Patti LuPone

Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 10:45 p.m.

How loud should you be? Italian American performer Patti LuPone talks to Philip Dodd about why she doesn\u2019t consider herself an American, her politics, unsuccessful auditions, backbiting, corporate entertainment, #Me Too. Her career has taken her from a Broadway debut in a Chekhov play in 1973 to performances in the original productions of plays by David Mamet and musicals including Evita on Broadway and Les Mis\xe9rables and Sunset Boulevard in London\u2019s West End. She won a Tony award for her role as Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of the musical Gypsy. She\u2019s currently taking the role of Joanne in the production of Stephen Sondheim\u2019s Company in London\u2019s West End. The show directed by Marianne Elliott runs until March 30th 2019 Patti LuPone: A Memoir was published in 2010. Producer: Debbie Kilbride