Trepidatious Patti LuPone Raves About Broadway’s New ‘Sunset Blvd.’
Last month, Patti LuPone appeared on The View and seemed more than a little apprehensive about seeing the new Broadway production of Sunset Blvd., the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that LuPone once (and briefly) headed.
LuPone, who was fired by Lloyd Webber shortly after creating the show’s Norma Desmond in the original London production back in 1993, told The View cohosts she was “curious” to see the Jamie Lloyd-directed production, especially because “it’s a lumbering musical, it always has been, so I’m curious to see what he’s going to do to make it less lumbering.”
Apparently, he’s done a lot.
“I loved it,” LuPone told Frank Dilella, the anchor and host of New York’s Spectrum News’ On Stage program, in a recorded voice message. Dilella shared the recording on Instagram (listen below).
“I saw Sunset Blvd. last night,” LuPone says. “Now, I went in...
LuPone, who was fired by Lloyd Webber shortly after creating the show’s Norma Desmond in the original London production back in 1993, told The View cohosts she was “curious” to see the Jamie Lloyd-directed production, especially because “it’s a lumbering musical, it always has been, so I’m curious to see what he’s going to do to make it less lumbering.”
Apparently, he’s done a lot.
“I loved it,” LuPone told Frank Dilella, the anchor and host of New York’s Spectrum News’ On Stage program, in a recorded voice message. Dilella shared the recording on Instagram (listen below).
“I saw Sunset Blvd. last night,” LuPone says. “Now, I went in...
- 12/12/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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