When Patti LuPone recently sang for the Rosie O’Donnell Show in quarantine, many viewers were intrigued by the glimpse of her basement, and especially the jukebox in it—which prompted her to start giving virtual tours of her home.
It seems likely that LuPone has sung every song on that jukebox for a paying audience. In the nearly half century since she made her Broadway debut, she has become best known for her performances in Broadway musicals, seven of which resulted in Tony nominations, two of which she won Evita and Gypsy
But her career is much broader than Broadway musicals; almost half of her Broadway credits have been in non-musical plays, especially in new plays by David Mamet. And much of her singing has been done outside of book musicals on Broadway. She originated starring roles in both Les Miserables and Sunset Boulevard in London, without being cast in them in New York, and she has created concert tours and solo shows with a varied repertoire. (I just unearthed a review I did of An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin in 2011.)

Patti LuPone in The Three Sisters 1973, with Mary-Joan Negro and Mary Lou Rosato

Patti Lupone and Kevin Kline in The Robber Bridegroom 1976

Patti LuPone in The Water Engine Off-Bway 1977

Hal Prince and Patti LuPone in rehearsal

Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevera and Patti LuPone as Eva Peron in a scene from the Broadway production of the musical “Evita”. 1979

Patti LuPone in The Cradle Will Rock , Off-Broadway, 1983

David Schramm and Patti LuPone in The Cradle Will Rock 1983

Patti LuPone Oliver 1984

Actress Patti Lupone in a scene fr. the Broadway play “Accidental Death of an Anarchist.” 1984

Patti LuPone Les Miserables, 1985 London

Patti LuPone in The Old Neighborhood 1997

Patti LuPone Sunset Boulevard, London 1993

Patti LuPone in Master Class 1996

Patti LuPone and cast of Noises Off 2001

Sweeney Todd 2005 Manoel Felciano and Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone in Gypsy, 2008

Patti LuPone Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 2010

An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin 2011

Patti LuPone and Debra Winer in David Mamet’s The Anarchist, 2012

Patti LuPone with Michael Urie hiding under the table in Shows for Days, Off-Broadway 2015

Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole as rival cosmetics impresarios, in War Paint, 2017

Patti LuPone in War Paint, 2017

Patti LuPone in a gender-reversed Company, coming to Broadway

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Evita, 1983

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

Oliver, 1984

LuPone sings “It’s a Fine Life” and “As Long as He Needs Me.”

Les Miserables,1985

The original Fantine in the London production, for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Here Patti LuPone sings “I Dreamed A Dream” in 1991

Anything Goes, 1987

Sunset Boulevard, 1993

In London

Master Class, 1995

In July 1996, Patti LuPone replaced Zoe Caldwell in the role of Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s play. Here is a 17-minute excerpt

Sweeney Todd, 2005 revival

Gypsy, 2008

Her second Tony,
Everything’s Coming Up Roses, sung at Tony Awards

Rose’s Turn

a reputation that goes beyond her performance.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 2017

Patti sings “Invisible”

Company, 2020?

LuPone was portraying Joanne in the revival of this Sondheim musical that was scheduled to open this month. Here she is performing one of Joanne’s songs, “Ladies Who Lunch” in previous concert — showing what we have to look forward to.

The Rosie O’Donnell Show In Quarantine

She sings “A Hundred Years from Today” and “Smile” from her basement