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Broadway legend LuPone, a five-time Tony nominee and two-time Tony winner, raises the curtain on her life and career in this engaging memoir. Detailing both her travails and her triumphs, she takes the reader on a guided tour recalling some memorable moments in musical theater. She began in her teens when she and her twin brothers performed on Long Island as the LuPone Trio. On a 1968 scholarship at John Houseman's Juilliard Drama Division, she was 'overwhelmed with fear,' but then toured with Houseman's Acting Company from 1972 to 1976. After her 1973 Broadway debut in Three Sisters came a parade of awards and acclaimed performances (Evita, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, Gypsy), solo concerts, films (Driving Miss Daisy), TV (Oz, 30 Rock), recordings, and her one-woman show, Patti LuPone on Broadway . LuPone is the ultimate backstage gossip, and she never pulls her punches: During the ill-fated Baker's Wife, she despised actor Chaim Topol ('an asshole') and had little enthusiasm for his replacement, Paul Sorvino (‘'like having Howdy Doody at Auschwitz'). With razor-sharp memories and hundreds of colorful anecdotes, LuPone knows how to capture an audience. She makes an easy transition from stage to page, writing with wit, flamboyant energy, and a theatrical flair. (Sep. 14)
Memoir LuPone wrote a memoir recounting her life and career from childhood to the present, which was released in September 2010. Dumpchk exe download. It was simply titled Patti LuPone: A Memoir, which was, according to LuPone, the winner of the competition she held to name the book. With chapters covering everything from her childhood in Northport, Long Island, to closing night of Gypsy, plus more than 100 photos of the star onstage and off, Patti LuPone: A Memoir is a. 'Patti Lupone: A Memoir' is a MUST READ for people in the industry as well for the people who are patrons of the art. Lupone speaks with great candor about the ups and downs, the hits and misses, the struggle to create while the powers that be seem to be constantly underlying the importance of the talent and creativity of the actor.
Patti Lupone Book
Reviewed on: 08/09/2010
Release date: 09/01/2010
Genre: Nonfiction
Downloadable Audio - 978-0-307-74884-3
Ebook - 202 pages - 978-0-307-46075-2
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Audio book sample courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio
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