Patti LuPone

LuPone was born on April 21, 1949, in Northport, New York, on Long Island, the daughter of Italian-American parents Angela Louise (née Patti), a library administrator at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school administrator and English teacher at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington, NY.{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}} Her great-great aunt was 19th-century Spanish-born Italian opera singer Adelina Patti.{{cite news |last=Newmark |first=Judith |date=March 29, 2009 |title=Patinkin, LuPone return to stage |publisher=Suburban Journals |url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/stage/story/12EC199F277EAC9E8625758600774640?OpenDocument |access-date=March 28, 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Her father's side came from Abruzzo, while her mother's side is Sicilian.{{cite web | url=https://www.virtuquotidiane.it/cultura/patti-lupone-regina-del-musical-americano-a-broadway-figlia-dellabruzzo.html | title=Patti Lupone, Regina del Musical Americano a Broadway, Figlia dell'abruzzo | date=March 16, 2019 }} Lucille Ball was a family friend, after attending grade school with LuPone's mother.{{cite web |last1=Nepales |first1=Ruben |title=Patti Lupone on 'Hollywood" ciast Darren Criss and family friend Lucille Ball |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/373429/patti-lupone-on-hollywood-costar-darren-criss-family-friend-lucille-ball |website=www.entertainment.inquirer.net |date=April 30, 2020 |publisher=Entertainment Inquirer |access-date=11 November 2024}} Her older brother Robert LuPone was a Tony-nominated actor, dancer, and director who originated the role of Zach, the director, in A Chorus Line.{{Cite web|title=Robert LuPone Tony Awards Info|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Robert%20LuPone|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=www.broadwayworld.com}} She grew up Catholic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/theater/watch-patti-lupone-play-a-rabbi-on-crazy-ex-girlfriend.html|title=Watch Patti LuPone Play a Rabbi on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'|first=Erik|last=Piepenburg|date=January 12, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 17, 2019}}

LuPone was part of the first graduating class of Juilliard's Drama Division (1968–1972: Group 1),{{cite web | url = http://www.pattilupone.net/theatre.html | title = Patti LuPone: Theatre Chronology | publisher = PattiLuPone.net | access-date = April 3, 2012}} which also included actors Kevin Kline and David Ogden Stiers.{{cite web | url = https://movies.yahoo.com/person/kevin-kline/biography.html | title = Kevin Kline Biography | publisher = Yahoo! Movies | access-date = April 3, 2012}} She graduated from Juilliard in 1972 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.{{cite web | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/person/531610/Patti-LuPone/biography | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130515043328/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/531610/Patti-LuPone/biography | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 15, 2013 | department = Movies & TV Dept. | work = The New York Times | first = Hal | last = Erickson | title = Patti LuPone | author-link = Hal Erickson (author) | date = 2013 | access-date = April 2, 2012}} According to LuPone, her rigorous Juilliard training has instilled in her "a respect for the craft of acting and the stage", but maintains that it did little to prepare her for the realties of pursuing a career on Broadway.{{Cite magazine |last=Syme |first=Rachel |date=April 17, 2020 |title=Patti LuPone, Live from Her Basement |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/patti-lupone-live-from-her-basement |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919212430/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/patti-lupone-live-from-her-basement |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |magazine=The New Yorker}} LuPone has a mezzo-soprano vocal range,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/patti-lupone-takes-stage-rare-770561|title=Patti LuPone Takes the Stage in Rare Opera Performance|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2018|last=Riefe|first=Jordan}}{{Cite book|title= The Everything Singing Book with CD: From Mastering Breathing Techniques to Performing Live—all You Need to Hit the Right Notes|last= Sheppard|first= Bettina|year= 2008|publisher= Everything Books|isbn= 9781598695397|page= 101|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FQ4ItFJXHEwC&q=Christina+Aguilera+AND+soprano&pg=PA100|access-date= March 11, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142344/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FQ4ItFJXHEwC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=Christina+Aguilera+AND+soprano&source=bl&ots=ltpzYyOTnM&sig=lBitwRIFmUWRllzVAflIJQ45tFI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji0eWcrMjXAhUHPBoKHYx2De84FBDoAQg0MAE#v=onepage&q=Christina%20Aguilera%20AND%20soprano&f=false|archive-date= June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite news| url = https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/qa-with-patti-lupone-musical-life-goes-on-and-shes-in-charge/| title = Q&A with Patti LuPone: Musical life goes on, and she's in charge| work=The Seattle Times| date=April 12, 2005| access-date=March 10, 2018| first=Misha| last=Berson}} and she is known for her strong/high "Broadway" belt singing voice. In a 2008 interview, she maintained that she was "an actor who sings", and thankful she "had a voice".{{Citation|last=CBS|title=Patti LuPone CBS Interview|date=June 29, 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvnA9fyfa4s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/QvnA9fyfa4s| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=November 14, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

In 1972, LuPone became one of the original members of The Acting Company, formed by John Houseman.Hornby, Richard. Mad About Theater, Hal Leonard Corporation, 1996, {{ISBN|1-55783-260-9}}, p. 245 The Acting Company is a nationally touring repertory theater company.[http://www.theactingcompany.org/ Alumni] theactingcompany.org. Retrieved August 24, 2010. LuPone's stint with the company lasted from 1972 to 1976, and she appeared in many of their productions, such as The Cradle Will Rock, The School for Scandal, Women Beware Women, The Beggar's Opera, The Time of Your Life, The Lower Depths, The Hostage, Next Time I'll Sing to You, Measure for Measure, Scapin, Edward II, The Orchestra, Love's Labours Lost, Arms and the Man, and The Way of the World. She made her Broadway debut in the play The Three Sisters as Irina in 1973.Hischak, Thomas S. and Boardman, Gerald. American theater. Oxford University Press US, 2001. {{ISBN|0-19-512347-6}}. p.94 For her work in The Robber Bridegroom (1975) she received her first Tony Award nomination, for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.{{Cite web | url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardssearch.cfm?year=1976&cat=Best+Performance+by+an+Actress+in+a+Featured+Role+in+a+Musical&nominee=Patti+LuPone&showname=The+Robber+Bridegroom | title = Tony Awards Database | via = broadwayworld.com | website = Broadway World | access-date = June 17, 2019}} The Acting Company honored LuPone on March 12, 2012, in an event called "Patti's Turn" at the Kaye Playhouse.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/pattis-turn-tribute-to-patti-lupone-will-feature-kristin-chenoweth-kevin-kline-sutton-foster-laura-benanti-com-187416# "Patti's Turn, Tribute to Patti LuPone, Will Feature Kristin Chenoweth, Kevin Kline, Sutton Foster, Laura Benanti"] Playbill, February 13, 2012, retrieved January 11, 2017

In 1976, theater producer David Merrick hired LuPone as a replacement to play Genevieve, the title role of the troubled pre-Broadway production of The Baker's Wife. The production toured at length but Merrick deemed it unworthy of Broadway and it closed out of town.[http://www.musicalschwartz.com/the-bakers-wife-info.htm "'The Baker's Wife' history"] www.musicalschwartz.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010

Since 1977, LuPone has frequently collaborated with David Mamet, appearing in his plays The Woods, All Men Are Whores, The Blue Hour, The Water Engine (1978),[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4045 "'The Water Engine' listing, 1978] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 27, 2010. Edmond, The Old Neighborhood (1997),[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4844 " 'The Old Neighborhood' listing, 1997"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 27, 2010. and The Anarchist (2012). The New York Times reviewer wrote of LuPone in The Old Neighborhood, "Those who know Ms. LuPone only as a musical comedy star will be stunned by the naturalistic fire she delivers here. As Jolly, a part inspired by Mr. Mamet's real-life sister and his realized female character, Ms. LuPone finds conflicting layers of past and present selves in practically every line. She emerges as both loving matriarch and wounded adolescent, sentimental and devastatingly clear-eyed."Brantley, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/20/theater/theater-review-a-middle-aged-man-goes-home-to-mametville.html Theater Review; A Middle-Aged Man Goes Home, to Mametville] The New York Times, November 20, 1997 In 1978, she appeared in the Broadway musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's Working, which ran for only 24 performances.[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4061 "Internet Broadway Database listing, 'Working' "] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010.

