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04-21-2017, 07:44 PM
https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/04/21/april-21-happy-birthday-james-mcavoy-and-patti-lupone/
Musical theater star Patti LuPone is turning 68 today. After graduating from Juilliard she became an original member of John Houseman’s The Acting Company. She made her Broadway debut as Irina, the youngest title character in Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, and has appeared regularly through the years in David Mamet’s plays. However, her greatest success has come in musical theater. In 1979 she starred in the original Broadway production of Evita and won the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. In 1985 she sang Fantine in the original London production of Les Misérables, and won an Olivier Award for her work in that show as well as The Cradle Will Rock. She won a second Tony (out of six nominations) in 2008 for starring as Mama Rose in a revival of Gypsy.
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LuPone has also shared in a pair of Grammys for a recording of Kurt Weill’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Her most famous screen role came on television, where she starred as Libby Thatcher on Life Goes On. More recently she appeared on Penny Dreadful in the recurring role of Dr. Florence Seward.
Musical theater star Patti LuPone is turning 68 today. After graduating from Juilliard she became an original member of John Houseman’s The Acting Company. She made her Broadway debut as Irina, the youngest title character in Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, and has appeared regularly through the years in David Mamet’s plays. However, her greatest success has come in musical theater. In 1979 she starred in the original Broadway production of Evita and won the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. In 1985 she sang Fantine in the original London production of Les Misérables, and won an Olivier Award for her work in that show as well as The Cradle Will Rock. She won a second Tony (out of six nominations) in 2008 for starring as Mama Rose in a revival of Gypsy.
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LuPone has also shared in a pair of Grammys for a recording of Kurt Weill’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Her most famous screen role came on television, where she starred as Libby Thatcher on Life Goes On. More recently she appeared on Penny Dreadful in the recurring role of Dr. Florence Seward.