Since last year, Broadway has taken a hard-hitting from the incomparable Patti LuPone. After turning over her Actor's Equity Card, the theater icon has candidly revealed her displeasure toward what is happening right now on Broadway.
In an interview with LuPone in "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen," LuPone, despite all the drama that has unfolded, still has good memories from Broadway, and she listed down the five best Broadway shows in her opinion.
5 Best Broadway Shows According to Patti LuPone
At No. 5 was Peter Brook's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," followed by RSC's Nicholas Nickleby. What came in third was actually a fan-favorite and one of the longest-running musicals on Broadway - "Hamilton."
At No. 2 was "A Chorus Line," and finally, her in "Gypsy." The last one wasn't actually surprising, given that she won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for that role.
John Leguizamo, who was also a guest at the time, had a different No. 1, saying he saw "LuPone" in "Evita," which was "life-changing." According to LuPone, that could be No. 1 too, but "Gypsy" was more fun to do instead.
"It was hard to think about all of them because there's been so many that have had an effect on me. You know, how do you weigh them?" she told Cohen.
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Elsewhere in her interview, LuPone also revealed that she would be in a Marvel film, "Agatha: Coven of Chaos," along with Kathryn Hann reprising her role as Agatha Harkness from "Wandavision." She was reported to be in the same cast as "Heartstopper" actor Joe Locke and Aubrey Plaza, among many others.
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Patti LuPone Never Returning To Broadway?
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Patti LuPone unleashed a very scathing description of what she thought Broadway was right now. When asked if she ever plans on returning to Broadway, she revealed that there was an offer for her, but she advises the producer not to do that on Broadway and on East Fourth Street instead.
"Broadway's now turning into a combination of Disney, Las Vegas and the circus. Plays are closing. The education of an audience is in grave danger. And so what's the point? Plus Times Square is a nightmare. It's like the lowest common denominator of humanity hanging out in Times Square," she revealed.
LuPone also added that theater is becoming "way too expensive," to which she came to the realization that she would never do eight shows a week again ever.
"It's just over. I mean, I have had that [Actors Equity] card for 50 years, 1973 to 2023. And that's enough. I don't want to be on stage. I want to end my career on film," she added.
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