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In 1979, LuPone starred in the original Broadway production of Evita, the musical based on the life of Eva Perón, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and directed by Harold Prince.[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3809 "Internet Broadway Database listing, 'Evita'"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010. She reportedly won the role over 200 auditionees, including Meryl Streep, Ann-Margret and Raquel Welch. Although LuPone was hailed by critics, she has since said that her time in Evita was not an enjoyable one. In a 2007 interview, she stated "Evita was the worst experience of my life," she said. "I was screaming my way through a part that could only have been written by a man who hates women. And I had no support from the producers, who wanted a star performance onstage but treated me as an unknown backstage. It was like Beirut, and I fought like a banshee."Green, Jesse.[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/theater/08gree.html "Adapted from "Let Her Entertain You. Please!"]The New York Times, July 8, 2007 Despite the trouble, LuPone won her first Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.{{Cite web | url = https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/?q=Patti%20LuPone | title = Winners | website = Tony Awards | via = www.tonyawards.com | access-date = June 17, 2019}} "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina", a song she performed for the show, became one of her signature songs throughout her career.{{Cite news |last=Rimalower |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Rimalower |date=May 17, 2014 |title=From Barbra to Bernadette: Top Ten Signature Songs from Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/from-barbra-to-bernadette-top-ten-signature-songs-from-broadway-com-218491 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Playbill}} It was not until she had reprised the role in a production in Sydney when she had finally enjoyed the part and felt comfortable singing the score.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1asS7GdEO5I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/1asS7GdEO5I| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Broadway legend Patti LuPone on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse |work=HoustonPBS |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=August 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|last=Riefe|first=Jordan|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/patti-lupone-one-woman-show-a-life-in-notes-broadway-dumb-down-1235864074/|title=While Patti Lupone Vows She'll Never Do Another Musical, She Is Singing Soon Onstage in L.A.|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 4, 2024|accessdate=September 11, 2024}} LuPone and her co-star, Mandy Patinkin, remained close friends both on and off the stage.

In 1980, LuPone's cabaret act, "Patti LuPone at Les Mouches," played for 27 consecutive weeks on Saturday evenings at midnight following her 8pm performance in Evita.{{cite web |last1=Gans |first1=Andrew |title="Patti LuPone at Les Mouche," Vintage LuPone Club Act |url=https://playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-at-les-mouches-vintage-lupone-club-act-arrives-in-stores-nov-11-com-155028 |website=www.playbill.com |publisher=Playbill Magazine |access-date=5 November 2024}} The New York Daily News reviewed saying, "Anyone who thinks there are no volcanoes in New York should check out Les Mouches any Saturday midnight in March. It is here at the witching hour that Patti LuPone fulminates, thunders, and showers the room with sparks of her debut cabaret act."{{cite web |last1=BWW New Deck |title=Patti LuPone at 'Les Mouches Released 11/11 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Patti-LuPone-at-Les-Mouches-Released-1111-20081111 |website=www.broadwayworld.com |publisher=BroadwayWorld |access-date=5 November 2024}} In 2008, a restored recording was released as an album by Ghostlight Records.{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=John |title=Patti LuPone at Les Mouches |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/5967/patti-lupone-at-les-mouches/ |website=www.Broadway.com |publisher=Broadway |access-date=5 November 2024}}

In 1983, LuPone starred as Rosalind opposite Val Kilmer in As You Like It at the Guthrie Theatre, directed by Liviu Ciulei.{{cite news |last1=Coe |first1=Robert |title=For Actors, There is Life and Work Outside New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/06/theater/for-actors-there-is-life-and-work-outside-new-york.html |access-date=4 November 2024 |agency=New York Times |work=New York Times |date=February 6, 1983}} In May 1983, founding alumni of The Acting Company reunited for an off-Broadway revival of Marc Blitzstein's landmark labor musical The Cradle Will Rock at the American Place Theater. It was narrated by John Houseman with LuPone in the roles of Moll and Sister Mister.Rich, Frank. "'Labor Opera' By Blitzstein Is Revived", The New York Times, May 10, 1983. p. C11 The production premiered at The Acting Company's summer residence at Chautauqua Institution, toured the United States including an engagement at the Highland Park, Illinois' Ravinia Festival in 1984 and played in London's West End. When the run ended, LuPone remained in London to create the role of Fantine in Cameron Mackintosh's original London production of Les Misérables, in 1985, which premiered at the Barbican Theatre, at that time the London home of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[http://johncaird.com/musicals/les_miserables_rsc.html " 'Les Misérables' listing, 1985"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713113139/http://johncaird.com/musicals/les_miserables_rsc.html |date=July 13, 2011 }} johncaird.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010. LuPone had previously worked for Mackintosh in a short-lived Broadway revival of Oliver! in 1984, playing Nancy opposite Ron Moody as Fagin.Rich, Frank. "Theater: Moody in 'Oliver!'", The New York Times, April 30, 1984, p. C11 For her work in both The Cradle Will Rock and Les Misérables, LuPone received the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/lupone_p.html "Patti LuPone biography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318134417/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/lupone_p.html |date=March 18, 2012 }} pbs.org. Retrieved August 24, 2010.[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/past_winners/view/item98520/Olivier-Winners-1985/ "Olivier Winners 1985"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221173718/http://officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/past_winners/view/item98520/Olivier-Winners-1985/ |date=December 21, 2010 }} officiallondontheater.co.uk. Retrieved August 24, 2010.

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She returned to Broadway in 1987 to star as nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes. She starred opposite Howard McGillin, and they both received Tony nominations for their performances.Bennetts, Leslie.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/22/theater/no-tears-for-lupone-s-reno.html?ref=patti_lupone "No Tears For LuPone's Reno"]The New York Times, October 22, 1987[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4483 Internet Broadway database listing, 'Anything Goes'"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010. The Lincoln Center cast reassembled for a one-night-only concert performance of Anything Goes in New York in 2002.[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13405 "Internet Broadway database listing, 'Anything Goes' concert"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010. Among LuPone's film credits are Fighting Back, Witness, Steven Universe: The Movie, Just Looking, The Victim, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, King of the Gypsies, 1941, Wise Guys, Nancy Savoca's The 24 Hour Woman and Savoca's Union Square, Family Prayers, and City by the Sea. She has also worked with playwright David Mamet on The Water Engine, State and Main, and Heist. She played Lady Bird Johnson in the TV movie, LBJ: The Early Years (1987).[http://www.allmovie.com/work/64031 "LBJ listing"] allmovie.com. Retrieved August 27, 2010.Corry, Johm.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/arts/tv-view-lbj-a-powerful-portrait.html?pagewanted=all "TV VIEW; 'LBJ' – A POWERFUL PORTRAIT"] New York Times, February 1, 1987

LuPone played Libby Thatcher on the television drama Life Goes On, which ran on ABC from 1989 to 1993.Harris, Mark.[http://www.ew.com/article/1991/03/01/patti-lupones-life-goes-grievances Patti LuPone's Life Goes On grievances]Entertainment Weekly, Issue 55, March 1, 1991Anderson, Susan Heler.[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/23/nyregion/chronicle-576090.html "Chronicle"] New York Times, November 23, 1990Buck, Jerry.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f-ArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3353,2004603&dq=life-goes-on+patti-lupone&hl=en "Patti LuPone Starring in 'Life Goes On'"]Kentucky New Era, (news.google.com), September 21, 1989 In the 1990s she had a recurring role as defense attorney Ruth Miller on Law & Order. She has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award: for the TV movie The Song Spinner (1995, Daytime Emmy Award nominee),The Hollywood Reporter. "Daytime Emmys List", Performer in a Children's Special, BPI Entertainment News Wire, April 4, 1996 (no page number) and for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series on Frasier in 1998.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} She had a cameo as herself that year on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Kelsey Grammer. In 1993, LuPone returned to London to create the role of Norma Desmond in the original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theater. There was much anticipation of LuPone appearing in another Lloyd Webber musical, the first since her performance in Evita. Her time in the show was difficult, and she was abruptly fired by Lloyd Webber. Lloyd Webber then selected Glenn Close to open the show in Los Angeles and eventually on Broadway, despite LuPone being contracted to open both productions.Marks, Peter.[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/theater/theater-a-diva-s-life-isn-t-always-happy-ask-callas-and-lupone.html?ref=patti_lupone "Theater:Diva's Life Isn't Always Happy; Ask Callas (and LuPone)"]The New York Times, June 30, 1996{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Bruce |title=Following 'Sunset,' Shadows Over Lloyd Webber's Empire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/24/theater/following-sunset-shadows-over-lloyd-webber-s-empire.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 5, 2021 |date=March 24, 1997}} She says she was essentially blacklisted in Hollywood after the Sunset Boulevard debacle due to rumors that she had been difficult to work with in New York.

In November 1995, LuPone starred in her one-woman show, Patti LuPone on Broadway, at the Walter Kerr Theatre.Willis, John. Theater World 1995–1996 Season. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000. {{ISBN|1-55783-323-0}}. p. 15 For her work, she received an Outer Critics Circle Award. The following year, she was selected by producer Robert Whitehead to succeed his wife, Zoe Caldwell in the Broadway production of Terrence McNally's play Master Class, based on the master classes given by operatic diva Maria Callas at Juilliard. LuPone received positive reviews, with Vincent Canby writing "Ms. LuPone really is vulnerable here in a way that wasn't anticipated: she's in the process of creating a role for which she isn't ideally suited, but she's working like a trouper to get it right."{{cite web | last=Canby | first=Vincent | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/26/theater/theater-review-patti-lupone-s-arrival-changes-the-effect-of-mcnally-s-script.html | title=Theater Review; Patti LuPone's Arrival Changes the Effect Of McNally's Script | publisher=The New York Times | date=July 26, 1996 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526171545/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/26/theater/theater-review-patti-lupone-s-arrival-changes-the-effect-of-mcnally-s-script.html | archive-date=May 26, 2015 | url-status=live}} She appeared in the play in the West End.

