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Ahead of an Australian tour, Patti LuPone talks to us about her extraordinary career as the undisputed queen of Broadway.
Patti LuPone has created some of the most iconic roles in musical theatre, and those she hasn’t originated, she’s made her own. Ahead of an Australian tour of her new show A Life in Notes, beginning at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the three-time Tony Award winner talks to Jansson J. Antmann about her extraordinary career as the undisputed queen of Broadway.
Patti LuPone is all smiles. Her latest show, A Life in Notes, has opened to rave reviews at Carnegie Hall, and rumours have begun circulating about an imminent return to Broadway with Mia Farrow in Jen Silverman’s play The Roommate.
“I know! Somebody leaked it,” she says with a laugh. “I swear I didn’t do it.”
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The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
After 30 years away from the musical theatre stage, Sarah Brightman returns as Norma Desmond in a new Australian production of Sunset Boulevard.
"I’m excited, intimidated …" Erin Clare returns to the Hayes for a new staging of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's lesser known gems.
“This is me. This is my world!” Tim Draxl puts a new and personal spin on Sunset Boulevard's cynical protagonist.
New Australian musicals, revivals of popular productions and new productions of crowd favourites: there's plenty to excite musical theatre fans in 2024.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
The Sydney-based director recalls his journey from the school choir to the operatic stage, via musical theatre and the Olympics.
What do the festivals have on offer in the year ahead?
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg discuss the concert spectacular Do You Hear the People Sing?, which charts their 50-year collaboration.
Currently playing Mary Poppins, the rising musical theatre star expresses gratitude for her violin training and reveals her family’s love for Celine Dion.
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