"In 1950, there was Ethel Merman. In 1960, there was Carol Channing. But Patti LuPone is the Broadway diva of the new millennium. LuPone, who is not only a Broadway living legend, but also a successful film and television actress, isn’t afraid to make a few enemies in her memoir, Patti LuPone: A Memoir. Although the book suffers from a redundant and ho-hum title, LuPone delivers with the blazing intensity and brash attitude that has secured her position as the most demanding, explosive and fascinating actress on Broadway today.
Patti LuPone: A Memoir, written with Digby Diehl, is the chronological story of the actress’s entire career, cleverly bookended by two performances of Steven Sondheim’s Gypsy: The first was performed at age fifteen on a friend’s front patio in her hometown of Northport, Long Island. The latter was the 2008 Broadway revival, which earned her a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and catapulted her to legendary status." (more)
