Two-time Tony Award and Grammy Award winner Patti LuPone returns to her roots with her new double-disc live album, "Don't Monkey With Broadway". Currently starring on Broadway in War Paint, and having taken her rightful place a Broadway legend, her style is stamped with an implicit credo: all guts, all glory. Recorded in concert in her hometown of Northport, Long Island, at the John W. Engeman Theatre, Ms. LuPone takes you behind the curtain on her life-long love affair with Broadway and her concern for what the Great White Way is becoming today. Produced by Michael J. Moritz Jr., "Don't Monkey With Broadway" features musical direction and arrangements by Joseph Thalken. Ms. LuPone is also joined by the Northport High School Tour Choir. Produced by Michael J. Moritz Jr., "Don't Monkey With Broadway" features musical direction and arrangements by Joseph Thalken. Ms. LuPone is also joined by the Northport High School Tour Choir.
A**R
Sonically ragged
LuPone-nics will revel. Others might not be entirely thrilled. It's a bit like someone's home movies; technically iffy. 'Trouble', the opening number from 'The Music Man' has the real wow factor that only LuPone can provide (& it's not the only written-for-a-man track on this live recording). It's real value is as a document; not as warm as her 'Matters of the Heart', nor as compelling as 'The Lady with the Torch'.
M**N
Five Stars
Anything by Patti Lupone is good for me. This concert album is no exception.
J**A
One of Patti's best...and that's saying something!
What a fantastic double album. It's filled with all the songs you'd expect from Ms LuPone (Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Some People, Blow Gabriel Blow), plus other big musical hits like Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat, Happy Talk, Trouble, and A Lot of Livin' to Do, from roles that Patti hasn't been able to play (mostly because they're male roles :-)). Interspersed with all this greatness, Patti chats about her life as a performer and her love of musicals. SO GOOD.
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