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In November 2001, she starred in a Broadway revival of Noises Off, with Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince.Jones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/article/dont-you-love-farce-noises-off-opens-on-bway-nov-1-com-99491 "Don't You Love Farce? 'Noises Off' Opens on Broadway Nov. 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222349/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/63035-Dont-You-Love-Farce-Noises-Off-Opens-on-Bway-Nov-1 |date=October 17, 2012 }} playbill.com, November 1, 2001, Retrieved December 5, 2021 LuPone has performed in many New York concert productions of musicals including Pal Joey with Peter Gallagher and Bebe Neuwirth, Annie Get Your Gun with Peter Gallagher, Sweeney Todd with George Hearn in both New York and San Francisco, Anything Goes with Howard McGillin, Can-Can with Michael Nouri for City Center Encores!, Candide with Kristin Chenoweth, Passion with Michael Cerveris and Audra McDonald and Gypsy with Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti for City Center Encores!. Her performances in Sweeney Todd, and Candide were recorded and broadcast for PBSs Great Performances and were released on DVD. The concert staging of Passion was televised as part of Live from Lincoln Center. Since 2001, LuPone has been a regular performer at the Chicago Ravinia Festival. She starred in a six-year-long series of concert presentations of Stephen Sondheim musicals, which began in honor of his seventieth birthday. Her roles here have included Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Fosca in Passion, Cora Hoover Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle, Rose in Gypsy and two different roles in Sunday in the Park with George.Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-will-be-mama-rose-in-ravinia-gypsy-com-129100 Patti LuPone Will Be Mama Rose in Ravinia 'Gypsy' "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017221821/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/96170-Patti-LuPone-Will-Be-Mama-Rose-in-Ravinia-Gypsy |date=October 17, 2012 }} Playbill, November 10, 2005, Retrieved December 5, 2021

LuPone's television work also included a recurring role on her cousin Tom Fontana's HBO series in its final season, Oz (2003).Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/theatre-stars-head-cast-of-final-oz-season-hbo-series-debuts-jan-5-com-110845 "Theatre Stars Head Cast of Final "Oz" Season; HBO Series Debuts Jan. 5"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222833/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/77155-Theatre-Stars-Head-Cast-of-Final-Oz-Season-HBO-Series-Debuts-Jan-5 |date=October 17, 2012 }} playbill.com, January 5, 2003, Retrieved December 5, 2021 She appeared as herself on a February 2005 episode of Will & Grace.Gans, Andrew.[https://www.playbill.com/article/lupone-and-goldblum-guest-on-feb-3-will-grace-com-123843 "LuPone and Goldblum Guest on Feb. 3 "Will & Grace"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222907/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90865-LuPone-and-Goldblum-Guest-on-Feb-3-Will-Grace |date=October 17, 2012 }}Playbill, February 3, 2005, Retrieved December 5, 2021 She also appeared on the series Ugly Betty in March 2007 as the mother of Marc St. James (played by Michael Urie).Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/dont-ask-dont-tell-patti-lupone-to-guest-on-march-22-ugly-betty-com-139089 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Patti LuPone to Guest on March 22 "Ugly Betty"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017223043/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106324-Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-Patti-LuPone-to-Guest-on-March-22-Ugly-Betty |date=October 17, 2012 }} playbill.com, March 7, 2007, Retrieved December 5, 2021 LuPone had a recurring guest role as Frank Rossitano's mother on 30 Rock. LuPone appeared as herself in the season two finale of the television series Glee.{{cite web |title=Exclusive Photos! Patti LuPone Films Glee Guest Spot Opposite Lea Michele and Cory Monteith |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/156197/exclusive-photos-patti-lupone-films-glee-guest-spot-opposite-lea-michele-and-cory-monteith/ |website=Broadway.com |access-date=December 5, 2021 |date=April 28, 2011}}

She returned to Broadway in October 2005 to star as Mrs. Lovett in John Doyle's new Broadway production of Sweeney Todd. In this radically different interpretation of the musical, the ten actors on stage also served as the show's orchestra, and LuPone played the tuba and orchestra bells as well as performing the score vocally.Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/features/article/99298-The-Lady-with-the-Tuba "The Lady with the Tuba"] playbill.com, April 25, 2006 For her performance, she received a Tony Award nomination as well as Golden Icon Award for Best Female Musical Theater Performance.Hernandez, Ernio.[http://www.playbill.com/article/lupone-and-cerveris-to-serve-man-in-sweeney-todd-on-broadway-through-thanksgiving-com-133420 "LuPone and Cerveris to Serve Man in Sweeney Todd on Broadway Through Thanksgiving"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308223357/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100538-LuPone-and-Cerveris-to-Serve-Man-in-Sweeney-Todd-on-Broadway-Through-Thanksgiving |date=March 8, 2011 }} Playbill, June 26, 2006 Retrieved December 5, 2021 In August 2006, LuPone took a three-week leave from Sweeney in order to play Rose in Lonny Price's production of Gypsy at Ravinia. Sweeney Todd closed in September 2006.

On February 10, 2007, LuPone starred with Audra McDonald in the Los Angeles Opera production of Kurt Weill's opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny directed by John Doyle.Simonson, Robert and Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/doyle-to-direct-lupone-and-mcdonald-in-mahagonny-com-130266 "Doyle to Direct LuPone and McDonald in 'Mahagonny' "] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120917114709/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97344-Doyle_to_Direct_LuPone_and_McDonald_in_Mahagonny |date=September 17, 2012 }}, Playbill, January 16, 2006, Retrieved December 5, 2021 The cast recording of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny was recognized at the 51st Grammy Awards as Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording in February 2009.Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/in-the-heights-cast-recording-wins-grammy-hudson-and-lupone-mcdonald-mahagonny-also-win-com-157800 "In the Heights Cast Recording Wins Grammy; Hudson and LuPone-McDonald "Mahagonny" Also Win"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527013234/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126077-In_the_Heights_Cast_Recording_Wins_Grammy_Hudson_and_LuPone-McDonald_Mahagonny_Also_Win |date=May 27, 2009 }}, Playbill, February 8, 2009, Retrieved December 5, 2021

Following the Ravinia Festival production of Gypsy, LuPone and author Arthur Laurents mended a decade-long rift, and she was cast in the City Center Encores! Summer Stars production of the show. Laurents directed LuPone in Gypsy for a 22-performance run (July 9, 2007 – July 29, 2007) at City Center.Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/mommas-doin-fine-lupone-gypsy-directed-by-laurents-begins-city-center-run-com-142042 "Momma's Doin' Fine: LuPone Gypsy, Directed by Laurents, Begins City Center Run"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222111/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109359-Mommas-Doin-Fine-LuPone-Gypsy-Directed-by-Laurents-Begins-City-Center-Run |date=October 17, 2012 }} Playbill, July 9, 2007, Retrieved December 5, 2021 This production of Gypsy then transferred to Broadway, opening March 27, 2008 at the St. James Theatre.Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/her-turn-gypsy-starring-patti-lupone-opens-on-broadway-com-148637 "Her Turn: 'Gypsy', Starring Patti LuPone, Opens on Broadway"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222223/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116157-Her-Turn-Gypsy-Starring-Patti-LuPone-Opens-on-Broadway |date=October 17, 2012 }} Playbill, March 27, 2008, Retrieved December 5, 2021 LuPone won the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award, Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for her performance in Gypsy.Gans, Andrew.[https://www.playbill.com/article/august-and-passing-strange-win-top-honors-at-drama-desk-awards-com-150197 "August and Passing Strange Win Top Honors at Drama Desk Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126074958/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117848-August-and-Passing-Strange-Win-Top-Honors-at-Drama-Desk-Awards |date=January 26, 2011 }} Playbill, May 18, 2008, Retrieved DecemberJones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/article/august-south-pacific-in-the-heights-boeing-boeing-lupone-are-tony-winners-com-150913 "August, South Pacific, In the Heights, Boeing-Boeing, LuPone Are Tony Winners"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017221549/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118679-August-South-Pacific-In-the-Heights-Boeing-Boeing-LuPone-Are-Tony-Winners |date=October 17, 2012 }} Playbill, June 15, 2008, Retrieved December 5, 2021 It closed on January 11, 2009. During the penultimate performance of Gypsy on January 10, 2009, LuPone interrupted her performance of "Rose's Turn" to address an audience member using a flash camera, a violation of theater etiquette.{{cite web |last=Higgins |first=Charlotte |date=January 27, 2009 |title=Gypsy – Rose Lee Photographs (Patti's Rant) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2009/jan/27/gypsy-rose-lee-photographs |access-date=March 27, 2010 |publisher=Guardian}} After the patron was removed, LuPone resumed her performance to applause.{{cite web |title=Broadway diva Patti LuPone tells off shutterbug | Midwest Voices |url=http://voices.kansascity.com/node/3402 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206013138/http://voices.kansascity.com/node/3402 |archive-date=February 6, 2010 |access-date=March 27, 2010 |publisher=Voices.kansascity.com}} This incident, captured on video and widely circulated online, sparked a broader discussion about the impact of audience distractions on live theater.{{cite web |date=July 1, 2009 |title=Patti LuPone stops 'Gypsy' mid-show to yell at a photographer – YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8uGRpEVis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/mf8uGRpEVis |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |access-date=October 18, 2013 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |last=Azzopardi |first=Chris |date=June 11, 2009 |title=GLT " Everything's Coming Up Patti |url=http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=14867 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728154538/http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=14867 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=March 29, 2010 |publisher=Gaylesbiantimes.com}}

