An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin
Concert Tours
Executive Producer & Tour Producer
Location: Australia and New Zealand
Year: 2009
Venues / Dates: Queensland Performing Arts Centre (18 July), State Theatre Sydney (24, 25 July), Arts Centre Melbourne (21, 22 July), The Aotea Centre, Auckland (29 July)
Promoter: John Frost (Gordon Frost Organisation)
About
Two of Broadway’s greatest and most venerated stars, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, bring their once-in-a-lifetime musical event to Australia and New Zealand, appearing together for the first time since the original production of Evita, for which they both won Tony Awards®.
In An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin these two artists performed a collection of the greatest songs written for the stage including masterpieces by Stephen Sondheim and Richard Rodgers. This show was choreographed by fellow Broadway veteran and friend, Ann Reinking, who won a Best Choreography Tony Award® for the revival of Chicago, and was accompanied on piano by Mandy Patinkin’s longtime pianist, Paul Ford.
Reviews
“spellbinding… a celebration of the history and richness of musical theater. And with this beautifully constructed show, they’re making a little bit of history again.” – Talkin’ Broadway
“They may croon “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” but Patinkin and LuPone keep the house nice and comfy. The pair radiates their warmth all the way to the theater’s back rows.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer