for no one. All the stars of stage and screen that we grew up with are dropping like flies.

by Anonymousreply 322October 20, 2022 2:58 AM

[quote]"Broadway has also changed considerably,” LuPone said. “I think we’ve spent — not we, but whoever’s in charge of, whatever — has actively dumbed down the audience. And so the attention span of the majority of the audience, I think, is much less than it was in the past, and I don’t think plays are going to have long lives on Broadway — I feel as though it’s turning into Disneyland, a circus and Las Vegas. There’s still very intelligent audiences that support the theater, but the ticket price is outrageous,” LuPone continued. “There’s so many obstacles that prevent theater from being the tool it should be in society, which is an education.”

I also agree with every word she said above. She has often made very intelligent comments like these. BUT she also has an extremely unfortunate and frequent tendency to believe like a nasty, angry, self-centered horror show whenever she's not completely happy and is feeling somewhat insecure.

by Anonymousreply 323October 20, 2022 2:58 AM

INSECURE

by Anonymousreply 324October 20, 2022 3:00 AM

Scott has a great idea. This would appeal to Patti. Do it!

Patti Lupone is not insecure. A moron using CAPS to take a swipe at her, probably is.

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by Anonymousreply 325October 20, 2022 3:04 AM

Oh, please. Betty Lynn was retired by Broadway producers... The best gig she could get was the National Tour of Hello, Dolly!

by Anonymousreply 326October 20, 2022 3:05 AM

Patti to me is a real piece of work, and she makes me roll my eyes, but even so I love her because she knows exactly who and what she is. She knows she's a pain in the ass and a diva, and she's okay with that. She's enormously talented on stage (although she's like Ethel Merman or Carol Channing and usually too much for the screen), and she's funny, and she genuinely laughs at herself like Merman and Channing did. I'm glad I've never had to work with her, but I find her quite lovable at a distance.

As someone said above, she's a take-her-or-leave-her kind of star. Dataloungers who love difficult divas for some reason always think they can [bold]harangue[/bold] others into liking their divas (as they are doing above), but it's no good: if her personality turns you off, it turns you off.

by Anonymousreply 327October 20, 2022 3:05 AM

Nonsense. Patti is a narcissist. She only pretends to stand for things.

by Anonymousreply 328October 20, 2022 3:06 AM

She was great in Penny Dreadful.

by Anonymousreply 329October 20, 2022 3:07 AM

[Quote] She knows she's a pain in the ass and a diva, and she's okay with that.

As opposed to the pains in the ass who can't sleep at night because of it? What a ridiculous compliment.

by Anonymousreply 330October 20, 2022 3:08 AM

She doesn’t want to pay the dues, doesn’t want to reapply, is built for 8 performances a week but doesn’t want to do it anymore, and is over it. If she goes back to Broadway, she’ll do it as a guest. Equity “doesn’t know her.” Damn, Patti - calm down.

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by Anonymousreply 331October 20, 2022 3:10 AM

The form has also changed, r322. No Jerry Herman, Steve Sondheim or Andrew Lloyd Webber to write them shows. The Broadway highlights of those three women were thanks to those three men. Plus Patti also got the benefit of Porter.

by Anonymousreply 332October 20, 2022 3:11 AM

And Suzanne Somers got the benefit of Frank Loesser.

by Anonymousreply 333October 20, 2022 3:12 AM

I don't know her!

by Anonymousreply 334October 20, 2022 3:13 AM

I AM "big"!

It's the actors' unions that got small....

by Anonymousreply 335October 20, 2022 3:14 AM

We're left to wonder, r333...*did* he take it back?

by Anonymousreply 336October 20, 2022 3:14 AM

Lupone doesn't fill the seats, anymore. She needs to accept her fate.... and move to Boca!!!! (I hear Dinner Theater is all the rage down there!)

by Anonymousreply 337October 20, 2022 3:23 AM

The Mr. Burt Reynolds Jupiter Dinner Theater

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MISS PATTI LuPONE

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"PEG o' MY HEART"

by Anonymousreply 338October 20, 2022 3:28 AM

She better not think about reviving EVITA there.

by Anonymousreply 339October 20, 2022 3:29 AM

I was never a Patti fan. Disliked her enough no to go see her. Just listening to her recordings and appearances on TV were enough.

I was taken to see War Paint for my birthday and she and Ebersole (who I already loved)were great and I think Lupone gave a wonderful performance. Was surprised at how good she was. Did go to the original production of Evita but it was a matinee so I saw a Teri something.

by Anonymousreply 340October 20, 2022 3:54 AM

Any update on the Life Goes On reboot moving forward? If Patti doesn't want to return to that, I'm ready to take over the role and belt out a new version of the theme song.

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Ob-La-Shim-Shooby-Doo-Doo

by Anonymousreply 341October 20, 2022 5:35 AM

Teri Schiavo, R340

by Anonymousreply 342October 20, 2022 5:57 AM

Teri Schiavo would still be performing matinees if it weren't for her cheating husband!!! Fuck your socialist liberal elite politics Florida!!