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In August 2010, LuPone appeared in a three-day run of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun where she played the title role opposite Patrick Cassidy at the Ravinia Festival, directed by Lonny Price.Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/they-say-its-wonderful-patti-lupone-stars-in-annie-get-your-gun-at-the-ravinia-festival-com-170849 "They Say It's Wonderful": Patti LuPone Stars in Annie Get Your Gun at the Ravinia Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818075409/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142023-They-Say-Its-Wonderful-Patti-LuPone-Stars-in-Annie-Get-Your-Gun-at-the-Ravinia-Festival |date=August 18, 2010 }} Playbill, August 13, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021 That same year, LuPone created the role of Lucia in the original Broadway production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which opened at the Belasco Theater on November 4, 2010, and closed on January 2, 2011, after 23 preview and 69 regular performances. LuPone was nominated for a Tony and Drama Desk, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance. LuPone's memoir recounting her life and career from childhood onwards, was published in September 2010 titled Patti LuPone: A Memoir.Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/article/lupone-chooses-a-tell-it-like-it-is-title-for-upcoming-autobiography-com-167316 "LuPone Chooses a Tell-It-Like-It-Is Title for Upcoming Autobiography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504221349/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138381-LuPone-Chooses-a-Tell-It-Like-It-Is-Title-for-Upcoming-Autobiography |date=May 4, 2010 }} Playbill April 1, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-will-sign-her-memoir-at-barnes-and-noble-performance-too-com-170592 Patti LuPone Will Sign Her Memoir at Barnes and Noble; Performance, Too"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807114959/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141757-Patti-LuPone-Will-Sign-Her-Memoir-at-Barnes-and-Noble-Performance-Too |date=August 7, 2010 }} Playbill, August 3, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021 It was a New York Times Best Seller.{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=A Star Tells Her Story in "Patti Lupone: A Memoir" |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/books/08book.html |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=October 7, 2010}}

In 2011, LuPone played the role of Joanne in a four-night limited engagement concert production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company at the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Paul Gemignani. The production starred Neil Patrick Harris as Bobby. Harris had previously worked with LuPone in the 2000 and 2001 concert productions of Sweeney Todd. The cast of Company performed the song "Side by Side by Side" at the 65th Tony Awards on June 12, 2011. LuPone made her New York City Ballet debut in May 2011 in a production of The Seven Deadly Sins directed and choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett. A piece she had previously performed, LuPone sang the role of Anna in the Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht score.Jones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-to-sing-seven-deadly-sins-susan-stroman-creates-ellington-piece-for-ny-city-ballet-com-174691 "Patti LuPone To Sing Seven Deadly Sins, Susan Stroman Creates Ellington Piece for NY City Ballet"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229163841/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/146128-Patti-LuPone-To-Sing-Seven-Deadly-Sins-Susan-Stroman-Creates-Ellington-Piece-for-NY-City-Ballet |date=December 29, 2010 }} Playbill, December 27, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021 LuPone concluded a 63-performance Broadway engagement of her concert with former Evita co-star Mandy Patinkin entitled An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. The run started on November 21, 2011, at the Ethel Barrymore Theater and ended on January 13, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.pattiandmandyonbroadway.com/ |title=An Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin |publisher=Pattiandmandyonbroadway.com |access-date=October 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218005935/http://pattiandmandyonbroadway.com/ |archive-date=December 18, 2014}} In late 2012, LuPone appeared with Debra Winger in the premiere of David Mamet's play The Anarchist.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

In 2011, the feature film Union Square, co-written and directed by the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award Winner, Nancy Savoca, was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In it, LuPone co-starred with Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli and Daphne Rubin-Vega.[http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/unionsquare] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911140915/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/unionsquare|date=September 11, 2011}}

LuPone guest starred on Army Wives on July 8, 2012. She reunited with fellow guest star Kellie Martin as her mother once again.{{cite web|last=Arellano |first=Jennifer |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/04/23/kellie-martin-army-wives/ |title='Army Wives': Kellie Martin talks Patti LuPone, Nicole's reveal|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tvequals.com/2012/07/08/army-wives-battle-scars-season-6-episode-16/ |title=Army Wives "Battle Scars" Season 6 Episode 16 |publisher=TV Equals |date=July 8, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018030419/http://www.tvequals.com/2012/07/08/army-wives-battle-scars-season-6-episode-16/ |url-status=dead }} LuPone appeared in the 2013 film Parker, an action-thriller.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-cast-in-new-film-parker-taylor-hackford-directs-com-181556 "Patti LuPone Cast in New Film "Parker"; Taylor Hackford Directs"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926095543/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153433-Patti-LuPone-Cast-in-New-Film-Parker-Taylor-Hackford-Directs |date=September 26, 2013 }} Playbill, August 5, 2011, Retrieved December 5, 2021 She voiced the character Yellow Diamond in the animated series Steven Universe (2013–2019) and Steven Universe Future (2019–2020). In 2013, LuPone was cast in the third season of the FX series American Horror Story as Joan Ramsey, a religious mother with a hidden past,{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-horror-story-coven-books-521404 | title='American Horror Story: Coven' Books Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=May 12, 2013 | access-date=May 12, 2013 | first=Lesley| last=Goldberg}} and played herself in the third season of HBO's Girls. In 2015, she appeared in several episodes of the Showtime horror series Penny Dreadful as a cantankerous yet powerful white witch. She returned to the show in 2016 in the role of Dr. Seward, an alienist aiding Eva Green's character. Seward is an adaptation of John Seward from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and claims to be a descendant of Joan Clayton, the character LuPone portrayed in the second season. Also in 2016, she began appearing in Steven Universe as the voice of Yellow Diamond, reprising the role in the movie and the epilogue series Steven Universe Future.{{cite tweet|user=ianjq|author=ian jq|number=685238374509101056|date=January 7, 2016|title=Yellow Diamond is voiced by VERY special guest: star of stage and screen, the one and only Patti Lupone! #StevenUniverse}}

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In early 2015, she returned to Los Angeles Opera to perform the role of Samira in a new production of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles, receiving positive reviews.{{cite news| work=The New York Times|first=Zachary| last=Woolfe| title=Review: 'Ghosts' of the Guillotine Reunite at Versailles| date=February 27, 2015| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/arts/music/review-ghosts-of-the-guillotine-reunite-at-versailles.html}}{{cite news| work=The Orange County Register|first=Timothy| last=Mangan| title='Ghosts of Versailles' debuts at Los Angeles Opera| date=February 9, 2015| url=https://www.ocregister.com/2015/02/09/ghosts-of-versailles-debuts-at-los-angeles-opera/}} In April 2016, an audio recording of the production was released by Pentatone (PTC 5186538, a 2-SACD album).[http://www.pentatonemusic.com/corigliano-the-ghosts-of-versailles-la-opera-james-conlon The Ghosts of Versailles, Pentatone recording details] May 2016. It won the 2017 Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and for Best Opera Recording.[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/arts/music/grammys-winners-list.html "Grammy Winners 2017"], The New York Times, February 12, 2017 In June 2015, LuPone appeared in the Douglas Carter Beane play Shows for Days at Lincoln Center Theater.Brantley, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/theater/patti-lupone-as-a-diva-in-shows-for-days.html "Patti LuPone as a Diva in 'Shows for Day'"] The New York Times, June 24, 2015 LuPone again received media attention for an incident during a Shows for Days performance when she confiscated a patron's cellphone after they were observed using it during the show; it was returned after the performance. LuPone expressed frustration with audience members who disrupt performances with their phones, stating, "We work hard on stage to create a world that is being totally destroyed by a few, rude, self-absorbed and inconsiderate audience members who are controlled by their phones."[https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/patti-lupone-explains-why-she-confiscated-cellphone-from-rude-self-absorbed-theatergoer-last-night "Patti LuPone Explains Why She Confiscated Cellphone From "Rude, Self-Absorbed" Theatergoer Last Night"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711232818/http://gothamist.com/2015/07/09/patti_lupone_cellphone.php|date=2015-07-11}} Gothamist. Retrieved December 5, 2021 In October 2015, LuPone, along with the current Fantine on the West End, joined her castmates to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Les Misérables.{{Cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/les-mis-at-30-original-cast-reunite/ | title = Les Mis at 30: original London cast reunite to celebrate | work = The Telegraph | date = October 9, 2015 | access-date = June 16, 2019 | first = Serena | last = Davies | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074516/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/les-mis-at-30-original-cast-reunite/ | archive-date = February 23, 2019 | url-status=live}}

