Broadway legend Patti LuPone on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse

[abb9211]

7:21-7:24 bahahha! She's perfection!

[MrJohninphx]

Patti is an actress that really embodies the charactors that she plays with a great deal of honesty and intelligence and I love that about her. Her clarity and diction on stage is prefect... However, in this interview I am really having trouble understanding her because she is speaking so.damn. FAST ! SLow down Patti dear, we want to hear what you have to say. Love you just the same.

[livuali]

well, she didn't exaclt live like a monk...she did a cabaret show on saturday nights at les mouches..

[less01]

Its Eva Peron

[CleveNMLActor]

soooooo amazing!

[fountainchain126]

What is she talking about the Ronald Reagan thing.......

[TONYFROMWESTSIDE]

@fountainchain126 There was a TV movie about 'The Regans' which came out close to the time of this interview... and it was axed at the last minute, as 'someone' felt it was painting the Regan's in an unfavourable light. The TV movie had James Brolin as Ronald Regan and Judy Davis as Nancy - this is how Patti leads into her comments about Judy Davis and how brilliant she is as an actress and how she should have played EVITA in the film... lol. and Marni Nixon could have sung for her. LMAO -

[fountainchain126]

@TONYFROMWESTSIDE Ah I see - thanks a lot!! :)

[fountainchain126]

What is she on about when she says "They are laborious at best...They don't know how to disguise any flaw...." etc - Can someone explain that section about the British & Broadway musicals being flawed? It's so random & hard to understand!!!!

[TONYFROMWESTSIDE]

@fountainchain126 She is talking about english directors in general, with reference to Trevor Nunn and when he directed her in Sunset Boulevard. She does have a point.... it's true what she's saying... broadway musicals are flawed... and a director needs to disguise these flaws in the script as best he can... but she's saying here that english directors are better at Shakespeare and Restoration, but not Broadway musicals.

[GRAYBARN1]

Hats off Patty.Your the tops.Oh heck! I knew this in 79 when my ex used to ask me " what do you see in her "? My answer was Heh this is a GREAT musical. Eva oops PATTI you say you hit the wall in EVITA. No wonder.You captured her totally. If she watched this interview,I know she is laughing her butt off and saying so you wanted to act like me.Well you got it.VIVA EVITA AND VIVA PATTI.Love ya both. 

[silenthillmaster755]

haha i love when she talked about taking things

[RinntasticCurly]

"What can I steal from this room?" - Love Patti. <3

[MTVMANN]

Interesting to see that a mouse changed her career!

[fountainchain126]

When they talk about her performance in "Sweeney Todd", are they talking about the 2001 concert performance with George Hearn or the 2005 Broadway revival with Michael Cerveris? Like, is she talking about Director Lonny Price or John Doyle?? In other words, when was this interview exactly- what year?

Thanks!!

[HoustonPBS]

@fountainchain126 This interview as shot before the 2005 revival.

Thanks for watching!

[mascolo66]

i can watch this over and over again

[hole1991]

Do you think her comment on television and film actors coming to stage is relevant, because there have been examples of very successful theatre acting from, for example, Daniel Radcliffe in Equus.

Do you guys think it is something a TV/Film can learn as they go along?

[hole1991]

@hole1991

Oh and also, there was also Hayley Mills (who has done stage work without training) and Christina Applegate.

[MTVMANN]

@hole1991 You'll find a lot of people bash Christina Applegates performance in "Sweet Charity"...

[hole1991]

@MTVMANN

Do they? Oh, sorry, I'm not very researched, but I thought the other example are reasonable. Are they? I mean, Daniel Radcliffe got very good press for Equus (I know that much) and I know he did do stage work in "The Play I wrote" when he was 13 and things. I just wonder if actors who haven't necessarily trained can still do theatre and learn different techniques and things as they go along?

[heidston]

Holy toledo!

[hole1991]

She is pretty darn awesome. She is very entertaining and interesting.

Did she create Evita? I thought Elaine Paige did or don't they count the West End production and meant she created it on Broadway?

[fountainchain126]

@hole1991 Elaine Paige created the role in London's West End in 1978 and won the Olivier Award for her performance. LuPone created the role on Broadway in 1979 and won the Tony Award. Each actress created the role in their 'home' productions.

[hole1991]

@fountainchain126

Oh, thanks very much!

[fountainchain126]

@hole1991 no probs!

[nyugallatin13]

she's my idol!

[dannyboythegreat]

This a wonderful interview! It's so interesting hearing about these shows I have only listened to from her perspective!