Teri wasn't brain dead - just an understudy.

by Anonymousreply 343October 20, 2022 6:04 AM

One generally doesn't "resign" from Equity (or SAG/AFTRA). Members planning not to be working under any union contracts for a while would generally ask to take "voluntary withdrawal," which can last indefinitely. During this time, a member would not have to pay dues. If, at some point, a member decided to become active again, he or she would just have to pay their current dues to work under an Equity contract again.

Of course, because our Patti loves to create drama offstage as well as on, she may have very well made some grand gesture and quit outright.

by Anonymousreply 344October 20, 2022 6:45 AM

Duh, read her statement R344.

by Anonymousreply 345October 20, 2022 7:04 AM

When is she ever happy? Everytime she makes news, she’s bitching about sometime. Lighten up you cunt.

by Anonymousreply 346October 20, 2022 7:47 AM

[quote]Everytime she makes news, she’s bitching about sometime.

Spreading sweetness and light doesn't tend to get any news coverage.

by Anonymousreply 347October 20, 2022 11:29 AM

I ran into Patti once, in the Radio City Music Hall elevator during the Grammies. It was 1981 and Evita won for best Grammy of a Musical. In the elevator, she had changed into a white dress to sing 'Argentina'. She was the only person in the the elevator and I gasped when I walked in. She looked at me and I looked at her and said simply, 'You look lovely tonight'. She relaxed a bit and said 'Thank you' and smiled. That was all, but it was a moment.

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by Anonymousreply 348October 20, 2022 12:17 PM

And ever since then, she's been a terror! Thanks R348!

by Anonymousreply 349October 20, 2022 1:11 PM

r348 I'm surprised she didn't scream at you with something like "So you think I look like a fucking DOG the rest of the time, asshole?"

by Anonymousreply 350October 20, 2022 1:24 PM

^^^ Well, it was 40 years ago. She has grizzled with age.

by Anonymousreply 351October 20, 2022 1:35 PM

Patti can be a lovely woman. She just dislikes stupidity. Unfortunately, whatever SHE doesn't believe... is considered stupidity.

by Anonymousreply 352October 20, 2022 1:49 PM

I wonder if she got a little work done, because she's looking damn good lately. R305 her voice in that clip always takes my breath away. Her tone and vocal power continues to be impressive, but in her prime there was nothing like the fullness and resonance of her voice.

by Anonymousreply 353October 20, 2022 1:51 PM

^^^^ Looks like she lost some weight, as well. When she is fat, she looks like a peahen.

by Anonymousreply 354October 20, 2022 1:55 PM

[quote] It seems just like yesterday that all 3 were the toast of the town,

It's not like they haven't had work since, but the peak of fame for each of them came between 30 and 40+ years ago, so yes, none of these women can stay the lead or the ingenue forever.......

by Anonymousreply 355October 20, 2022 2:01 PM

[quote]Patti Lupone is not insecure. A moron using CAPS to take a swipe at her, probably is.

People who have tremendously outsize egos and who frequently indulge in diva behavior are often said to be insecure at heart. Just read Patti's bio, specifically the part about Evita, for example, and tell me she's not insecure.

by Anonymousreply 356October 20, 2022 2:04 PM

Sorry, I meant Patti's autobio, or memoir if you prefer.

by Anonymousreply 357October 20, 2022 2:04 PM

R356 I think Andrew Webber did a number on her ego by choosing Glenn over her for the US 'Sunset Boulevard' cast. She still seems bitter about that, although she did say she got a swimming pool from the settlement.

by Anonymousreply 358October 20, 2022 2:07 PM

[quote]Patti to me is a real piece of work, and she makes me roll my eyes, but even so I love her because she knows exactly who and what she is. She knows she's a pain in the ass and a diva, and she's okay with that. She's enormously talented on stage (although she's like Ethel Merman or Carol Channing and usually too much for the screen), and she's funny, and she genuinely laughs at herself like Merman and Channing did.

I agree with some of that, but not the part about Patti being able to laugh at herself. In fact, it seems to me that she has shown zero sense of humor about herself. Remember how she squashed the project when Leslie Kritzer did a club act as "Patti LuPone at Les Mouches" and then wanted to record it? Also, I believe Patti was one of the very few stars who were openly not amused when they were parodied in "Forbidden Broadway."

by Anonymousreply 359October 20, 2022 2:08 PM

[quote]Ethyl Merman

Oh, dear.

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by Anonymousreply 360October 20, 2022 2:09 PM

[quote]I think Andrew Webber did a number on her ego by choosing Glenn over her for the US 'Sunset Boulevard' cast. She still seems bitter about that, although she did say she got a swimming pool from the settlement.