In 2017, LuPone originated the role of Helena Rubinstein in the musical War Paint on Broadway, after performing the role in the summer of 2016 in the musical's world premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-and-christine-ebersole-apply-war-paint-on-broadway-starting-march-7# "Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Apply 'War Paint' on Broadway, Starting March 7"] Playbill, March 7, 2017 Performing opposite Christine Ebersole as Rubinstein's longtime competitor Elizabeth Arden, LuPone stayed with the role for War Paint's entire run at the Nederlander Theatre, from March 7 to November 5, 2017.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/war-paint-starring-patti-lupone-and-christine-ebersole-moves-up-broadway-closing-date# " 'War Paint', Starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, Moves Up Broadway Closing Date"] Playbill, October 13, 2017 The show closed prematurely to allow LuPone to undergo hip surgery.{{Cite news |last=Libbey |first=Peter |date=2017-10-13 |title=LuPone Surgery Forces 'War Paint' to Announce Early Closing |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/theater/war-paint-closing-broadway-patti-lupone.html |access-date=2022-10-21 |issn=0362-4331}} LuPone disclosed in an interview that War Paint would be her last musical on stage: "I'm too old. It's been hard—it's been harder than it's ever been. I can't do it anymore."{{Cite web |last=DiLella |first=Frank |date=2017-06-17 |title='War Paint' Stars Talk Show's Makeup and Foundation |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/on-stage/2017/06/6/war-paint-stars-interview |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=NY1 |language=en}} Nevertheless, in September 2017 it was announced that LuPone would star as Joanne in the 2018 London revival of Company alongside Rosalie Craig as Bobbie in a gender-swapped production directed by Marianne Elliot.{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ladies-Will-Be-Lunching-in-London-Patti-LuPone-Rosalie-Craig-to-Lead-COMPANY-in-the-West-End-20170921|title=Ladies Will Be Lunching in London! Patti LuPone & Rosalie Craig to Lead COMPANY in the West End|author=|work=Broadway World|access-date=September 22, 2017|language=en}} For her performance she received her second Laurence Olivier Award, this time for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical. In August 2019, it was announced that the production would move to Broadway, with LuPone returning as Joanne and Katrina Lenk as Bobbie.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/londons-gender-bent-company-will-play-broadway-with-katrina-lenk-and-patti-lupone|title=London's Gender-Bent Company Will Play Broadway With Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=August 30, 2019|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019}}

In 2019, LuPone played an antagonistic role in Pose, appearing in second season of the series. In 2020, LuPone starred in the Ryan Murphy series Hollywood for Netflix.{{cite web |last1=Dan |first1=Meyer |title=Patti LuPone Heads to Hollywood in Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series |url=https://playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-heads-to-hollywood-in-ryan-murphys-netflix-series |website=www.playbill.com |publisher=Playbill Magazine |access-date=5 November 2024}} The following year she teamed up with social media star Randy Rainbow to perform a duet song criticizing Donald Trump three weeks before the 2020 United States presidential election.

A transfer of the successful West End production of Company was set to open at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 22, 2020, coinciding with Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/patti-lupone-katrina-lenk-star-company-broadway.html|title=Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk to Star in Gender-Bent Company on Broadway|last=Haylock|first=Zoe|date=August 30, 2019|website=Vulture|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019}} The production returned, featuring LuPone starring opposite Katrina Lenk, with previews starting on November 15, 2021, before officially opening December 9, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/company/|title= Company – Broadway|website= broadway.com|access-date= July 7, 2021}} LuPone won her third Tony Award for the role. On May 10, 2022, during a live conversation with the American Theatre Wing and her Company co-stars, Patti LuPone publicly addressed a patron who was not wearing their face mask properly, a violation of Broadway League COVID-19 safety protocols.{{cite news |last=Chapman |first=Wilson |date=May 11, 2022 |title=Patti LuPone Shuts Down Anti-Mask Audience Member: 'Who Do You Think You Are?' |url=https://variety.com/2022/legit/news/patti-lupone-company-anti-mask-covid-1235264323/ |accessdate=May 16, 2022 |work=Variety}} LuPone later explained that the patron had already been warned by theater staff and had responded dismissively.{{cite interview |last=LuPone |first=Patti |interviewer=Stephen Colbert |title=An Interview with Patti LuPone |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/XlRMOtu_YfVCw70aS5aIz4ypsSLwS6yH/ |work=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |publisher=CBS |location=New York |date=23 May 2022}} Her passionate response highlighted the importance of adhering to safety guidelines to ensure the continued operation of Broadway. This incident led to increased attention on safety protocols and a subsequent extension of the mask mandate by the Broadway League, from May 31 to June 30, 2022.{{cite news |last=Hemedy |first=Saba |date=May 11, 2022 |title=Patti LuPone blasts Broadway theatergoers for not adhering to mask policy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/patti-lupone-blasts-broadway-theatergoers-not-adhering-mask-policy-rcna28384 |accessdate=May 16, 2022 |work=NBC News}}{{cite web |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Broadway Extends Audience Mask Mandate Through June |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/broadway-covid-mask-mandate-june-1235028945/}}

In 2023 she played Beau's mother, Mona, in the Ari Aster surrealist horror film Beau Is Afraid. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Richard Kind, and Amy Ryan.{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/beau-is-afraid-plot-details-cast-release-date/|title= Everything to Know About Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid' Starring Joaquin Phoenix|website= IndieWire|accessdate= February 12, 2023}} LuPone received critical acclaim for her performance with David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter writing "[the film] features fabulous performances...most of all, LuPone in all her magnificent, scenery-chomping glory."{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/beau-is-afraid-review-joaquin-phoenix-ari-aster-1235369262/|title= 'Beau Is Afraid' Review: Joaquin Phoenix Grapples With Mother Issues in Ari Aster's Bonkers Freudian Freakout|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= April 11, 2023|accessdate= April 16, 2023}} Anthony Lane of The New Yorker also praised LuPone performance, comparing her role of an imperious mother to that of Angela Lansbury's in The Manchurian Candidate (1962).{{cite magazine|url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/beau-is-afraid-movie-review-everything-went-fine|title= "Beau Is Afraid"'s Wearisome Excess|magazine= The New Yorker|date= April 14, 2023|accessdate= April 16, 2023}}

In 2023, LuPone revealed that she would play the role of Lilia Calderu, a centuries-old witch with divination powers, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series Agatha All Along.{{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Savannah |date=2023-04-18 |title=WandaVision's Agatha Spin-off Show: First New Character Announced |url=https://thedirect.com/article/wandavision-agatha-spin-off-show-character |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=The Direct |language=en}} Calderu is a Romani character in the comics.{{Cite web |first1=Will |last1=Salmon |date=2023-04-19 |title=Who is Lilia Calderu? Meet the mysterious witch who may be key to Agatha: Coven of Chaos |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/lilia-calderu-the-witch-who-be-vital-to-agatha-coven-of-chaos/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=gamesradar |language=en}} The series received mostly positive reviews from critics, with LuPone's performance in her character's central episode, "Death's Hand in Mine", being particularly praised.{{Cite news |title=Agatha All Along – Season 1, Episode 7 – Death's Hand in Mine |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/agatha_all_along/s01/e07 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=Rotten Tomatoes}}{{Cite news |last=Fallon |first=Kevin |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Patti LuPone Just Gave Marvel's Best Acting Performance in 'Agatha All Along' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/patti-lupone-in-agatha-all-along-is-marvels-best-acting-performance/ |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=The Daily Beast}}{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Sohini |date=November 1, 2024 |title="Best thing Marvel has made in years": Agatha All Along fans are loving Patti LuPone's character and her episode |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/best-thing-marvel-made-years-agatha-all-along-fans-loving-patti-lupone-s-character-episode |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=Soap Central}} Following the closing of Company, LuPone resigned from Actors' Equity Association, the union for professional stage managers and actors in the United States.{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=2022-10-17 |title=Patti LuPone Says She Resigned From Stage Actors' Union |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/theater/patti-lupone-broadway-labor-union.html |access-date=2022-10-21 |issn=0362-4331}} It was announced that LuPone would return to Broadway in the Jen Silverman play The Roommate starring opposite Mia Farrow at the Booth Theatre in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Patti-LuPone-Will-Return-to-Broadway-in-THE-ROOMMATE-Opposite-Mia-Farrow-20240411|title= Patti LuPone Will Return to Broadway in THE ROOMMATE Opposite Mia Farrow|website= BroadwayWorld|accessdate= April 11, 2024}}

