PATTI LUPONE: Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye, Incredible!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- From the first full performance of Sunset Boulevard
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Musical Director David Caddick, Directed by Andrew MacBean
SYDMONTON FESTIVAL, Summer 1992
Patti is an actress who can hit every note and out sing, Glenn is an actress that can sell a song without singing perfectly. Both are equally connected to Norma in two completely different methodologies.
Patti does a good job vocally, Glen sells it to you, and her voice I think is good enough.
Betty Buckleys version gives me goosebumps however.
@@ryan010able I got to see Betty Bucky in Sunset Boulevard in London back I the early 90’s. It was fabulous.
I wish I could have seen Patti perform the role, I had no desire to see Glenn Close. I was lucky enough to see it with Elaine Paige and the travelling revial production with Petula Clark. Both were great in it,, even though Petula was 70
@@JP-zx7pn petula was horrendous. Her American accent was laughable, she lacked any subtlety, however her final speech was noteworthy. Aside from that you would have been better off catching one of her understudies. Susan Emmerson outshined her in every aspect during the tour
Well put.
I cannot thank you enough for posting this rare footage of Ms. Lupone, She was and is the finest Norma Desmond EVER. The fragility of her craft and power of her voice in this Sydmonton concert. I was fortunate to see her 3 times at the Adelphi, and her presence was utterly spellbinding from the moment she appeared on the stairs the last push down stage in that terrible whispy grey wig. THE VOICE THE ACTRESS THE WOMAN Patti Lupone.
Thanks Philp!
fragile?
i can't see it,... but still...
AMEN! 👏
I saw the remarkable miss lupone in her last performance in sunset!! It was a masterclass in acting an vocals!! I understand that people have their favourites and dislikes. I've seen sunet 5 times with different actresses and I confess none of them have come close to miss lupone. None have been so electrifying, so heartbreaking. Yes there are others who have been good and some not so good. But this is about celebrating the stage sensation that is Patti Lupone xxxx all my love to my fellow sunset lovers xxx
she rushes the hell out of this song, I dont get any emotion from.it whatsoever. You can't deny she has a good vocal range but im underwhelmed.
Glenn's version gives so much more
@@ryan010able I agree with you, but this was the first workshop. I always remembering listening to the original cast recording and thinking the same.
However! After seeing miss lupone she was incredible! And this was in 1994, we had no social media or any knowledge of what was going on x
Ryan, I like your opinions, respectful and open to discussion. Give me a shout to discuss theatre further x
@@ryan010able Rushes the hell out of it? When?
@@jaygatz4335 it sounds rushed. she doesn't take her time at all
"Each Norma brought something different to the role" Exactly. Patti's is vulnerable and wanting, Glenn's is confident and needy.
Glenn's version is so pushed. Patti was born to play Norma.
@@KillDevon EXACTLY! What people do not seem to understand...Norma Desmond was a character that is only supposed to be around 50 years of age. The near death characterization of Glenn Close.
Oh who cares? Obsessing over this like it's high art or something.
It’s art that broadens our collective culture. The conversation here is no different then people debating the merits of sports teams. The Super Bowl for example...People seem to get excited about it as if it actually matters… When it really doesn’t
⭐️PETULA CLARK was a comic Norma ⭐️ BETTY BUCKLEY was crazy ⭐️ STEFANIE POWERS was shy ⭐️FLoRENCE LACEY was elegant ⭐️ ALICE RIPLEY was very tender ⭐️ELAINE PAIGE was the Best Norma I saw one other Norma in Glasgow her name was Faith ❓she was ok scaled down set
Not gonna touch the Patti v Glenn debate but all I can say is I’m glad they eventually shifted (much of) the score down a few steps. Regardless of who’s singing Norma, I personally think something gets lost in the higher notes- it becomes more about musicality and less about the performance. But that’s just me.
She is showing such a beautiful vulnerability I haven't seen from Patti before. Great great GREAT performance.
Patti didn't play the end of the musical from the beginning. She let the madness unfold throughout.
Rick VanNoy
Interesting. Yes Glenn already looks crazy by this point. Not that I don’t like them both.
Just like Swanson in the original. Eccentric throughout but not crazy until the end. I share your criticism of Close's interpretation.
Excellent point.
Of course, sometimes the madness IS there from the start.
My voice teacher once said this about a Schubert song cycle: the protagonist commits suicide at the end, but he's not right from the outset.
