by Karen Tortora-Lee
December 22, 2007
Film
I was half-convinced I’d waken. Satisfied enough to dream you, happily I was mistaken …. – “Johanna” / Sweeney Todd My obsession with Sweeney Todd has been going on for close to 25 years now … trumped only by my obsession with the wondrous Stephen Sondheim himself which started when I was barely 13. I [...]
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by Karen Tortora-Lee
September 20, 2007
Broadway
There’s an episode of Will & Grace where Jack tries to ignore Patti LuPone as she chatters, crawls around on the floor, and just generally makes herself un-ingnorable. At one point he screams “Shut up Patti LuPone! Shut your brassy, magnificent trap!!!” She turns around and deadpans … “They either love me or they hate [...]
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