LuPone performs regularly in her solo shows Matters of the Heart; Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda; and The Lady With the TorchBuehler, Pati.[http://pennsylvania.broadwayworld.com/article/Patti_Lupone_The_Lady_With_a_Torch_20050629 "Patti LuPone – The Lady With a Torch"] broadwayworld.com, June 29, 2005 which sold out at Carnegie Hall. For example, she performed her one-woman show The Gypsy In My Soul at the Caramoor Fall Festival, New York, in September 2010.Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-will-reveal-the-gypsy-in-my-soul-at-caramoor-fest-com-170891 "Patti LuPone Will Reveal The Gypsy In My Soul at Caramoor Fest"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816062155/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142068-Patti-LuPone-Will-Reveal-The-Gypsy-In-My-Soul-at-Caramoor-Fest |date=August 16, 2010 }} Playbill, August 13, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021 She also appears at venues across North America in concerts with Mandy Patinkin, at such venues as the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in September 2010.{{cite web | url = https://nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2528862 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20100212024217/http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2528862 | url-status=dead | archive-date = February 12, 2010 | title = intimate intensity: Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone | publisher = National Post | date = February 5, 2010 | access-date = March 27, 2010 }}Bacalzo, Dan.[http://www.theatermania.com/new-jersey/news/08-2010/patti-lupone-and-mandy-patinkin-to-play-mayo-cente_29625.html "Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin to Play Mayo Center September 11"] theatermania.com, August 12, 2010

She appeared as the inaugural act at a new cabaret space, 54 Below, in New York City in June 2012. According to The New York Times reviewer, {{blockquote|Nowadays Ms. LuPone generates more raw excitement than any other performer on the Broadway and cabaret axis, with the possible exception of Liza Minnelli.... And her brilliant show, conceived and directed by her long-time collaborator, Scott Wittman, deserves many lives, perhaps even a Broadway run in an expanded edition. It certifies Ms. LuPone's place in the lineage of quirky international chanteuses like Lotte Lenya, Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf, who, like Ms. LuPone, conquered show business with forceful, outsize personalities while playing by their own musical rules.Holden, Stephen.[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/arts/music/patti-lupone-is-first-headliner-at-the-cabaret-54-below.html?_r=2&ref=theater "Music Review. Patti LuPone Is First Headliner at the Cabaret 54 Below], The New York Times, June 14, 2012}} She also appeared as the inaugural act at the Sharon L. Morse Entertainment Center in The Villages, Florida, on April 30, 2015, to a sold-out audience of residents mainly 55 years-of-age and older.{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Tony-winning Patti LuPone to christen The Sharon Thursday |newspaper=Villages-News |url= http://www.villages-news.com/tony-winning-patti-lupone-to-christen-the-sharon-thursday/|access-date=April 29, 2015 }}

LuPone is widely regarded as one of the greatest Broadway performers of her generation,{{Cite news |last=Vaughn |first=Susan |date=November 19, 2000 |title=Emotional Journey for 'First Lady' of Stage |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-19-wp-54136-story.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413110741/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-19-wp-54136-story.html |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote=She's considered one of the finest Broadway performers of her generation}}{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Charles |author-link=Charles McNulty |date=October 22, 2010 |title=Broadway's feisty Patti LuPone strikes back |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/broadways-feisty-patti-lupone-strikes-back/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |via=The Everett Herald |quote=one of the most celebrated musical theater performers of her generation}}{{Cite news |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=Patti LuPone Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/patti-lupone-mn0000017937#biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511225349/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/patti-lupone-mn0000017937#biography |archive-date=May 11, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=AllMusic |quote=one of the most successful musical theater stars of her generation}}{{Cite news |last=Feldman |first=Adam |date=June 8, 2015 |title=Patti LuPone talks theater, pepper blood and her new play at Lincoln Center |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/patti-lupone-talks-theater-pepper-blood-and-her-new-play-at-lincoln-center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713160407/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/patti-lupone-talks-theater-pepper-blood-and-her-new-play-at-lincoln-center |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=Time Out |quote=the great musical-theater star of our time}} and one of the most influential actors in musical theater.{{Cite news |last=Mohdin |first=Aamna |date=October 18, 2018 |title=Patti LuPone steals the show in 'glorious' reimagining of Company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/oct/18/patti-lupone-steals-the-show-in-glorious-reimagining-of-company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051300/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/oct/18/patti-lupone-steals-the-show-in-glorious-reimagining-of-company |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=The Guardian}} The London Times once nicknamed her the "first lady of the theater", and American-British journalist Hadley Freeman declared her "the queen of Broadway" and "the goddess of the modern musical".{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Hadley |author-link=Hadley Freeman |date=November 11, 2018 |title='Print that!' Broadway legend Patti LuPone sounds off |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/oct/11/print-that-broadway-legend-patti-lupone-sounds-off |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709191148/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/oct/11/print-that-broadway-legend-patti-lupone-sounds-off |archive-date=July 9, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=The Guardian |quote=rare is the article about LuPone that does not include the dreaded four-letter word "diva"}} In 2010, theatre critic Charles McNulty wrote that her stage presence demonstrates a ferocity that, when paired with the right material, resembles "a return to a golden age when powerhouses ruled Broadway". AllMusic biographer William Ruhlmann noted that, unlike her predecessors Mary Martin and Ethel Merman, LuPone was never afforded the luxury to seamlessly transition between musical productions, instead using lulls in her Broadway career to diversify her endeavors by appearing in plays, films, television, nightclubs, concert tours, and recording solo studio albums. According to Susan Vaughn of the Los Angeles Times, LuPone is mostly known for playing "larger-than-life characters" on stage, whereas Adam Sandel of The Advocate observed "she's often played women who've fought like hell to overcome obstacles through the sheer force of indomitable will".{{Cite news |last=Sandel |first=Adam |date=February 19, 2015 |title=Don't Mess With Patti LuPone |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/theater/2015/02/19/dont-mess-patti-lupone |access-date=November 13, 2024 |work=The Advocate}} She is not of Jewish origin but has played many Jewish women, both on stage and screen.{{Cite news |last=Buchwald |first=Linda |date=July 5, 2017 |title=Patti LuPone isn't a Jew, but she often plays one on stage and screen |url=https://www.jta.org/2017/07/05/culture/patti-lupone-isnt-a-jew-but-she-often-plays-one-on-stage-and-screen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918105345/https://www.jta.org/2017/07/05/culture/patti-lupone-isnt-a-jew-but-she-often-plays-one-on-stage-and-screen |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}{{Cite news |last=Handler |first=Rachel |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Who's Afraid of Patti LuPone? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/patti-lupone-on-beau-is-afraid-mona-horror.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919043823/https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/patti-lupone-on-beau-is-afraid-mona-horror.html |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=Vulture}}

LuPone believes she is often cast in ethnic parts because of her Italian heritage and prominent facial features, which allow her to play more interesting female roles. At the same time, she has expressed frustration at frequently being overlooked for roles she believes she is best suited for, often in favor of less qualified actors. She has stated she has been "bullied" by Broadway professionals for much of her career.

