| No... but it was surprisingly good for her | |
| Posted by: IvyLeagueDropout 03:18 am EST 02/13/21 | |
| In reply to: Did the Sunset Blvd debacle actually make Lupone a Bway superstar? - Zelgo 09:31 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| No doubt the firing was a brutal humiliation. But she was ultimately fortunate to have had it happen. -She received, reportedly, an extra million bucks with her payout. That provides a lot of security to someone whose income is mostly from stage work. -During the time she would have been in a Broadway run of Sunset, she needed surgery on her throat and separately for a detached retina. She would have missed a couple of months of performances, and would have received tremendous heat about that. -Although Close sold well, the production did lose its entire investment. That would have been laid at her feet had she starred in it. -Not doing Sunset freed her up to bring her 1 woman show to Broadway for an acclaimed limited run, replace Zoe Caldwell in Master Class to great notices and strong box office, and most significantly, star in the Encores! Pal Joey. Not only did she get a great response both in the theater and in the reviews, it began her collaboration with Lonny Price. She would go on to do 7 Sondheim shows at Ravinia under his direction, as well as NY Phil concerts of Sweeney, Passion and Candide. Those concerts led, ultimately, to the revivals of Sweeney and Gypsy. The painful closure of Patti's first act led directly to her very fruitful second act. |
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