Patti LuPone

We headed into town this evening and arrived quite early at the Coliseum. We went to the bar and bought drinks, ordering for the interval at the same time. Eventually, we took our seats. I know I have been here before to see Bat Out of Hell (2017), Chess (2018), and Man of La Mancha (2019), but I had no memory of the inside at all.

We were there to see Patti LuPone. As PY quipped, Old Compton Street must have been deserted. The show is just Patti and two on-stage musicians. It had ballads and musical showstoppers, and the music spans her life, woven into her story. It was supposed to appear unscripted, but it was too slick into and out of songs to be anything other than pre-written. There was a lack of personal showbiz anecdotes and little spontaneity, but it was a wonderful evening of song. Did we just see an icon on the stage? I think we did.