I think you've got something there. I would imagine that tremendous public humiliation had a very negative affect on her personality. Offhand, I can't think of any examples of her being publicly bitchy before that -- though there were some non-public incidents, like when both she and Madonna were around at Lincoln Center in 1988 (Patti was doing ANYTHING GOES, Madonna was rehearsing SPEED-THE-PLOW), and Patti reportedly posted a note on the call board saying that there was only room for one Italian-American diva backstage at Lincoln Center. MAYBE she was trying to be funny, or not....

by Anonymousreply 361October 20, 2022 2:20 PM

^^^ Madonna is ten years younger than Patti and Patti looks so much better.

by Anonymousreply 362October 20, 2022 2:23 PM

In her book, she mentions how Harold Prince bullied her in 'Evita' and made her cry, a lot. Did Harold direct her in anything else? Did he make Patti grumpy, as well?

by Anonymousreply 363October 20, 2022 2:26 PM

R363, that may be an example of her insecurity and paranoia. Hal Prince did not have a reputation for bullying.

by Anonymousreply 364October 20, 2022 2:34 PM

I know most people on DL, admire and hold this Woman in high esteem. She looms like George Washington in drag though. She's hideous looking and I know she's a diva, but talented. She sho is ugly though. My God.

by Anonymousreply 365October 20, 2022 2:56 PM

Diva^^ before someone wishes me dead.

by Anonymousreply 366October 20, 2022 2:57 PM

The aging process sure is interesting! She was a knockout beauty when young, could have been a movie star. Loved the part in her memoir when she said she didn't see her beauty until she visited Italy for the first time. Frumpy during Life Goes On, and then really glamorous and svelte throughout most of the 90s. She filled out a bit in the 00s and that shoulder-length bale of hay hair didn't do her any favors, but she still looked good in some of her character roles (thought the curly bob she wore during Gypsy favored her) but around War Paint she really got beautiful again, love the short hair, bangs out of her face, her skin looks great, she glows. And she still looks like herself.

Of course she's insecure, there's no underestimating what a number the Sunset Boulevard fiasco did to her ego. That was a public humiliation, coupled with her dissatisfaction during Life Goes On and several other professional problems until a "comeback" in Gypsy, that was over a decade without a major success. It changes a person. Contrasted with the major successes of her early career and innate confidence in her gift, you're left with someone who feels they're liable to be taken advantage of, someone who feels they constantly have to prove themselves worthy. It's fun to build up our most talented stars as divas, society needs its idols, but we can't forget that at the end of the day these are human beings. It should make us understand her point of view, feel sympathy, not dismiss her as a raging cunt. Her bedside manner may be brash, but she is rarely wrong. And let's not forget the recent loss of her brother which I'm sure she's still reeling from.

by Anonymousreply 367October 20, 2022 3:28 PM

[quote] Of course she's insecure, there's no underestimating what a number the Sunset Boulevard fiasco did to her ego. That was a public humiliation, coupled with her dissatisfaction during Life Goes On and several other professional problems until a "comeback" in Gypsy, that was over a decade without a major success. It changes a person.

She has really suffered!

by Anonymousreply 368October 20, 2022 3:40 PM

Well said, r368.

by Anonymousreply 369October 20, 2022 3:41 PM

Shit, well said, r367! Darfur, just remind yourself that you're fictional.

by Anonymousreply 370October 20, 2022 3:43 PM

I thought she was the only one to really disparage Prince. But there is a youtube video interview with George Chakiris who unlike Patti does not have a reputation for complaining and is pretty pleasant about everyone. Except in this interview. He did Bobby in the national tour of Company and said something to the effect of working with Prince was not a happy experience.

by Anonymousreply 371October 20, 2022 4:00 PM

R367, I think, at this age and this level of stardom, she can actually tell the truth without any repercussions to her career.

So many people in the biz agree with her wholeheartedly but are afraid to say anything. Show biz chews up actors and she's just pointing it out.

by Anonymousreply 372October 20, 2022 4:20 PM

She was never a knockout beauty. What the fuck.

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by Anonymousreply 373October 20, 2022 4:47 PM

Ha, meanwhile, I'll keep playing in Community Theatre in Vermont...

while this cunt sits around her apartment and watches her skin sag

Ba Pa Bomp Bomp Pa

by Anonymousreply 374October 20, 2022 4:53 PM

Linda Lavin has had a better theatre career than Patti LuPone.

by Anonymousreply 375October 20, 2022 4:55 PM

R373 Not the best photo, but even there I find her a lush, full-lipped Mediterranean beauty, yes.

by Anonymousreply 376October 20, 2022 4:58 PM

Nobody said she was a knockout beauty, r373. She was quite pretty in her youth...Kevin Kline certainly thought so.

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by Anonymousreply 377October 20, 2022 5:01 PM

r367 said she was a knockout beauty. Do keep kup.

by Anonymousreply 378October 20, 2022 5:05 PM

**up

by Anonymousreply 379October 20, 2022 5:06 PM

You don't have to be pretty to be fuckable.

by Anonymousreply 380October 20, 2022 5:06 PM

[quote]So many people in the biz agree with her wholeheartedly but are afraid to say anything. Show biz chews up actors and she's just pointing it out.