Music and theatre critics have described LuPone as a mezzo-soprano,{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Preston |date=March 24, 2024 |title=Icon Patti LuPone Shares 'A Life in Notes' in Masterful Eisemann Center Show |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/icon-patti-lupone-shared-a-life-in-notes-in-masterful-dallas-concert-18941366 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325000923/https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/icon-patti-lupone-shared-a-life-in-notes-in-masterful-dallas-concert-18941366 |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=Dallas Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Rampell |first=Ed |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Patti LuPone, A Life in Notes: Opera Review |url=https://freepress.org/article/patti-lupone-life-notes-opera-review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427121908/https://freepress.org/article/patti-lupone-life-notes-opera-review |archive-date=April 27, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Freepress.org}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lenker |first=Maureen Lee |date=March 24, 2020 |title=Patti LuPone's zany basement tours are exactly what we need right now |url=https://ew.com/theater/patti-lupone-basement-tours-twitter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327172855/https://ew.com/theater/patti-lupone-basement-tours-twitter/ |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} which The Seattle Times said can equally "blast a big showtune out of the park, or sweetly murmur a lullaby".{{Cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Patti LuPone still a showstopper |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/patti-lupone-still-a-showstopper/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}} Vocally, she is known for her powerful, emotive style of belting, and according to Nerelle Harper of QNews set a new standard "for a modern generation of high-belt thrill trillers". To cope with some vocally demanding roles such as Evita, during which she lost her voice several times, she remained silent when not performing and limited social activities.{{Cite news |last=Stamberg |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Stamberg |date=September 14, 2010 |title=Patti LuPone: Memoir Of A Broadway Diva |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/09/14/129837433/patti-lupone-memoir-of-a-broadway-diva |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724073037/https://www.npr.org/2010/09/14/129837433/patti-lupone-memoir-of-a-broadway-diva |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=NPR}} After undergoing surgery to treat vocal nodules during the 1990s,{{Cite news |last=Soloski |first=Alexis |date=February 7, 2024 |title=Joan Lader Keeps Broadway in Tune |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/theater/joan-lader-broadway-vocal-coach.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613023407/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/theater/joan-lader-broadway-vocal-coach.html |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The New York Times}} she learned how to sing in a more operatic manner to preserve her voice, prior to which she admitted to relying on "sheer guts and willpower" to belt. She credits vocal coach Joan Lader with saving her career and teaching her "a technique to allow me to continue to sing with the strength and the clarity". LuPone has performed some operatic roles, despite having no formal operatic training.{{Cite news |last=Riefe |first=Jordan |date=February 6, 2015 |title=Patti LuPone Takes the Stage in Rare Opera Performance |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/patti-lupone-takes-stage-rare-770561/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907093726/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/patti-lupone-takes-stage-rare-770561/ |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} She has performed in several Sondheim musicals, and credits the composer with making her a better singer due to the difficulty of his material.{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Broadway Legend Patti LuPone Discusses Her Most Challenging and Memorable Roles |url=https://thesmithcenter.com/explore/smith-center-blog/broadway-legend-patti-lupone/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Smith Center for the Performing Arts}} In return, Sondheim has praised her singing, acting, and attention to detail, and thanked her for "enhancing my shows — and everyone else's for that matter".{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Put Down Your Phone! It's Patti LuPone. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/style/patti-lupone-company-stephen-sondheim.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829095003/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/style/patti-lupone-company-stephen-sondheim.html |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The New York Times}} According to Andrew Gans of Playbill, LuPone belongs to a handful of singing actors who "are masters of stillness, bringing songs to full life with an inner well of emotions that seep out in unexpected and heartbreaking moments".{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=April 9, 2024 |title=Patti LuPone Shines in Personal Musical Journey at Carnegie Hall |url=https://playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-shines-in-personal-musical-journey-at-carnegie-hall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916034350/https://playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-shines-in-personal-musical-journey-at-carnegie-hall |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=Playbill}} However, her trademark diction has been criticized for sounding unclear,{{Cite news |last=Musto |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Musto |date=December 6, 2012 |title=Patti LuPone's Diction: Let's Discuss |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/patti-lupones-diction-lets-discuss/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106172247/https://www.villagevoice.com/patti-lupones-diction-lets-discuss/ |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The Village Voice}}{{Cite news |last=Reed |first=Rex |date=April 7, 2017 |title=Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Thrill, Charge and Fascinate in 'War Paint' |url=https://observer.com/2017/04/war-paint-broadway-review-christine-ebersole-patti-lupone/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127071445/https://observer.com/2017/04/war-paint-broadway-review-christine-ebersole-patti-lupone/ |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The New York Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Rubins |first=Dan |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Review: The Gender-Flipped Company Is an Imperfect but Loving Toast to a Classic |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/theater/company-review-revival-patti-lupone/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914023634/https://www.slantmagazine.com/theater/company-review-revival-patti-lupone/ |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=Slant Magazine |quote=Patti LuPone, known for her dubious diction}}{{Cite news |last=Suskin |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Suskin |date=April 30, 2006 |title=On the Record: Patti LuPone's "The Lady with the Torch" and Rita Gardner's "Try to Remember" |url=https://playbill.com/article/on-the-record-patti-lupones-the-lady-with-the-torch-and-rita-gardners-try-to-remember-com-132270 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123143503/https://playbill.com/article/on-the-record-patti-lupones-the-lady-with-the-torch-and-rita-gardners-try-to-remember-com-132270 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Playbill}} including by collaborators Andrew Lloyd Webber and John Houseman, the latter of whom reportedly strangled her over her enunciation. LuPone admitted that her emotional acting choices can compromise her diction. In addition to Sondheim, LuPone has identified performers Edith Piaf, Bette Davis, and David Mamet as influences,{{Cite news |last=Ng |first=David |date=September 28, 2011 |title=Influences: Patti LuPone |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-09-28/influences-patti-lupone |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206141933/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-09-28/influences-patti-lupone |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote=Equally loved ... and feared ... she is an actress whose ferocious stage presence knows no compromise.}} and expressed admiration for stage actresses Angela Lansbury, Zoe Caldwell, and Elaine Stritch, all of whose signature roles she would eventually play herself.

The media has described LuPone as a polarizing entertainer, equally praised and criticized for her talent and unfiltered opinions.{{Cite news |last=Somers |first=Dusty |date=August 30, 2023 |title=Broadway legend Patti LuPone comes to Seattle with show tunes and frank talk |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/broadway-legend-patti-lupone-comes-to-seattle-with-show-tunes-and-frank-talk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108223003/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/broadway-legend-patti-lupone-comes-to-seattle-with-show-tunes-and-frank-talk/ |archive-date=January 8, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}} McNulty observed that critics have alternated between pigeonholing her into specific genres or underappreciating her vibrancy. She has been labeled a diva for much of her career,{{Cite magazine |date=October 1, 2010 |title=Patti LuPone: The diva dishes |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/10/01/patti-lupone-diva-dishes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027031929/https://ew.com/article/2010/10/01/patti-lupone-diva-dishes/ |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} which journalists attribute to both her talent and high standards,{{Cite news |last=Harper |first=Nerelle |date=June 25, 2018 |title=Why Patti LuPone Is The Reigning Broadway Diva |url=https://qnews.com.au/why-patti-lupone-is-the-reigning-broadway-diva/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612225530/https://qnews.com.au/why-patti-lupone-is-the-reigning-broadway-diva/ |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |access-date=November 8, 2024 |work=QNews}} and perceived demanding temperament on and off-stage.{{Cite news |last=Marchese |first=David |author-link=David Marchese |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Patti LuPone on getting bullied by Broadway. And why she keeps coming back. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/21/magazine/patti-lupone-broadway-company.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415211018/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/21/magazine/patti-lupone-broadway-company.html |archive-date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The New York Times}} Ruhlmann said her reported "cold, dark" persona allowed her to excel playing "the kinds of anti-heroines who peopled the musicals of the later decades of the 20th century". LuPone has been described by some as difficult to work with, a reputation she attributes to sexism and the way assertive women are often perceived in the industry. Theatre critic Ben Brantley reported that the fallout from Sunset Boulevard damaged LuPone's public image and relegated her Broadway appearances to one-woman and non-musical shows, until she returned to musical theater in the early 2000s.{{Cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=February 14, 2004 |title=Theater Review; Patti LuPone Shows She Still Can Can |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/14/theater/theater-review-patti-lupone-shows-she-still-can-can.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020000848/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/14/theater/theater-review-patti-lupone-shows-she-still-can-can.html |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Meanwhile, her Evita co-star Mandy Patinkin defended her as a sensitive performer who "can't let certain feelings go, which is a burden and a blessing. She fights through it all and gives everything, until there's nothing left in her". Her fanbase has been nicknamed "LuPonistas",{{Cite news |last=Reagan |first=Gillian |date=June 16, 2008 |title=Tonys Tip Hat to Oldies and Goodies |url=https://observer.com/2008/06/tonys-tip-hat-to-oldies-and-goodies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531165244/https://observer.com/2008/06/tonys-tip-hat-to-oldies-and-goodies/ |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The New York Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Rimalower |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Rimalower |date=March 29, 2019 |title=Throwing Out My CDs by Ben Rimalower: Gypsy |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Throwing-Out-My-CDs-by-Ben-Rimalower-GYPSY-20190329 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130211758/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Throwing-Out-My-CDs-by-Ben-Rimalower-GYPSY-20190329 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=BroadwayWorld}} and she has often been hired to play exaggerated versions of herself in television and film, representing "the symbol of Broadway musical theater", according to Time Out's Adam Feldman.

