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Patti LuPone recently discovered that she has something in common with Helena Rubinstein, the makeup mogul and Polish Jewish immigrant she is currently portraying in the Broadway musical “War Paint.” Using the genealogy website 23andMe, she found out that she is 87% Southern Italian and 12% Eastern European and North African. That means she may…
In general, women in their sixties are not to be crossed, especially those who have experienced professional success in their lifetime. They’ve likely spent the last 60 or so years dealing with no insignificant amount of bullshit and have developed the unique ability to leave their haters in pieces on the ground, wondering how they’ll…
There’s a lot of glorious reasons to watch the new episode of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” 1) Patti LuPone will be making an appearance as Rachel Bloom’s rabbi. 2) The two will dance the hora together. 3) LuPone sings a whole guilt-inducing song about the Jews and suffering, accompanied by Tovah Feldshuh, who plays Bloom’s mother. Sample…
Posted outside the Golden Theater on 45th Street — where, until recently, David Mamet’s newest play, “The Anarchist,” was running right down the block from his masterpiece, “Glengarry Glen Ross” — is the full text of an opinion piece Mamet wrote for The New York Times in November entitled “Considering the Excesses of Protest.” In…
Last night, as a performance of “An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin” drew to a close, one of those unscripted, magical moments on Broadway unfolded before an appreciative crowd at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. As the audience cheered wildly and applauded the veteran stars for their musical theater revue of songs from such…
Mandy Patinkin has yet to meet a medium he cannot conquer. He first hit national prominence as Che Guevara opposite Patti LuPone’s Eva Perón in the Broadway production of “Evita,” for which he won a Tony Award. His film credits include “The Princess Bride,” in which he uttered the iconic lines: “My name is Inigo…