Judging from social media, the response of the general population to what LuPone has said and done is very divided. That's no surprise, as nowadays you can find twisted people who will agree with even the most outrageous behavior. But among entertainment industry professionals, the reaction to her antics seems to be mostly very negative.

Also, to repeat: While anyone with functioning brain cells would agree that there are huge problems with Equity, those problems don't seem to have much or anything to do with Patti LuPone, and her grievances certainly have absolutely nothing to do with recent events regarding Lillias White and that Porkalob person, despite her unfortunately successful attempt to hitch her publicity wagon to at least one of those events.

by Anonymousreply 381October 20, 2022 5:07 PM

I saw her singing two songs “Fever” and “I’m Calling You” on AHS NYC (inside a gay bathhouse) last night. Good vocal versions. She looked stoic.

by Anonymousreply 382October 20, 2022 5:18 PM

She has a distinctive look. While not a beauty, she can look great. I adore her, so I'm biased. I've had a little interaction and she's always been friendly enough. I'm not married to her, or working with her so if she's a cunt it doesn't matter to me.

On stage, she's a goddess.

by Anonymousreply 383October 20, 2022 5:29 PM

Not really. She's so short.

by Anonymousreply 384October 20, 2022 5:42 PM

R384 = Addison DeWitt

by Anonymousreply 385October 20, 2022 6:25 PM

Who cares how tall Patti is? That's why God made high heels.

by Anonymousreply 386October 20, 2022 6:26 PM

Someone said that onstage she's a goddess. It's not an accurate characterization of her.

by Anonymousreply 387October 20, 2022 6:33 PM

Bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 388October 20, 2022 6:38 PM

It's true the Andrew Lloyd Webber rather screwed her over and embarrassed her by taking away the opportunity for her contracted and agreed upon NY premiere of "Sunset Blvd", and she was compensated about $1 million, which she has said she put into her swimming pool. BUT, Andrew Lloyd Webber also wrote the show "Evita" which NY production made her a star. Had she not gotten that role and ultimately succeeded in it (with a very capable understudy/matinee person ready to assume the role at any time back in the day), all of her career afterwards might not have been. Everyone is replaceable -- she's been aware of that from the get-go.

by Anonymousreply 389October 20, 2022 6:40 PM

ALW is a hack. Patti would have always found a way. Women like her do.

"Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda", the name of one her one woman shows.

by Anonymousreply 390October 20, 2022 6:55 PM

Found a way to what, though? "Life Goes On"? Harrison Ford's sister in "Witness"?

by Anonymousreply 391October 20, 2022 7:04 PM

[quote]all of her career afterwards might not have been

You're dealing in *mights*, r389. It's just as possible it might *have*.

by Anonymousreply 392October 20, 2022 7:08 PM

Nonsense. A big break is not to be disregarded.

by Anonymousreply 393October 20, 2022 7:09 PM

What if Barbra hadn't done Funny Girl?

by Anonymousreply 394October 20, 2022 7:11 PM

Barbra might have been Eydie Gorme's understudy in "Golden Rainbow" then, depending on how her recording career progressed.

by Anonymousreply 395October 20, 2022 7:13 PM

Streisand had a recording career. Patti can't relate.

by Anonymousreply 396October 20, 2022 7:15 PM

[quote]Streisand had a recording career.

But would she have a movie career and two Oscars, r396?

by Anonymousreply 397October 20, 2022 7:17 PM

BY Patti.. you were such a talented bitch..

by Anonymousreply 398October 20, 2022 7:18 PM

Just reading an article on best Broadway divas. Patti is #2 behind Ethel.

by Anonymousreply 399October 20, 2022 7:18 PM

[Quote] But would she have a movie career and two Oscars, [R396]?

If she hadn't got Funny Girl...? Well, look at her hit rate (across media) and compare it with Patti's...

by Anonymousreply 400October 20, 2022 7:20 PM

Does everything have to be a competition?

by Anonymousreply 401October 20, 2022 7:24 PM

Not, but comparison and contrast can provide insight.

by Anonymousreply 402October 20, 2022 7:25 PM

That isn't the point, r400. You're comparing two different careers with "What if they hadn't got that one big career-making Broadway role?". Bottom line is...who knows?

by Anonymousreply 403October 20, 2022 7:32 PM

Bottom line is... speculation is speculation. I guess this particular speculation irks you... Try to dial back the fangurl, you'll do better around here if you do.

by Anonymousreply 404October 20, 2022 7:35 PM

I always wondered what would have happened to Streisand's career and the film of Funny Girl if Streisand hadn't caved into Stark's demand that if she didn't sign the multi film contract with him there was a chance she wouldn't have gotten that film. Who else would he have cast? Audiences wanted to hear who singing People? Edie Gorme? And if Babs didn't have that amazing intro to a worldwide audience what would her career have been like?

by Anonymousreply 405October 20, 2022 7:56 PM

Babs already made waves as a recording star. At worst, she would have got stuck in Disney fare and sitcomes, like Sandy Duncan.

by Anonymousreply 406October 20, 2022 8:00 PM

*sitcoms

by Anonymousreply 407October 20, 2022 8:00 PM

Well, if Barbara Cook could play Fanny Brice, why not a real Jewish soprano?

by Anonymousreply 408October 20, 2022 8:01 PM

I went to a dress rehearsal for 'Whistle Down the Wind' in London. It was suppose to be the first preview, but they cancelled that. However, anyone having tix could sit in the run thru. The big production table was in the center of the auditorium and Andrew Lloyd Webber was sitting there holding court with all the production people.

