Patti LuPone - OLIVER! - As Long As He Needs Me

[aavauxhall]

The award for the worst bit of directing I have ever seen goes to..... Who the hell makes someone walk backwards, upstage, up a staircase to the climax of a song????? She's a legend....

[nektariou1967]

Someone commented on the use of vibrato. There's is a balance to be struck, there. Lupone meets that balance to perfection. Dinah Shore, for instance, did not.

[oldschoolbrawlers]

She really doesn't know how to sing this song. In fact, her singing in general is just too much VIBRATO.

[Mgcian55]

singing any song with a limited vibrato can be unhealthy. singing unhealthily is the essence of not knowing how to sing any song.

[MrMusicstone]

Her singing is super human, its amazing. and the only people who make fun of vibrato are the ones who dont have vibrato bitch! so fuck you!

[intomybrain12345]

@oldschoolbrawlers You are STUPID!!!!

[love4everx3]

best nancy. ever.

[operastar1994]

agreed

[Jamiekennywicked]

can u post the death scene plz

[Rapture1987]

There's no denying what a riveting belter Ms. LuPone is - and I've seen her live in both SWEENEY TODD and GYPSY -like Merman, it's amazing how commanding & explosive her voice is even today, 25 years after OLIVER!

BUT, this is one of my fav. songs, and it's just SUCH A PITY that Patti doesn't show enough of the *VULNERABILITY* she exemplified when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" in LES MIS a year later.

Even in GYPSY, often I felt she was simply belting without any kind of emotional nuance.

[dragonfli12001]

Really? In Gypsy you felt that way? She gave me goosebumps!

[Rapture1987]

I much preferred Bernadette Peters, whom I saw in the 2003/2004 Broadway revival - despite the fact that Ms. Peters was having a little vocal trouble at the time, I thought she portrayed Rose as a much more believable and sympathetic character.

The only scene in which Patti's Rose had a real impact on me was when she was dressing Louise up for her first strip. I saw the mother in her. There should have been at LEAST a FEW MORE moments like that.

[Rapture1987]

Bernadette Peter's Rose was a human being who was capable of occasional monstrosity - which I think is much more like it.

Patti Lupone's Rose was a monster whose moments of humanity were MUCH TOO FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

As the protagonist, I don't think Rose can be the ultimate narcissist type or the borderline sociopath type (which is more like how I saw Patti play her).

I honestly couldn't sympathise with ANY of the characters in the Lupone revival - except perhaps for the 3 strippers.

[wickedude]

Angela Lansbury? She's kind of old now, though... Unless you meant years ago. I think she'd be excellent.

[taramino]

What a talent. However, I thought she through it away in her musicality. She wasn't in "the moment" during this performance. I think that she could have sustained her high notes and the emotional moments of the song longer.

[313pookie313]

To know Patti is to love her...and she's a handful!

If you love crude brassy broads, Patti is the gal for you..and me...lol

You go girl!

[newrochellephoenix]

Indeed-the woman is a earth goddess.

[Tharkun]

...I think this is the only character I've actually seen Patti LuPone do well.

[Chriswren9]

hateful...

[Tharkun]

Nah - I'm just saying she's an alto. Who can't really top Angela Lansbury's merry-murderess take on Lovett.

[Chriswren9]

I do disagree there and I have a saying "You may not argue with the Tony" and she happened to be a nominee for just that role...Mind: you may have your own opinion and this one is mine.

[DonJuan1992]

Though Angela won it for that role. Mind you I did love Pattis take on Lovett I think they both deserved Tonys. Patti is a musical goddess

[madbassin]

I first became attentive to Patti Lupone and her charisma when she did a rendition of this song with a lot of character (not in costume) that the camera caught on a channel thirteen nyc membership drive. I think she did a spiel for people to call in to become a member.I wonder if that is lost video. do they archive?

[NewNickTahoe]

That was from her one woman show she did a while back. That performance for PBS was taped in Palm Springs and is available. I will post for you soon if you like...

[madbassin]

wow. I'm new to youtube. my first time posting and you respond with great news!

[NWAstewardass]

I had the opportunity to hear her do this live at the WILL AWARDS in WDC. Was truely amazing. So grt to see this now. Just saw her in Gypsy 2 nites ago. SO worth it. Everyone should go see her! Truely AMAZING!

[crvrslpntddsstrs]

I wish I could have seen this live, but I couldn't b/c I WASN'T ALIVE!

And I wish that there was a cast recording. I would love to hear more of her singing Nancy's songs.

:-)

[TheITinFIT]

it's great to have you back nick tahoe!!

[Mattie506]

she sed on her website this only ran 4 2 weeks!

[darkjosh]

woahh, thank you, this is great!!

[musicaldudepeter]

Where are "It's a Fine Life" and "oom pah pah" that used to be posted? they were taken down?

[NewNickTahoe]

actors equity again filed copyright infringement. they removed them (and youtube removed my old account and all 100 vids) :(

[tonyesque]

Is Equity in charge of London theatre as well?? sheesh! Well they haven't noticed this one. Maybe you could try putting the other two up again...?

[renethel]

no, but they have a similar union.

[jackhurst85]

and mrs lovett and evita and everything!

[jackhurst85]

she is fantastic as nancy!

[crvrslpntddsstrs]

thank you SO much for putting this up, Nick.

[ImperfectlyPerfect2]

I wish there had been a cast recording for the show. :[ Wonderful video!

[Simplysims001]

@ImperfectlyPerfect2 On the Oliver OBC Soundtrack (The collector's edition) There's a bonus track with her singing this. If you'd like, I can post it!

[jenard20]

@Simplysims001 post it

[Simplysims001]

@jenard20 ... Okay ... a please could have done the trick! :)

[jenard20]

@Simplysims001 oh im sorry i didnt evn notice, i apologize

[Simplysims001]

@jenard20 :D Hahaha its okay I was just kidding! :)

[webuster]

hey gr8 clip!! Can you post Patti singing Oom Pah Pah?