Patti’s Turn
Just for fun! This has nothing to do with Pal Joey but it’s a good laugh.
Listen as Patti LuPone lambasts a picture taker during a performance of Gypsy and then has the person thrown out of the theater. (The fun starts at timecode:47.)
February 17, 2009 | Catherine | Comments 4
Emile | Feb 18, 2009 | Reply
Patti may be one of the world’s biggest divas but OMG, I LOVE HER!!
Ritter | Feb 18, 2009 | Reply
Here’s a transcript I found on the net:
“Stop, stop, stop taking pictures right now. You heard the announcement. Who do you think you are? Get them out. How dare you? Who do you think you are? I won’t continue with them taking pictures. Get them out.”
“Turn the lights back on. They’re right back there. Three times, three times you took a picture. You heard the announcement in the beginning, you heard the announcement at intermission, who do you think you are? This is a theatre.
“I have to say this: We have forgotten our public manners. And we have forgotten that we are in a community, and this is the theatre, and every single one of you, all of you, except for that person has respect for that. And I and the rest of the company appreciate it.”
Liz | Feb 19, 2009 | Reply
I’m having a hard time imagining how I would feel if this happened during a show I was seeing. Would I applaud like a lot of people did, or would I think damn, I was really into that song - how am I going to get this out of my head and enjoy the rest of the show?
Howard | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
My gosh, she’s got some mouth! I’d give anything to listen to the conversation between Patti and Andrew Lloyd Weber when he told her he was replacing her in “Sunset Boulevard.”