But, the madness had already set in by now. Thinking a washed up actress with a terrible script was really being welcomed backed in, that's the madness
this is so beautiful she is amazing and the original love her so much
I saw her last performance in London. She was wonderful
This brings tears into my eyes
This lady is magic
This early setting, even though it's a prototype, is magical. Probably the closest we'll ever get to a 1:1 to the original film. The moment the spotlight hit, and all the eyes turned to Patti, I had chills, you could almost feel the magic as if Gloria Swanson herself had stepped straight out of 1950.
I'll reserve all my opinions on the other productions and performers, this was just absolutely lovely on its own merits.
It's not as glaring in this magnificent event, but I marvel at how she sings the word Madness at 5:15. Patti, in that single moment, vividly displays how mad Norma truly was.
Love her- second to none.
I can't see why she was fired from this role. Just excellent.
If only Glenn had Patti Lupon's vocals, it'd be perfect.
Glenn doesnt need Patti's vocal chords. She nailed Desmond with her own performance. Miss Lupone is absolutely brilliant but I loved Glenn Close as Norma.
I saw Patti perform this in London and I am still blown away with her performance. She is so much better than Elaine Paige and Glenn Close in the role. Her voice excels theirs She created this song.
Sorry but good as she is, she doesn't hold a candle to the Glenn Close version, which brings tears to my eyes every time I see it. 😢
FuCK that fierce cut at 0:52 scared me!!
But you have to admit that Andrew Lloyd Webber can do everything with an overture
The overture to Sunset Boulevard is literally perfect for making you feel like you're in Old Hollywood.
He's pretty good at plagiarism🤣
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No matter who plays this role; or how many times they play it, Sunset Blvd belongs to Patti LuPone.
No, it belongs to Gloria Swanson.
@@jiafeiproductss .Excellent point. SHE set the standard and, in my estimation, Glenn Close comes closest to her level. Patty LuPone (as always) seems much more interested in demonstrating what a magnificent set of pipes she has, rather than interpreting the lyrics and situation.
the one and only norman……..patti !!!!!
Нет, только исполнение Barbara Streisand есть совершенство
Anyone know what key this is?
This is in the higher-key ending... Patti sang thrillingly.
Andrew MacBean Yeah gotcha! I knew that but I was just wondering the specific key. I like it better than the original key and I'm looking at getting sheet music.
Good but Gleen Close, Betty Buckley, Elaine page better.
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There's a fragile quality in this performance that we don't often get to see from Patti and it's an absolute masterpiece.
Agree with you Jim.
Bc she was getting Fired !! BY ALW..When it happened she wre credit her dressing room..
She's gotten bitchy with age..
GREAT IN EVITA ))
This was from the workshop. The show hadn't been "decided" upon yet, nor the director. It was between Hal Prince and Trevor Nunn.. I directed this version, then continued as Trevor's associate.
Hello Andrew! Amazing job! Patti Lupone was a great choice!
Impossible to find the the finale of your version here on RUclips....
Do you have a video of Glenn Close.
@@jaws-ofoz3627Somewhere, on a hard drive, a rehearsal with her in LA.. not sure where!
@@MrTheatreworks Love to see it
After seeing the 2nd US Tour and the Revival My joke is "Sunset Blvd is still big its the productions that got small"...
There's a real gentleness and vulnerability here that I haven't seen Patti exude before. I would like to have seen her perform this role, like this.
Also, love the moment with Cecil. B at the end.
Such a professional.... Her voice is haunting as she delivers word after word of this classic song...
chills when the spot hits her and the music hits the crescendo and Patti...well, and Patti..
Mrs. Lupone, is a real Diva, Talented, Beautiful and Blessed.
Incredible, indeed..a fantastic voice with acting that is true ...she's amazing!!
Patti Lupone!! Her real first, middle and last names are:Talented, more Talented and Most Talented. Always terrific.
was patti already in her 50s at this point? she looks 30!
in 1992 patti was 43
@@JacobWinglemire32 honestly, she looks about 40 in this
@@MadameCorgi exactly, she looks great in this video. How are people saying shes in her 50s. Also how thicc are her vocal cords.
You have a strange idea of "30"...
@@AirglamGuru Exactly. Not meaning to be shady, but I was surprised to learn she was only 43.
Glenn Close IS Norma Desmond for me, but Patti is and will always be the OG. I *love* the fragility she brings to this number.