It was pretty calm during intermission and said went up to him and said, "Sir Andrew, I'm sure many people ask you, but may I have your autograph?" He seemed a bit flustered and said, "Oh, no, people rarely ask me for my autograph, unless it's a bill." We just spoke a moment till someone else came by, but he seemed like he appreciated someone just saying 'Hi'.

by Anonymousreply 409October 20, 2022 8:07 PM

Not likely, but what if Mama Cass had gotten I Can Get If For You Wholesale?

She was on the Tonight Show with her group before the Mamas and Papas.

by Anonymousreply 410October 20, 2022 8:20 PM

[quote] I guess this particular speculation irks you... Try to dial back the fangurl, you'll do better around here if you do.

No, r404, doesn't irk me at all. Just pointing out that speculation is only that. How does that make me a "fangurl"? Also, I do just fine around here, thank you very much.

by Anonymousreply 411October 20, 2022 8:23 PM

Patti is a goddess on stage...

Kali

by Anonymousreply 412October 20, 2022 8:37 PM

I have just recieved, through the mail, her autobiography, 'Patti LuPone: A Memoir'. Jealous, bitches?

by Anonymousreply 413October 21, 2022 6:51 AM

[quote]I have just recieved . . .

"I before E except after C . . . "

by Anonymousreply 414October 21, 2022 6:54 AM

R414 ..you are so jealous.

by Anonymousreply 415October 21, 2022 7:01 AM

Patti looks as though she's had sufficient servings of extra cheese pizzas, apple pie, cheesecake, and bags of Hershey's Kisses.

by Anonymousreply 416October 21, 2022 7:06 AM

To quote the great Elaine Stritch, "Supposition is a waste of time."

by Anonymousreply 417October 21, 2022 1:27 PM

If Patti hadn't gotten Evita, her career might have been even bigger.

by Anonymousreply 418October 21, 2022 1:40 PM

There's no logic to that statement.

by Anonymousreply 419October 21, 2022 1:41 PM

R418, would you care to explain that comment?

by Anonymousreply 420October 21, 2022 1:41 PM

Uh, R418, she won the Tony for Evita, and two more during her career. She’s done quite well. You make no sense.

by Anonymousreply 421October 21, 2022 3:15 PM

I remember the period of her career where she embarrassed herself chasing hockey player Ron Duguay all over town, grabbing his ass as often as she could get away with.

by Anonymousreply 422October 21, 2022 4:30 PM

Ron and the husband of Patti have similar faces.

by Anonymousreply 423October 21, 2022 4:33 PM

But their asses were quite different.

by Anonymousreply 424October 21, 2022 5:14 PM

I had Ron first.

by Anonymousreply 425October 21, 2022 5:15 PM

I have Ron now.

by Anonymousreply 426October 21, 2022 11:24 PM

[Quote] [R418], would you care to explain that comment?

It is very possible that if she didn’t get Evita, LuPone might have taken a hit TV show or even a hit movie and her career gone to even greater heights.

All the discussion in here about her career having been diminished if she didn’t get Evita. It could have gone the other way too

by Anonymousreply 427October 22, 2022 1:00 AM

That makes little sense. She didn't do EVITA for a crazy amount of time. The roles didn't come rolling in WITH a launchpad like EVITA. And with her looks, the movies always saw her as a supporting player.

by Anonymousreply 428October 22, 2022 1:05 AM

[quote] Linda Lavin has had a better theatre career than Patti LuPone.

The general public has no idea who Linda Latin is. Case closed.

by Anonymousreply 429October 22, 2022 1:11 AM

Linda Lavin had her own TV show for a decade. And she has continued to get regular roles on TV throughout the years. Patti, in her own words, has always been a hard sell to TV executives.

by Anonymousreply 430October 22, 2022 1:13 AM

Lavin also had a really good arc on "Barney Miller" playing opposite DL dreamboat Max Gail years ago. That helped her getting "Alice" tv show as well.

by Anonymousreply 431October 22, 2022 1:20 AM

R410 I thought about that. I can absolutely hear her sing the Miss Marmelstein song.

by Anonymousreply 432October 22, 2022 1:26 AM

I cried when I didn't get the role of Tony's sister on The Sopranos.

by Anonymousreply 433October 22, 2022 1:28 AM

Without having Evita to drag her down, Patti could have been a bigger singer than Madonna in the 80s

by Anonymousreply 434October 22, 2022 3:38 AM

[quote] It is very possible that if she didn’t get Evita, LuPone might have taken a hit TV show or even a hit movie and her career gone to even greater heights.

