SUNSET BLVD - With One Look - Patti LuPone

One year later than previous vid, ALW's Sydmonton performance now has Patti LuPone with her 2yr "guaranteed" contract, shot 9-5-92.

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[lcowles]

Still, the only woman to do this song in it's original key WITHOUT the modulation at the end to lower the key.  Patti is THE bomb!

[mnactr]

Such diction, such musicality, such drama...the woman is a theatre treasure.

[princepeterwolf]

dear lord, that was perfect

[Rodeo6521]

@lcowles Absolutely! I have the soundtrack from the London production and Patti's vocal virtuosity is extraordinary. Just like Evita, the keys and range were changed for the women who followed her in the role - because they could not sing the role like Patti.

[tinyhermione]

@hbotis Without at doubt! Patti was Norma. Glenn can act incredibly well (obviously), but no one will ever, ever compare with Patti.

[hbotis]

@tinyhermione

Patti is the only original-- Glenn Close cannot even sing!

[jjarndyce]

Absolutely fantastic. The point of her performance is that Norma's fragility is SHIELDED here. Brilliant.

[tinyhermione]

Flawless.

[MondoMiami]

Nails on a chalkboard.

[goerizal1]

the singing is perfect, diction, phrasing, pause and those lips are just unimaginable - but the soul of the woman in distress is not there. you will find that with glenn close. that is the whole of it.

[elgozador]

OMG, Glenn close hams it up in a Mommy Dearest sort of camp that is fun to watch. But listen to Patti's mastery of this song. Nobody else sings all those notes like that. The only person who comes close is Betty Buckley in terms of the musicality. This is a masterclass of musical theatre singing.

[ensemble10]

Wonderful. But I like Glenn Close's version slightly better