Patti LuPone is thrilled to be reunited with her Evita co-star for their concert series. Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Performance of the Season for her performance as Madame Rose in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Gypsy, Miss LuPone’s other recent stage credits include her debut with the Los Angeles Opera in Weill-Brecht’s Mahagonny, the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s opera To Hell and Back with San Francisco’s Baroque Philharmonia Orchestra, Mrs. Lovett in the Broadway production of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations; Drama League Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre), the title role in Marc Blitzstein’s Regina, a musical version of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes at the Kennedy Center, a critically acclaimed performance as Fosca in a concert version of Sondheim’s Passion (which was also broadcast on PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center), and a multi-city tour of her theatrical concert Matters of the Heart. She has also performed Matters of the Heart internationally, including runs at Australia’s Sydney Festival and London’s Donmar Warehouse.
Miss LuPone also performs three other solo concerts: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda (with which she made a triumphant solo concert debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall), The Lady with the Torch (which she also premiered at Carnegie Hall) and The Gypsy in My Soul. Her other New York stage appearances include the City Center Encores! production of Can-Can, the NY Philharmonic’s productions of Candide and Sweeney Todd (NY Phil debut), and performances on Broadway in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, David Mamet’s The Old Neighborhood, Terrence McNally’s Master Class, in her own concert Patti LuPone On Broadway, and three sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall. Beginning in 2000 she has appeared regularly in the Ravinia Festival’s critically acclaimed Sondheim series, starring as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Desiree in A Little Night Music, Fosca in Passion, Cora Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle, Madame Rose in Gypsy, and in two different roles in Sunday in the Park with George.
A graduate of the first class of the Drama Division of New York’s Juilliard School and a founding member of John Houseman’s The Acting Company, her subsequent New York credits include Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of An Anarchist; David Mamet’s The Water Engine, Edmond and The Woods; Israel Horovitz’s Stage Directions; and performances in the musicals Pal Joey for City Center Encores!, Anything Goes, The Cradle Will Rock, Oliver!, Evita (Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Best Actress in a Musical), Working and The Robber Bridegroom. In London she won the Olivier Award for her performances as Fantine in the original production of Les Miserables and in the Acting Company production of The Cradle Will Rock. She also created the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and recreated her Broadway performance of Maria Callas in Master Class.
Films include: City By the Sea, David Mamet’s Heist and State and Main, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy and Witness. TV includes: “30 Rock,” “Ugly Betty,” NBC’s “Will & Grace” (as herself), the Emmy Award-winning PBS broadcasts of Passion and Sweeney Todd, PBS Great Performances’ Candide, Oz, the TNT film Monday Night Mayhem, “Frasier” (1998 Emmy nomination), “Law & Order,” “An Evening with Patti LuPone” (PBS) and ABC’s “Life Goes On.” Recordings include the 2008 Broadway cast recording of Gypsy, The Lady With the Torch, Sweeney Todd (both the 2006 Broadway revival cast recording and 2000 live performance recording on NY Philharmonic’s Special Editions Label), Matters of the Heart (cited as one of the best recordings of 1999 by both TimeOut/NY and The Times of London), Pal Joey, Heatwave with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Sunset Boulevard, and Patti LuPone Live. www.pattilupone.net
Patti LuPone began her theatrical training as a member of Group 1 of the new Drama Division of The Juilliard School, created by John Houseman and Michel Saint-Denis in anticipation of Juilliard’s move to its new home in Lincoln Center. Several productions, which were later performed by The Acting Company, were originally produced and performed by the students of Group 1 of The Juilliard School’s Drama Division. In 1972, upon graduation from The Juilliard School, members of Group 1 were invited to become the original members of John Houseman’s The Acting Company.
Broadway: Evita, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Oliver!, Anything Goes, Patti LuPone on Broadway, The Old Neighborhood, Noises Off, Gypsy, Master Class, Working
The Acting Company: Women Beware Women, The Lower Depths, The Hostage, The School for Scandal, Next Time I’ll Sing to You, Measure for Measure, The Three Sisters, The Beggar’s Opera, Scapin, The Diary of Adam and Eve from The Apple Tree, Edward II, The Time of Your Life, The Robber Bridegroom, The Orchestra, Love’s Labours Lost, Arms and the Man, The Way of the World
Other Theater: Evita, As You Like It, Edmund, America Kicks Up Its Heels, The Cradle Will Rock, Henry IV Part 1, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Misérables, Patti LuPone Live, Sunset Boulevard, Pal Joey, Master Class, The Baker’s Wife, All Men Are Whores, The Woods, The Blue Hour, The Water Engine, Annie Get Your Gun, Sweeney Todd, Matters of the Heart, A Little Night Music, Passion, Can Can, Candide, Sunday in the Park with George, Regina, Passion, Anyone Can Whistle, Gypsy, To Hell and Back, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Stage Directions, Catchpenny Twist, Iphegnia (Rock Musical)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
1941 (1979)
Fighting Back (1982)
Witness (1985)
Cat’s Eye (1985)
Wise Guys (1986)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Family Prayers (1993)
24 Hour Woman (1999)
Just Looking (1999)
Summer of Sam (1999)
Bad Faith (2000)
State and Main (2000)
Heist (2001)
The Victim (2001)
City by the Sea (2002)
The Baker’s Wife (Original cast recording)
Working (Original Broadway cast recording)
Evita (Original Broadway cast recording)
The Cradle Will Rock (The Acting Company recording)
Les Miserables (Royal Shakespeare Company recording)
Anything Goes (Lincoln Center Theatre recording)
Hey! Mr. Producer
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Heat Wave (John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra)
Patti LuPone Live
Sunset Boulevard (World premiere/original London cast recording)
Pal Joey (Encore series recording)
Matters of the Heart
Sweeney Todd (New York Philharmonic recording)
Grateful — The songs of John Bucchino
Philadelphia Chickens (Sandra Boynton and Michael Ford)
Family Guy: Live in Las Vegas
Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Cast recording)
The Lady With The Torch
To Hell and Back (Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer)
Blue Moo (Sandra Boynton and Michael Ford)
Gypsy (2008 Broadway Cast Recording)
Patti LuPone Live at Les Mouches
2009 Grammy Award: Best Classical Album, Best Opera Recording
The Time of Your Life (1976) — PBS
The Cradle Will Rock (1986) — PBS
LBJ: The Early Years (1986) — NBC
A Sicilian in Sicily (1986) — RAI
Life Goes On (1989-1993) — ABC
In Performance at The White House (1990) — PBS
with Marilyn Horne
The Water Engine (1991) — TNT
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992) — PBS
The Song Spinner (1995) — Showtime
Her Last Chance (1995) — NBC
Remember WENN (1996) — AMC
An Evening with Patti LuPone (1998) — PBS
Frasier, “Beware of Greeks” (1999) — NBC
In Performance at The White House (1999) — PBS
“The Singer and the Song”
Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story (1999) — Showtime
Falcone (1999) — CBS (mini series)
Sweeney Todd (2001) — PBS
Monday Night Mayhem (2002) — TNT
Oz (2003, Final Season) — HBO (series)
Candide (2005) — PBS Great Performances
Will and Grace (2005, as Patti LuPone) — NBC
Passion (2005) — PBS, Live from Lincoln Center
Ugly Betty (2007) — ABC
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007) — PBS
Great Performances