This is a very early 'workshop' version, a long time before the West End production had been rehearsed and staged at the Adelphi.
Agree....Good but Glenn is and will be forever MY #1 Norma Desmond!!
Patti originated the role until Weber screwed her over. Weber's loss, sondheim's gain. I never saw Glenn Close in it but heard she was really good. Elaine Paige was great. I saw the touring revival in 2000 with Petula Clark who was really good also, she was just too old to be playing the role of a fifty year old
Patti is better than Glenn.
I’m a Patti Superfan, but Betty Buckley chews up this song and spits it out. She’s also a more believable Norma - but I do love everything Patti does.
We saw her do this in London with Princess Di and other celebrities in the audience. Patti Lupone was magnificent-what a beautiful performance in every way.
As if we never said goodbye
Sunset Boulevard
I don't know why I'm frightened
I know my way around here
The cardboard trees, the painted seas, the sound here
Yes, a world to rediscover
But I'm not in any hurry
And I need a moment
The whispered conversations
In overcrowded hallways
The atmosphere is thrilling here as always
Feel the early morning madness
Feel the magic in the making
Why, everything's as if we never said goodbye
I've spent so many mornings just trying to resist you
I'm trembling now, you can't know how I've missed you
Missed the fairytale adventure
In this ever-spinning playground
We were young together
I'm coming out of makeup
The light's already burning
Not long until the cameras will start turning
And the early morning madness
And the magic in the making
Yes, everything's as if we never said goodbye
I don't want to be alone
That's all in the past
This world's waited long enough
I've come home at last!
And this time will be bigger
And brighter than we knew it
So watch me fly, we all know I can do it
Could I stop my hands from shaking?
Has there ever been a moment
With so much to live for?
The whispered conversations
In overcrowded hallways
So much to say, not just today but always
We'll have early morning madness
We'll have magic in the making
Yes, everything's as if, we never said goodbye
Yes, everything's as if, we never said goodbye
We taught the world new ways to dream
Didn’t she play Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd as well?
Glenn is amazing, but there’s something about this performance that gives me chills.
Um, humanity?
Glenn's an actress, not a singer. Same for the late Carol Channing, but somehow it worked for her
LOVE Patti Lupone in Sunset Boulevard. The cast recording with her is my ultimate favorite theatre album. I Like Glenn Close too....but Andrew Lloyd Weber really dissed Patti after she played Norma Desmond in London. She deserved every penny of that million dollar settlement!!
If I could sing like her just one day, that would be a taste of Heaven to me! 💞
Forgive me, but this is the finest performance I have ever seen her do. The vocal control, the vulnerability, the pathos, it's all there in this one magnificent performance.
I love Patti Lupone she is truly incredible!
The last work ALW did that was worth bothering going to.
school of rock was pretty cool
Whistle Down the Wind would like to have a talk with you.
This is incredible. Thank you for posting.
I saw her in the original West End production at the Adelphi, both on Press Night and many months later into the run when she had months to dig deeper into the part. Ms LuPone played it quite differently to Glenn Close. Where as Close was a desperately sad Norma Desmond, hurt and unhappy, Patti LuPone's was closer to Gloria Swanson's portrayal - desperate and quite bonkers. Certainly someone with mental health issues. So she was less 'sympathetic' than Ms Close but truly unforgettable . Her effective dismal after completing a year's run in London - she was replaced by Glenn Close on Broadway after the American backers were over the moon over the reviews for Closes's performance in Los Angeles and wanted Glenn Close - took a very long time to get over. It hurt her for many years.
This is a brilliant performance of the song.
I think it was unfortunate the way she was railroaded out of the British production of Sunset Boulevard. Is this from the actual show? I think her voice is suited to the character on the soundtrack. Thanks for the post.
It’s so terribly uninteresting to hear from you “critics.” Patti is amazing. Glenn Close is amazing. Just stop it. Or upload your own video and let us see how it’s really done.
Seriously. Glenn Close will always be Norma for me, but who really cares? Patti is a legend, and deservedly so. You guys are ridiculous.
I so agree. And Patti was fabulous. She sang it like no one. Each Norma brought something different to the role.
Amen.
I saw both Glen Close and Betty Buckley and thought Betty’s mature vibrato resonated with the Norma Desmond character a lot more than Glen’s more youthful tone.
@Dave Jones why?
