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Nicole Scherzinger "did not want to consider" starring in 'Sunset Boulevard' when she was first approached. The former Pussycat Dolls singer won Best Actress in a Musical for her portayal of Norma Desmond in the West End production at the Olivier Awards on Sunday (14.04.24) but director Jamie Lloyd has admitted the 45-year-old star was "not flattered" when she was first asked to play the fading silent movie star. The role of Norma in the stage adaptation of the 1950 movie was originated by Patti LuPone, who was 44 when it opened in London in 1993, and is most associated with Glenn Close, with ...
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Patti LuPone "does not like" that Kim Kardashian has been cast in 'American Horror Story.' The 42-year-old reality star has landed a part in the upcoming 12th season of the hit FX anthology series by Ryan Murphy, which will see her star alongside Emma Roberts but Broadway legend Patti - who played Joan Ramsey on earlier episodes of the show - expressed her disdain by referencing the lyrics to Noel Coward song 'Mrs. Worthington' as she claimed that Kim's casting will "take away" an opportunity from actors. During an appearance on 'Watch What Happens Live', host Andy Cohen asked her: "You don’t ...
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Patti LuPone was told she was "too old" to be cast in 'Schmigadoon!' The 73-year-old actress has played leading roles in shows such as 'Gypsy', 'Les Miserables' and 'Sunset Boulevard throughout her decades-long career but claimed that producers of the theatrical Apple+ show - which parodies the Golden Age of musicals - decided not to hire her for a role because of her age. She told Mashable: "I wanted to be in 'Schmigadoon!' and I was too old." Asked to clarify what she meant, the former 'Glee' actress went on to reaffirm her claim before noting that while it was "depressing" to have missed ou...
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Patti LuPone has branded the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) the "worst union". The 73-year-old actress announced earlier this week that she is leaving the organisation and although she's been a member for five decades, the 'American Horror Story' star claimed they have no idea who she is. She told People magazine: "They accepted my resignation and told me that if I ever wanted to rejoin, I'd have to be approved. "And it's the perfect reason I withdrew from Equity. Fifty years to this year ... I've been a card-carrying member of Equity, and they don't know who I am basically," LuPone continue...
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Patti LuPone has left the Actors’ Equity union and hinted an end to her Broadway career. The 73-year-old actress - who infamously stopped production of 'Gypsy' she was starring in in 2009 when an audience member was on their phone - has spent decades on the New York stage starring in acclaimed productions of musicals such as 'Les Miserables', 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Sweeney Todd' but is "no longer part of that circus" just days after seeing her name "bandied about" in connection to a more recent incident, which saw an audience member at 'Hadestown' reprimanded for using a captioning device. Sh...
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Patti LuPone has paid tribute to her late brother Robert as an “unparalleled” dancer. The actress, 73, spoke about her older sibling on Monday (29.08.22) after it was confirmed her ‘The Sopranos’ actor had died aged 76 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Broadway veteran Patti told Page Six: “My brother Bobby was a dancer unparalleled. And it all started when he saw me in a dance recital wearing a hula skirt. I was four, he was seven.” Patti and Robert were admitted to The Juilliard School, with Robert, who was three years ahead of his sister, studying dance, while Patti was a th...
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Robert LuPone has died aged 76 after a three-year pancreatic cancer fight. The passing of ‘The Sopranos’ and Broadway actor – brother of actress Patti LuPone – was confirmed by the Manhattan Class Company, known as the MCC Theatre, for which Robert was co-artistic director for almost 40 years. It said he died Saturday (27.08.22), but only announced the news on Sunday. MCC posted on Instagram: “It is with heavy hearts that we announce that MCC founding co-artistic director, Bob LuPone, passed away Saturday, Aug 27 after a three year battle with pancreatic cancer.” In a lengthy statement, it als...
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Patti LuPone told a maskless audience member of ‘Company’ to “get the f*** out”. The 73-year-old Broadway legend - who is currently starring the Stephen Sondheim musical on the Great White Way - forced a COVID-19 ruler breaker to vacate the premises after she rudely refused to properly wear a face covering, despite Broadway shows requiring them months after the rest of New York City dropped the mandate. In a viral video from earlier this week, Patti, mid-performance, can be heard shouting: "That is the rule. If you don't want to follow the rules, get the f**k out!" She added: "Who do you think...
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Rachel Bloom and Sir Ben Kingsley have joined the star-studded cast of ‘The School For Good and Evil.’ The Netflix movie - which is based on a 2013 young adult novel, the first in a six-part series written by Soman Chainani - has announced a string of new names who have joined the cast of the Paul Feig-directed project, including Rob Delaney and Mark Heap. The quartet join previously-announced stars Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Jamie Flatters, Michelle Yeoh and Laurence Fishburne. The movie is set at a school for the training of heroes and villains and focuses on two best friends Sophie,...
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