Patti Lupone

Pattie LuPone is an iconic Broadway star, whose roles include Evita, Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Company and Les Miserables.

Patti LuPone recently starred in solo show Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes at the London Coliseum on Sunday 16 February 2025.

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Patti LuPone’s many career highlights include:

Originating the role of Eva Perón in the Broadway production of Evita and playing Mama Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, both of which earned her Tony Awards.
Playing Fantine in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Moll in The Cradle Will Rock, winning the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in both
Olivier-nominated performance as Norma Desmond in the original London production of Sunset Boulevard and her Tony-nominated role as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
She also won two Grammy Awards for the recording of the 2007 Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in categories of Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording.
Winner of a Tony and Olivier Award for playing Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s acclaimed production of Sondheim’s Company in both London and New York.

Patti Lupone’s theatre roles

Patti LuPone is a three-time Tony Award winner and two-time Olivier Award winner whose performances include playing Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim musical Company in London and Broadway, winning an Olivier Award and Tony Award for the role. Also, 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.

In addition to Company, Patti’s recent NY stage appearances include the Scott Frankel-Michael Korie-Douglas Wright musical War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical), Douglas Carter Beane’s new play Shows For Days, at Lincoln Center Theater, her debut with the New York City Ballet as Anna 1 in their new production of The Seven Deadly Sins, Joanne in the New York Philharmonic’s production of Company, David Mamet’s The Anarchist, and Lincoln Center Theater’s production of the David Yazbeck-Jeffrey Lane musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, for which she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

Her other stage credits include appearances with the Los Angeles Opera in their new production of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles and Weill-Brecht’s Mahagonny (debut), 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! productions of Can-Can and Pal Joey, 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.

In London, where she most recently won her second Olivier Award for her performance as Joanne in Company, she recreated her Broadway performance of Maria Callas in Master Class, created the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination) and won her first 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.

Beginning in 2000 she 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.

Patti LuPone’s film credits

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; David Mamet’s Heist and State and Main; Just Looking; Summer of Sam; The 24 Hour Woman; Family Prayers;Driving Miss Daisy; Witness.

Patti LuPone’s TV credits

Marvel’s upcoming series Agatha: The Darkhold Diaries; the Netflix limited series Hollywood; Pose; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Penny Dreadful (Critics Choice nomination); Girls; American Horror Story: Coven; 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 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.

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