That would never have happened in a billion years. Although I will agree when she was younger she was never attractive at a distance, but never close up. She never would have made it on TV or in the movies any better than she did. She is abrasive and loud in manner--it worked well for her playing a momma-bear type on "Life Goes On," but it would have been too jarring in roles for young women.

by Anonymousreply 435October 22, 2022 3:46 AM

Linda Lavin has also been a regular cast member of at least three TV series during the past 10-15 years: Sean Saves the World, Apt. 9JKL, and B Positive.

by Anonymousreply 436October 22, 2022 3:47 AM

Love Cycle

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by Anonymousreply 437October 22, 2022 3:48 AM

Casting directors are known for bringing in Broadway stars for auditions for movie/TV roles. Patti must have had hundreds of chances and blew most of them given her distinctive abrasive looks and personality.

It wasn't an issue at a distance on stage, but clearly, audiences didn't want to see and hear her on a big screen or in their living rooms on TV

by Anonymousreply 438October 22, 2022 3:55 AM

Helen Mirren's husband tore Patti a new one on a recent movie. Patti fucked up continuity by removing/switching some item between takes.

by Anonymousreply 439October 22, 2022 3:57 AM

Patti LuPone is a bigger LEGEND than any television star. What the fuck? She's the most famous voice and most gifted performer on the musical STAGE, ever. She knows it. We all know it.

She was nowhere near as abrasive or ugly as Striezand or Linda Lavin or Merman. Fuck right off. Patti was a sexy smart and supernaturally gifted woman. Progressive as fuck. She doesn't suck the public's dick. She gives them all she's got and allows them to make up their own mind. She worked her ass off to be great. And she gets fucking PISSED when respect is not paid. She's not charging by the note - she's respectful or her job and her GREAT gift.

I'm not insane. There are more beautiful voices - but none more impressive than Patti LuPone's.

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by Anonymousreply 440October 22, 2022 4:10 AM

Think of how many Broadway musical stars actually did make it even bigger than Patti did on TV:

Dick van Dyke

Florence Henderson

Jean Stapleton

Beatrice Arthur

Linda Lavin

Bonnie Franklin

Jason Alexander

Megan Mullally

Jerry Orbach

Jesse L. Martin

Sarah Jessica Parker

Mandy Patinkin

For all of them to have made it and for Patti LuPone not to have made it at there levels must have been embarrassing for her.

To be thought of not as talented and less watchable than even Bonnie Franklin... wow...

by Anonymousreply 441October 22, 2022 4:15 AM

R440, kiss Flo's grits! 🖕

by Anonymousreply 442October 22, 2022 4:15 AM

Patti Lupone is a bigger legend than Lucille Ball!?

by Anonymousreply 443October 22, 2022 4:18 AM

Suzanne Somers is a bigger legend than Lucy Balls.

by Anonymousreply 444October 22, 2022 4:20 AM

She gives them all she's got? She sat in her dressing room for most of Les Miserables, even though she was supposed to fill out the cast in scenes where Fantine did not appear/had died. I guess she didn't truly learn the meaning of ensemble at Juilliard.

by Anonymousreply 445October 22, 2022 4:20 AM

How was she respectful of her job when she shortchanged audiences by racing through EVITA, especially on nights where she was more interested in her after hours cabaret gig.

by Anonymousreply 446October 22, 2022 4:22 AM

Patti = cuntiest cunt whoever cunted. And she’s not even that good.

by Anonymousreply 447October 22, 2022 4:24 AM

^ Ancient white FAG with No EARS or HOLES left. ^

by Anonymousreply 448October 22, 2022 4:26 AM

R447 loves Karen Carpenter - so he only knows anemic voices. He must be older than Patti too!! R447 calls every female celebrity he doesn't like a C*NT? What kind of old white man acts like that anymore? A RACIST & MISOGYNIST MAGA shut in. Karen Carpenter would for sure be a Trump supporter. They both did their best work in a toilet bowl.

by Anonymousreply 449October 22, 2022 4:35 AM

[Quote] ^ Ancient white FAG with No EARS or HOLES left. ^

You need to give it up AWF Troll. We know you're a White Canadian.

by Anonymousreply 450October 22, 2022 4:40 AM

You got no ears or holes left OLD RACIST FAG. You know nothing about singing or vocal production.

Go back to Karen Carpenter and Donna AIDS Summers. To the 1970s when you were in your thirties.

by Anonymousreply 451October 22, 2022 4:46 AM

The way you bring racism in a thread about Patty Lapone... so transparent. You're a White Canadian man who thinks you're being amusing.

by Anonymousreply 452October 22, 2022 4:49 AM

Is the Ancient White Fags Troll the same troll as Matt Anscher?

by Anonymousreply 453October 22, 2022 4:52 AM

R450 has posted over 70 times on this thread. From one of his accounts. All hateful and insane about Patti Lupone? Talking about old TV stars and imaginary gossip. He's a sick man who harrasses people hear. He posts from other accounts too. F&F.

by Anonymousreply 454October 22, 2022 4:54 AM

Haha. Thanks R454. We smell that old PIG (R450) all over this site, day and nite.

