Patti LuPone - As If We Never Said Goodbye

Patti LuPone singing "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard. The quality's horrible, but she sounds beautiful. The LuPone should have been Norma Desmond on Broadway !

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Entertainment

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• Patti
• LuPone
• As
• If
• We
• Never
• Said
• Goodbye
• Sunset
• Boulevard
• Norma
• Desmond

[mosshart21]

I can't help but smile at the fact that more than fifteen years after the fact people are still debating who was the more capable NORMA and why.

[gmr9233]

As someone who saw Patti Lupone live in the Sunset Blvd in London, I can assure you her performance reigns far superior from those who came AFTER her. There is a reason why she was selected by ALW. For those who live by what newspaper critics write, they panned Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. So think before you write.

[greg1lewin]

You should also see Glenn's performance of With One Look at ALW's 50th b-day celebration at the Royal Albert Hall. It's on youtube. She just exudes Norma. This part requires an actress. Patti's version, by comparison is very flat and uninspired. She's just sounding the same to me in all her roles, no nuances.

[greg1lewin]

I've been reading these comments and just went to see the Glenn Close performance.

ALW made the right choice in replacing Patti. She's far too young. Glenn acts the part--a silent film star, melodramatic, over the top, a diva...yet her desperate vulnerability is so evident.  Patti brings none of that to the part. She's a good singer. But Glenn is a a far superior Norma. btw,I saw Elaine Page and she was great.

[NeuwirthFan]

@sabrinafair2 she doesnt have nasty comments about Glenn in her book. she basically expresses how bad she felt and how Glenn never called her after what happened.

[dogatemywookiee]

@gmr9233 I saw all the Normas and I liked Petula better :)

[KuroInuSama69]

this may be a patti L page. but I have hearf ALL the Normas ... and next to Swanson in the movie (not a musical)  Glen Close IS NORMA!. God! I pray Madonna Does not do this movie!

[maaltma]

patti is great .i saw betty .betty reached a high note that sent a chill down my spine. and here intepitaion made norma more vunerable.not just crazy

[elcabrone]

luv all the debate on Patti & Glenn. but we all know if they finally do make the movie version ALW will go for Streisand who, I think, has always wanted for his Norma. he knew Streisand would never do broadway again but he wrote it with Barbra's voice in mind. watching the 'live' performance of Streisand doing this song and it's clear who ALW had in mind when he wrote 'Sunset Blvd'.

[Jonboi713]

All I have to say is they had to lower the key so Glenn could sing it. It ruins most of the songs. Patti reigns FAR superior!

[dogatemywookiee]

@sabrinafair2 Yeah but she's an employee on a contract if they're in breach of contract she goes legal, plus she got paid out of her contract for Broadway. Her need for 'loyalty' in a business like this is a bit naive for someone whose superb and been round playing the game for so long. The Sunset Blvd chapter just upset me, I grew up with Sunset, I saw EVERY Norma on the West End and her comments about the final performance... SEETHING. Slags off another actor, well cast.