PATTI LUPONE
A LIFE IN NOTES
Conceived & Directed by SCOTT WITTMAN
Music Direction & Arrangements JOSEPH THALKEN
Written by JEFFREY RICHMAN
String Instrumentalist BRAD PHILLIPS
PATTI LUPONE is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical Company, Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of the Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita. Her NY stage credits include: The Roommate, War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); Shows for Days; The Seven Deadly Sins (NY City Ballet); Company (NY Philharmonic); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Award nominations); Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations); Noises Off; The Old Neighborhood; Master Class; Anything Goes (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award); Oliver!; Accidental Death of An Anarchist; The Water Engine; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). London: Company (Olivier Award, WhatsOn Stage Award); Master Class; Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination); Les Misérables and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award for her performances in both productions). Opera: The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), To Hell and Back (SF Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera debut), and Regina (Kennedy Center). Her film credits include: Beau is Afraid, The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Driving Miss Daisy, Witness. TV/Streaming: And Just Like That (upcoming); Marvel’s “Agatha All Along”(Independent Spirit and Critics Choice Award nominations), “Hollywood,” “Pose,” “Mom,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Penny Dreadful” (Critics Choice Award nomination), “Girls,” “American Horror Story (“NYC” and “Coven”),” “30 Rock,” “Glee,” “Frasier” (Emmy nomination), and four seasons as Libby Thatcher on ABCs “Life Goes On.” She is a founding member of both the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and John Houseman’s The Acting Company and the author of the NY Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.
JOSEPH THALKEN (Music Direction and Arrangements) is an award-winning composer, conductor and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. His ballet, Chasing Home, was recently released by Albany Records, played by the Dallas Chamber Symphony and available on all streaming platforms. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust and Inventions for Piano. His concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble and vocal music as well as composing music for the podcast Radio Play Revival. In addition to Patti LuPone, he has served as music director and/or arranger for luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, B. J. Ward, Catherine Malfitano, Elizabeth Futral, Kristin Chenoweth, Sally Wilfert, Polly Bergen, Faith Prince, Hugh Panaro, Michael Crawford, Howard McGillin, Jason Danieley, Nathan Gunn, Rodney Gilfry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and many more. He has taught music theatre composition at Yale and is a proud graduate of Northwestern University.
BRAD PHILLIPS (Strings) has become known as “Sideman to the Stars,” having worked with Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Pat Metheny, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, The Verve Pipe, Grammy winner Mark O’Connor and countless singer-songwriters and artists from the Great Lakes Region. He is especially known for his long-standing musical collaborations with Emmy Award winning actor/singer/songwriter and fellow Michigander, Jeff Daniels. Brad holds a BFA in Jazz Studies and a MM in Improvisation from the University of Michigan where he now serves as a lecturer in the department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation. A composer, arranger, musical director, singer-songwriter, record producer, theatrical sound designer, actor and multi-instrumentalist, he also serves as a resident artist at Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, MI where he has contributed to more than 25 plays in various creative capacities.
Team for PATTI LUPONE: A LIFE IN NOTES
Production Supervisor RICHARD HESTER
Lighting Design JOHN HASTINGS
Sound Design MARK FIORE
Wardrobe Supervisor LYLE JONES
Publicist PHILIP RINALDI
Executive Producer STACI LEVINE / GROUNDSWELL THEATRICALS
PATTI LuPONE is represented worldwide by Opus 3 Artists; MATTHEW OBERSTEIN, Senior Vice President