Slaughter it.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

by Anonymousreply 455October 22, 2022 4:59 AM

You don't even keep consistent, AWF Troll. Throwing out insults about 1970s stars when Patti LuPone came to prominence in the 1970s...

by Anonymousreply 456October 22, 2022 5:00 AM

[Quote] 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

You think you're being so clever... You've been exposed as a White Canadian man. The fact that you love Kelly Clarkson so much... it a was a big tell.

by Anonymousreply 457October 22, 2022 5:01 AM

^ sad ^

by Anonymousreply 458October 22, 2022 5:04 AM

[quote]Patti LuPone is a bigger LEGEND than any television star. What the fuck? She's the most famous voice and most gifted performer on the musical STAGE, ever.

Skipping your meds again?

by Anonymousreply 459October 22, 2022 6:41 AM

I have no idea who Linda Latin is either.

by Anonymousreply 460October 22, 2022 10:24 AM

'She's the most famous voice and most gifted performer on the musical STAGE, ever.'

You must be talking about Lauren Bacall

by Anonymousreply 461October 22, 2022 10:27 AM

She's selling her pone all over town.

by Anonymousreply 462October 22, 2022 10:36 AM

You're confused. Linda Latin did that porno about blow jobs.

by Anonymousreply 463October 22, 2022 12:39 PM

r460 = Bonnie Franklin

by Anonymousreply 464October 22, 2022 12:51 PM

Think of the roles she might have played on TV and on film had she just not been cast in "Evita"!

Diane on "Cheers"... Valene on "Knots Landing"... Beth in "Ordinary People"... Chelsea in "On Golden Pond"!

by Anonymousreply 465October 22, 2022 3:46 PM

More like Mac on "Knots Landing".

by Anonymousreply 466October 22, 2022 3:53 PM

Barney in "Barney and Friends."

by Anonymousreply 467October 22, 2022 4:31 PM

There's a new chica in town and she's feeling bueno!

by Anonymousreply 468October 22, 2022 4:35 PM

If you're listing parts she could have played, don't forget all these.

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by Anonymousreply 469October 22, 2022 8:17 PM

Patti's role as Lightning in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken has stayed with me since childhood.

by Anonymousreply 470October 22, 2022 8:28 PM

R470 - kinda like the meatloaf at Balthazars.

by Anonymousreply 471October 22, 2022 9:24 PM

It's weird to me that Broadways stars still exist. They aren't really very famous to the rest of the country or the world, unlike some Broadway stars of the past, who used to perform (act & sing) in movies or TV variety shows. Or when there were national magazines like Life, that promoted Broadway shows. This forum is about the only place I still see them discussed regularly.

by Anonymousreply 472October 22, 2022 9:32 PM

But on the other hand, R472, we're told that a huge percentage of the Broadway audience nowadays is made up of tourists from around the country and around the world, which was not true back in the day. So, back then, Broadway stars became well known to people outside of New York primarily through TV variety shows, etc., and now it happens mostly through people coming to NYC to see them perform. Plus, of course, now we have YouTube and podcasts and music downloads etc. etc. etc., and of course, Broadway actors still do appear on TV on late-night talk shows, etc.

by Anonymousreply 473October 22, 2022 10:13 PM

Merman(variety shows and Mad World) and Martin(touring and Peter Pan) were nationally famous. Is Patti?

by Anonymousreply 474October 23, 2022 5:07 AM

Patti LuPone is famous nationally. What a dumb question. Patti and Bernadette both did many talk shows, concert appearances, film and TV shows. Bernadette can no longer sing and has not been a popular guest because she lacks everything else to be a good guest. But she was once a big thing.

Bernadette was the lovely young (looking) Broadway singer of choice for many TV appearances and she was quite special in most of them. Vulnerable etc.

Patti comes, leaves and sings as herself. She's a powerhouse talent and a great personality. All over from Merv Griffin to Joan Rivers to Carson, Fallon and Colbert. Just a few weeks ago. And a few months before that. She brought the house down.

As an actress, Patti is truly underrated. That's part of what makes her the greatest Broadway performer of all time. Patti is a very good actress AND not only when singing. Though she is magnificent then. Have a Little Priest is not angelica lansburies weak number at all. It belongs to Patti LuPone. She is precise, deadly and hilarious. She is the most powerful and heartbreaking Fantine. And Patti now owns ALL the GYPSY songs. NO one has performed them better. Whoever Ethyl Merman was - she couldn't really sing. And she for sure couldn't convey emotion. She's forgotten - except on DL and wikipedia. She's not a living experience and all existing footage of her singing makes a musician ask why? Yeah, she was LOUD. Patti is much more than loud.

