Patti LuPone to perform Broadway favorites

MORRISTOWN — Tony-Winning performer Patti LuPone takes the stage for an evening of Broadway favorites at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $49 to $89.

LuPone's performance, "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda played that part," features songs from musicals which she could have played, should have played, did play and will play. The list of shows includes "Hair," "Bye Bye Birdie," "Funny Girl," "West Side Story," "Peter Pan," and selections from her Tony Winning performances in "Evita" and "Gypsy." LuPone performs backed by a pianist.

The performance was conceived and directed by Scott Whitman, with musical arrangements by Dick Gallagher.

Author of the New York Times bestseller, "Patti LuPone: A Memoir," LuPone will be seen this spring on the Showtime series "Penny Dreadful." Her most recent Broadway appearances include David Mamet's "The Anarchist" and Lincoln Center Theater's production of the new musical "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," for which she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

Other recent NY stage appearances include her debut with the New York City Ballet as Anna in their new production of "The Seven Deadly Sins" and her performance as Joanne in the New York Philharmonic's production of "Company."

Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Performance of the Season for her performance as Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway production of "Gypsy," her other stage credits include her debut with the Los Angeles Opera in Weill-Brecht's Mahagonny, the world premiere of Jake Heggie's opera "To Hell and Back" with San Francisco's Baroque Philharmonia Orchestra, Mrs. Lovett in John Doyle's production of "Sweeney Todd" (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations; Drama League Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre), the title role in Marc Blitzstein's "Regina," a musical version of Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes" at the Kennedy Center, Fosca in a concert version of "Passion," which was also broadcast on PBS' Live From Lincoln Center, a multi-city tour of her theatrical concert "Matters of the Heart," the City Center Encores! production of "Can-Can," the NY Philharmonic's productions of "Candide" and "Sweeney Todd" (NY Phil debut) and performances on Broadway in Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," David Mamet's "The Old Neighborhood," Terrence McNally's "Master Class" and in her own concert "Patti LuPone On Broadway."

Since 2000 she's appeared regularly at the Ravinia Festival: first, in its Sondheim series when she starred as Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd," Desiree in "A Little Night Music," Fosca in "Passion," Cora Hooper in "Anyone Can Whistle," Madame Rose in "Gypsy" and in two different roles in "Sunday in the Park with George." Her subsequent appearances there include a reprise of her performance in Heggie's "To Hell and Back," a concert performance of Weill's "The Seven Deadly Sins" and starring in the title role in a concert production of "Annie Get Your Gun."

A graduate of the first class of the Drama Division of New York's Juilliard School and a founding member of John Houseman's "The Acting Company" in which she toured the country for four years, her subsequent New York credits include Dario Fo's "Accidental Death of An Anarchist," David Mamet's "The Water Engine," "Edmond" and "The Woods" and Israel Horovitz' Stage Directions and performances in the musicals "Pal Joey" for City Center Encores!, "Anything Goes" (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), "The Cradle Will Rock," "Oliver!," "Evita "(Tony and Drama Desk Awards- Best Actress in a Musical), "Working" and "The Robber Bridegroom." In London, she won the Olivier Award for her performances as Fantine in the original production of Les Miserables and in the Acting Company production of "The Cradle Will Rock." She also created the role of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" and recreated her Broadway performance of Maria Callas in "Master Class."

Film appearances include "Union Square," "Parker," "City By The Sea," David Mamet's "Heist," "State and Main," "Just Looking," "Summer of Sam," "The 24 Hour Woman," "Family Prayers," "Driving Miss Daisy," "Witness."

TV credits include: "Girls," "American Horror Story: Coven," "Law & Order: SVU," "Glee," "30 Rock," PBS Great Performances "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," "Ugly Betty," "Will & Grace" (as herself), PBS Great Performances' "Candide," "Oz," the TNT film "Monday Night Mayhem," PBS' Evening "At The Pops with John Williams and Yo Yo Ma," "Falcone," "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story" (Showtime); "Frasier" (1998 Emmy nomination); "Law & Order," "An Evening with Patti LuPone" (PBS), the NBC movie "Her Last Chance," Showtime's ACE Award and Emmy nominated "The Song Spinner" (Daytime Emmy nomination, Best Actress), "The Water Engine," "L.B.J.," AMC's "Remember WENN" and ABC's "Life Goes On."

The Mayo Performing Arts Center is located at 100 South St. in Morristown. For more information or tickets contact the box office at 973-539-8008 or visit www.mayoarts.org.