FROM BROADWAY TO NJPAC.

THAT VOICE. THAT POWER.

THAT PERSONALITY!

3X TONY AWARD WINNER

• By Mabel Pais

You guessed it! 

PATTI LUPONE brings her latest show, ‘A Life In Notes’ to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

In her new concert, ‘Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes,’ the three-time Tony Award winner performs an array of songs that are touchstones and reflections on her life growing up in America. The songs range from her youth during the burgeoning rock ‘n’ roll scene of the 1950s, to coming of age in the politically and socially turbulent ’60s, to eventually achieving success with both career and family.

THEATER

She is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim George Furth musical ‘Company,’ Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents classic ‘Gypsy’ and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s ‘Evita.’

Her previous New York stage credits include War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations); Shows for Days; The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet); Company (New York Philharmonic); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations); Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations); Noises Off; Master Class; Anything Goes (Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award); Oliver!; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). Ms. LuPone has also enjoyed a long association with David Mamet, starring on Broadway in productions of his plays The Anarchist, The Old Neighborhood, and The Water Engine; off-Broadway productions of Edmond and The Woods; as well as his films Heist and State and Main.

In London, she starred on the West End in Company (Olivier Award and WhatsOnStage awards); Master Class; and created the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (Olivier nomination). She was the first American artist to win an Olivier Award for her performances in The Acting Company’s production of The Cradle Will Rock and as Fantine—a role she also created—in the Royal Shakespeare Company and subsequent West End world premiere production of Les Misérables.

Ms. LuPone made her debut with the LA Opera in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny before returning to appear in the company’s production of The Ghost of Versailles. Her other operatic credits include Jake Heggie’s To Hell and Back for San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and title role in Regina at the Kennedy Center.

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.’

FILM 

Her roles in film are in Ari Aster’s ‘Beau is Afraid’ opposite Joaquin Phoenix; ‘The School for Good and Evil’ (Netflix); ‘Last Christmas;’ ‘The Comedian;’ ‘Union Square;’ ‘Parker;’ ‘City by the Sea;’ ‘Just Looking;’ ‘Summer of Sam;’ ‘The 24 Hour Woman;’ ‘Family Prayers;’ ‘Driving Miss Daisy;’ ‘Witness.’

TELEVISION/STREAMING

On Television and Streaming platforms, she has appeared in ‘Hollywood’ (Netflix); ‘Pose;’ ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend;’ ‘Penny Dreadful’ (Critics Choice nomination); ‘Girls;’ ‘American Horror Story: Coven & NYC;’ ‘Law & Order;’ ‘SVU;’ ‘Glee;’ ‘30 Rock;’ PBS Great Performances: ‘The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ (Grammy Award for the broadcast’s recording); ‘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;’ ‘Frasier’ (1998 Emmy nomination); ‘Law & Order;’ ‘An Evening with Patti LuPone’ (PBS), the NBC movie ‘Her Last Chance,’ Showtime’s ‘The Song Spinner’ (Daytime Emmy nomination, Best Actress); ‘The Water Engine;’ ‘L.B.J.;’ AMC’s Remember ‘WENN;’ and ABC’s ‘Life Goes On.’ 

RECORDINGS

Recordings include ‘A Life in Notes,’ ‘Don’t Monkey with Broadway,’ ‘Far Away Places,’ ‘Patti LuPone at Les Mouches,’ ‘The Lady with the Torch,’ and many original cast recordings including, most recently: the West End production of Company, ‘War Paint,’ ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,’ ‘Gypsy,’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’ (both the 2006 Broadway revival cast recording and 2000 live performance recording on NY Philharmonic’s Special Editions Label). 

AUTHOR

She is the author of the NY Times best-selling memoir ‘Patti LuPone: A Memoir.’

TICKETS

To experience Patti Lupone live at NJPAC, visit njpac.org or the NJPAC Box Office or call 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC),

JPAC located in downtown Newark, N.J., is America’s most diverse performing arts center, and the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey – where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the state’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, which have reached almost 2 million children, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted more than 10 million visitors since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.

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(Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education.)