Patti is on AHS this season. She's been in a number of Ryan Murphy productions. Since when does the public not know her? She's a star. A much bigger star than Audra McDonald or Bernadette or Liza or Barbra Cook. WTF.

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by Anonymousreply 475October 23, 2022 5:30 AM

Oh please, if you said "Patti Lupone" the majority of the pubic would have no idea who she is

by Anonymousreply 476October 23, 2022 12:34 PM

R475. how old were you when you had the lobotomy?

by Anonymousreply 477October 23, 2022 12:59 PM

Can't stand Patti as a singer. Better as an actress.

by Anonymousreply 478October 23, 2022 1:29 PM

Uh R475 you are fucking insane.

by Anonymousreply 479October 25, 2022 9:44 PM

It looks like Muriel just did, r479.

by Anonymousreply 480October 25, 2022 9:46 PM

I still haven't figured it out.

by Anonymousreply 481October 25, 2022 9:50 PM

[quote]She's a star. A much bigger star than Audra McDonald or Bernadette or Liza or Barbra Cook. WTF.

Uh-huh. Liza only wishes that she had had the kind of career that Patti has had. She's especially envious of Patti's Oscar as best actress. Oh, wait . . .

by Anonymousreply 482October 25, 2022 9:51 PM

Well I sure as hell am not Muriel but you ARE fucking insane.

by Anonymousreply 483October 25, 2022 11:58 PM

Comparisons are fine, but some of you have turned this thread into an ugly bitch fest. We should be thankful we’ve seen the talents of Peters, Minnelli, Lansbury, McDonald LuPone, Merman, and dozens more. We should be celebrating their existence; not ripping them to shreds. Please. They’re all fucking great performers in their own gifted way! Now Stop IT, you ungrateful and nasty bitches.

by Anonymousreply 484October 26, 2022 12:36 AM

[Quote] ungrateful and nasty bitch

You rang?

by Anonymousreply 485October 26, 2022 12:56 AM

Patti did a concert of torch songs at the Vivian Beaumont about twelve years ago, and although in fine voice was terribly boring.

She has an far from interesting presence on stage without a script, and she literally sang about thirty songs! People were staring at their watches and the applause became quite muted as the endless evening dragged on. She seemingly sang every song she knew the words to short of "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" and "Happy Birthday"!

by Anonymousreply 486October 26, 2022 1:21 AM

R486 Did you see her Evita, Fanny/ Would love to know how her diction was. Am reading her memoir at the moment, and even she mentions the comments on her diction...

by Anonymousreply 487October 26, 2022 1:52 AM

You rang?

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by Anonymousreply 488October 26, 2022 2:52 AM

r487, I missed Patti. I saw her main replacement Loni Ackerman who was excellent.

I had just gotten here and was mostly seeing whatever I could get into cheaply, or for free. I was still a teenager and the show was a huge hit and tough ticket that first year with Patti.

by Anonymousreply 489October 26, 2022 6:27 AM

New Yorkers are so delusional to believe that, outside their insular theater world, no one knows the name Patti LuPone.

by Anonymousreply 490October 26, 2022 1:13 PM

R490, I don't think anyone is saying that no one outside of NYC knows Patti's name, I think they're saying she's not a star except in the Broadway sphere. FWIW, Sondheim said the same thing a few years ago. Or did you miss that little comment?

by Anonymousreply 491October 26, 2022 2:51 PM

Sondheim not only said it to her face, he said it while they were on a live broadcast.

by Anonymousreply 492October 26, 2022 3:06 PM

She gave lousy head.

by Anonymousreply 493October 26, 2022 3:08 PM

She's like the only one besides someone with a Mc or a Mac who has a Lu and then a capital letter afterwards, as did her brother. Of course, her name sticks out.

by Anonymousreply 494October 26, 2022 5:39 PM

Does it matter whether she's a "star" or not? When she comes to my town, she sells out the 2000 person concert hall. Patti is certainly doing better than most.

by Anonymousreply 495October 26, 2022 5:58 PM

It mattered to Sondheim.

by Anonymousreply 496October 26, 2022 6:04 PM

News flash, he's dead.

by Anonymousreply 497October 26, 2022 6:05 PM

Odd comment to make when Patti is also old.

by Anonymousreply 498October 26, 2022 6:11 PM

R494, Excuse me?

by Anonymousreply 499October 26, 2022 6:44 PM

[quote]When she comes to my town, she sells out the 2000 person concert hall.

You must live in MARYville, USA!

by Anonymousreply 500October 26, 2022 8:59 PM

I called the Actors' Equity Association and they put me on hold.

This is what i heard...

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by Anonymousreply 501October 27, 2022 9:35 PM

Why hasn’t Patti updated her IMDB profile picture?

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by Anonymousreply 502February 16, 2023 1:52 AM
Patti LuPone Has Had Sufficient !!! (2024)

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