After well-received stops around the U.S., Toronto, Australia and New Zealand, Broadway legends Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin bring their concert to Broadway. The evening features the music of Stephen Sondheim and Richard Rodgers, plus an exciting reprise of the stars' Tony-winning performances in Evita.
What Is the Story of An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin?
This concert evening has no storyline, but the theme is friendship and how it develops and matures over time. LuPone and Patinkin draw on their 30-year history as the Tony-winning co-stars of Evita, performing an array of show tunes as well as acting out scenes from South Pacific and Carousel.
""An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin" is glorious an intimate, affectionate, restrained but never boring lovefest between great old friends and great musical theater.... The song list is bliss - plenty from Stephen Sondheim, and Rodgers and Hammerstein works that the duo is too old now to get cast in, with spots of novelty, ingeniously overlapping medleys and just enough recap of their hits we feared we'd never hear them sing, or sing this well, again.""
Newsday
Linda Winer
"“Some enchanted evening. The heat that emanates from An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin is smoldering and intense. The stars breathe new life into songs we thought we knew.”"
New York Post
Elisabeth Vincentelli
"“Pure theater pleasure. The twosome in question are a pair of stage royalty. The power-couple concert shimmers with charm, magic and a genuine chummy closeness. They’re in strong voice, charismatic and commanding.”"
New York Daily News
Joe Dziemianowicz
"“Oh, that’s how it’s done! That’s how songs by Sondheim and Kern or Rodgers and Hammerstein should sound. That’s how two performers can keep you spellbound.”"
Associated Press
Mark Kennedy
" “Sublime. A celebration of and master class in musical acting. A show that should not be missed by anyone who still believes in great musical storytelling – or anyone who has stopped believing in it, for that matter.”"
USA Today
Elysa Gardner
""Watching these two inimitable talents reel through an eclectic program of theater songs is a bit like riding one of those wonderful old wooden roller coasters at a seaside resort.... Onstage, where it matters, these two driven performers come across as nothing short of fearless." "
The New York Times
Charles Isherwood
