It’s been crazy times here at Chicago Theatre Addict the past week and a half (including the exciting news that I’m an uncle now!), but things will pick up soon — as in this week. Hopefully. This weekend I finished the most remarkable book: “Room”, by Emma Donoghue. I learned of this book through my… Read More Read Emma Donoghue’s ‘Room’
To say I’m a fan of Patti LuPone’s would be an understatement. Sixteen years ago, I happened upon a record (the vinyl kind) of the 1987 cast recording of Anything Goes where she starred as the sassy Reno Sweeney. I quickly wore that record out, and this thin, dorky high schooler was hooked. I’ve since… Read More Things I learned reading Patti LuPone’s memoir: a fan’s perspective
Review to come. (And, oh boy, I can’t wait to write it.) Get your copy > “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
I rarely have time to pleasure read. I literally have books I’ve been working on for a year on my bed-side stand collecting dust. On top of that, I actually think I have undiagnosed literary narcolepsy, because every time I crack open a book, I’m guaranteed to be drooling on it 10 minutes later, dead… Read More Book worm
Ah. Patti LuPone. We love (or hate!) her for her voice, her acting, and her trademark candor. And now: LuPone leaves no stone unturned in her tell-all memoir, set to hit shelves September 14, 2010. You can get a taste of what the book will contain in a half-hour interview at BookExpo America 2010. She’s… Read More Patti LuPone calls Andrew Lloyd Webber an ‘alcoholic’
You know how we hold some people on such a high pedestal, they can’t possibly ever live up to our expectations? And in the quest to make a connection with such a person, we end up getting bruised and battered — and wiser? Such is the case with Maile Hernandez’s relationship with Broadway star Patti… Read More The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized Travels with Patti LuPone
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