LuPone is known for her candid and outspoken nature, a trait she attributes to her upbringing. She has stated that her forthrightness has occasionally led to professional setbacks, beginning with her time promoting Evita. Her unfiltered remarks and actions have often made headlines, including instances of going off-script during performances. A vocal critic of the commercialization of Broadway, LuPone has likened its current state to Las Vegas,{{Cite news |last=Teeman |first=Tim |date=April 26, 2020 |title=Patti LuPone talks to Tim Teeman about leaving America if Trump wins re-election, basement videos, drugs, feuds, Broadway's future, the TV show 'Hollywood,' and a final dream role. |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/patti-lupone-on-her-plan-to-leave-america-hollywood-sondheim-drugs-feuds-and-broadways-future/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913120208/https://www.thedailybeast.com/patti-lupone-on-her-plan-to-leave-america-hollywood-sondheim-drugs-feuds-and-broadways-future/ |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=The Daily Beast}} arguing that shows should have limited runs to allow space for fresh, innovative productions. She has also expressed a disdain for red carpet events, noting that her tendency to "speak [her] truth" can be at odds with the expected decorum of such occasions. Additionally, LuPone has been outspoken about theater etiquette, frequently voicing concerns over disruptive behavior by some audience members.{{cite web |date=January 24, 2006 |title=Ramblings From the Road |url=http://www.pattilupone.net/ramblings52.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417084009/http://www.pattilupone.net/ramblings52.html |archive-date=April 17, 2024 |access-date=March 29, 2010 |publisher=Pattilupone.net}} She is widely regarded as a gay icon,{{Cite news |last=Rimalower |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Rimalower |date=June 27, 2015 |title=Liza and Patti and Angela — The Definitive Divas Who Are Gay Icons |url=https://playbill.com/article/liza-and-patti-and-angela-mdash-the-definitive-divas-who-are-gay-icons-com-352029 |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=Playbill}} which LuPone attributes to fans recognizing that she has "had to fight, like the LGBTQ community has had to fight for identity. For a simple way to live. For acceptance".{{Cite news |last=Connolly |first=William J |date=January 14, 2019 |title=Patti LuPone interview: 'LGBTQ community is stronger than white supremacists' |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/originals/patti-lupone-interview-lgbtq-community-is-stronger-than-white-supremacists/ |access-date=November 13, 2024 |work=Gay Times}}

In May 2025, LuPone posted her first public apology on Instagram after criticism of comments she had made about Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis in a New Yorker profile published earlier that week.{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2025-05-31 |title=Patti LuPone Apologizes for Controversial Comments About Kecia Lewis, Audra McDonald in New Yorker Interview: ‘I Am Devastated That My Behavior Has Offended Others’ |url=https://variety.com/2025/legit/news/patti-lupone-apologizes-kecia-lewis-audra-mcdonald-1236414892/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Schulman |first=Michael |date=2025-05-26 |title=Patti LuPone Is Done with Broadway—and Almost Everything Else |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/02/patti-lupone-profile |access-date=2025-06-01 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}} In the statement she called her own language “demeaning and disrespectful”, said she regretted her “flippant and emotional responses”, and added that she hoped to apologise to both actors personally. The apology followed an open letter signed by more than 500 Broadway professionals that described her remarks as racially disrespectful and urged “accountability, justice and respect”.{{Cite web |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |date=2025-05-30 |title=Over 500 Broadway Artists Sign Open Letter Asking Patti LuPone for ‘Respect’ |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/patti-lupone-broadway-letter.html |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Vulture |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-31 |title=Over 500 Broadway artists condemn Patti LuPone for ‘bullying’ Audra McDonald |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/patti-lupone-broadway-audra-mcdonald-open-letter-b2761063.html |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=2025-05-31 |title=Patti LuPone Apologizes for Comments About Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/theater/patti-lupone-apology-audra-mcdonald.html |access-date=2025-06-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Carson |first=Lexi |date=2025-05-31 |title=Patti LuPone Apologizes for Interview Comments About Kecia Lewis, Audra McDonald: "I Am Devastated" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/patti-lupone-apologizes-kecia-lewis-audra-mcdonald-comments-1236234602/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

LuPone is married to Matthew Johnston. The couple's wedding ceremony was on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center on December 12, 1988, after filming the TV movie LBJ; Johnston was a cameraman.(AP).[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zdwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4679,3289361&dq=patti-lupone&hl=en "People:Patti LuPone marries miniseries cameraman"], Gettysburg Times (news.google.com), December 15, 1988. They have one child. They reside in Edisto Beach, South Carolina,Rapkin, Mickey.[https://www.out.com/entertainment/2010/08/15/patti-lupone-ladys-night "Patti LuPone: Lady's Night"] Out Magazine. Retrieved December 5, 2010. and Kent, Connecticut.{{cite news | last = Gerard | first = Jeremy | title = In 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone Creates Diva Role She Was Born to Play | work = Bloomberg News | publisher = Bloomberg L.P. | date = March 4, 2008 | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ac.p_ucxg550 | access-date = May 11, 2011}} In the 1970s, LuPone dated actor Kevin Kline for seven years, after the two met as students at Juilliard.{{cite news |last1=Freedman |first1=Hadley |title='Print That' Broadway Legend Patti LuPone Sounds Off |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/oct/11/print-that-broadway-legend-patti-lupone-sounds-off |access-date=13 December 2024 |publisher=Guardian |date=October 11, 2018}}

{{BLP sources section|date = November 2019}}

Sources: Playbill Vault;[http://www.playbill.com/person/patti-lupone-vault-0000068230# "Patti LuPone Broadway"] Playbill Vault, accessed November 17, 2019 Internet Broadway Database;[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/patti-lupone-50271 "Patti LuPone Broadway Credits"] Internet Broadway Database, accessed November 17, 2019 Internet Off-Broadway Database[http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/4548 "Patti LuPone Off-Broadway"] Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed November 18, 2019

Sources: TCM;[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/117747%7C0/Patti-Lupone/ "Patti LuPone Filmography"] tcm.com, accessed November 17, 2019 AllMovie[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/patti-lupone-p43573/filmography "Patti LuPone Film"] allmovie.com, accessed November 17, 2019

Sources: TCM; AllMovie

Selected recordings include:

• The Baker's Wife (Original cast recording)
• Evita (Original Broadway cast recording)
• The Cradle Will Rock (The Acting Company recording)
• Les Misérables (Original London Cast recording)
• Anything Goes (New Broadway Cast Recording)
• Heat Wave (John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra)
• Patti LuPone Live (Solo Album)
• Sunset Boulevard (World Premiere/Original London Cast Recording)
• Matters of the Heart (Solo Album)
• Sweeney Todd (New York Philharmonic recording)
• Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Cast recording)
• The Lady with the Torch (Solo Album)
• The Lady with the Torch...Still Burning (Solo Album)
• To Hell and Back (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra World Premier recording)
• Gypsy (2008 Broadway Revival Cast Recording)
• Patti LuPone at Les Mouches (Live Solo Recording of 1980 club act)Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-at-les-mouches-vintage-lupone-club-act-arrives-in-stores-nov-11-com-155028 "Patti LuPone at Les Mouches," Vintage LuPone Club Act, Arrives in Stores Nov. 11"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222812/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123161-Patti-LuPone-at-Les-Mouches-Vintage-LuPone-Club-Act-Arrives-in-Stores-Nov-11 |date=October 17, 2012 }} Playbill, November 11, 2008, Retrieved December 5, 2021
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Far Away Places (Solo Album)
• Company (New York Philharmonic recording)
• War Paint (Original Broadway cast recording)
• Don't Monkey with Broadway (Solo Album)
• Company (Revival London cast recording)

Her live performance of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" at the Grammy Awards was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BTMTK4/|title=Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV|website=Amazon|access-date=November 23, 2011}}

In 2009, LuPone's 1985 recording of "I Dreamed a Dream" reached No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/We%20Weren%27t%20Born%20To%20Follow UK Singles Chart info] OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved April 26, 2009. It also reached the Billboard magazine Hot Digital Songs and Hot Singles Recurrents charts in the US.

LuPone recorded a duet with Seth MacFarlane (who was in character as Glenn Quagmire) on the 2005 album Family Guy: Live In Vegas.

A live concert special film, An Evening with Patti LuPone, was filmed in July 2012 and released in November 2012 on SethTv.com with 104 minutes of Patti LuPone songs and stories with host Seth Rudetsky.{{cite web|url=http://www.sethtv.com/patti/|title=Patti Lupone Concert Special|publisher=Sethtv.com|access-date=December 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210191755/http://www.sethtv.com/patti/|archive-date=December 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}

A new CD of one of her shows, The Lady with the Torch, was released in 2006 on Sh-K-Boom Records. In December she released bonus tracks for that CD only available on iTunes and the Sh-K-Boom website.[http://www.sh-k-boom.com/PattiLupone.html "Patti LuPone listing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611142349/http://www.sh-k-boom.com/PattiLupone.html |date=June 11, 2008 }} www.sh-k-boom.com

LuPone featured in the Why Am I So Single? Original London cast recording for an extended version of ‘Men R Trash’, which is exclusive to the cast recording.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=Why Am I So Single? cast recording adds Patti LuPone and sets release date |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/why-am-i-so-single-cast-recording-adds-patti-lupone-and-sets-release-date_1665185/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en-US}}

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• [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7772821298130928783&q=innerviews InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Patti LuPone] (TV Interview)
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121210191755/http://www.sethtv.com/patti/ Patti LuPone concert special on SethTV.com. Filmed July, 2012.]
• [https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead//nnc-rb/ldpd_14208859 Patti LuPone Papers] at the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York, NY

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