Patti is a better singer, Glenn a better actress, what means more is up to you but there is no reason to discredit either, both are great in their own ways.
No point losing sleep over who is better overall.
Glenn Close é patética no seu papel...muito overacting mais lembrando uma velhinha do Texas...grande actriz de cinema que não consegue ir à opartitura...
Glenn wipes the floor with all of them ! It's an actors role !!
The first time I saw Lupone perform live I was 9 years old and the show was Evita. I have never been the same since. Lol. I remember at the beginning of the second act when she exists onto the balcony, the audience didn’t dare to breathe. From that evening forward it was hardcore love for the Broadway Musical and my appreciation and admiration for this incomparable artist. I have seen her perform many other times since then. As late as Company in Spring of 2022. She still steals every show. Till now nothing else exists when she is on stage. I wish her another 50 great years. I hope she’s doing it till she’s 100.
I guessing Glenn Close is crying herself to sleep with her Drama Desk and Tony Award for this role after reading the comments. 😂
THanks for posting. Wish I could have seen her in the production of it. Too bad Weber screwed her over
Weber screwing her off was the biggest gift he could have ever given Sondheim
Interesting to compare this with Glenn close's performance. Patti the better singer, but Glenn adding real octane with her incredible acting skills.
Patti was so young here she's looked the same for 30 years
She basically still looks the same now lol
I want to say to all comes down to who you saw first. I had the pleasure of seeing Patti in London three days before her final performance and she was amazing. Not only did she sing With One Look in a higher key than Ms. Close but her final scene was unbelievable! The audience went wild! After this I could never listen to Glen Close sing this role, she’s just not that good a singer. I did manage to see Betty Buckley and Elaine Paige as well. Listen to how Patti sings through those long notes and never cuts them short. Brava Diva!
Probably not fair to compare Glenn to Patti, Betty or Elaine. They ARE established musical theater superstars
Petula Clark was also exceptionally good in the London production.
@@williamgardiner2010 I'm sorry I missed that. I bet it was wonderful.
My favorite rendition is BARBRA'S in 1993 because..she Lived it. The Legendary STREISAND was still Great, BUT vocally a little past her prime & she was returning to Live performing. Her nerves! Her artistic arc in the song was REAL..and that's Why Andrew Loyd Webber gave it to her to record. PATTI muscled the song with that vibrato battering ram AND Glen Close "acted" it.
Agree❤❤❤
Barbra was and is never past her prime, the voice is just different
Excellent and genuine performance!
Like Glenn close version better
Why i could see Lady Gaga as Norma if they made a remake... Sunset Boulevard 2040
Betty Buckley >>> anyone else who’s even tried to sing this song
I saw you sing this song in nyc. And you were amazing!
Betty Buckley is by far the best in this role. Glenn Close is a close second but her voice was not powerful enough to compensate even with her amazing acting.
I don't like Patti Lupone. But here, I think she shows some vulnerability and I didn't think she was capable of it. I am surprised. I still don't like the way she sings but she is better than I expected, acting wise.
How do u not like Patti lupone????
@@sunnybono6184 How? The question should be : why? She has a husky voice, she forces her voice. You feel the effort when she sings. And, usually (not here), she is very cynical, sarcastic in her delivery. In order to be touching, a performer has to be vulnerable and have some innocence. Barbra Streisand is a strong woman but she has some innocence, some vulnerability. I don't feel that from Lupone. For me, she is just tough. But, as I mentioned before, not in this clip. And she surprised me here. But I still don't like that husky sound. For me, the best Norma was Betty Buckley. I don't understand why Buckley didn't become one of the greatest star ever, she is fantastik and looks great.
Agree, Betty Buckley is the best.
Betty Buckley is my favorite Nora Desmond!
James ,ITS BECAUSE YOU HAVE FINE TASTE AND SHE IS BRILL!!
Nancy Pelosi is my least favorite....................
She is also my favourite in this role - saw her at least a dozen times in London. Patti was also brilliant and was amazed how much I like Elaine Page at Broadway
This looks like it was staged in Lloyd Webber's basement
Lol, it sort of is. The Sydmonton Festival is hosted at Andrew Lloyd Webber's house.
Phantom was also staged first at Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton residence. He describes it as a repurposed guest house.
Tom Birke, the empress bows down to the queen.
Practically 😉
The original was probably the most impressive staging I've seen. www.johnnapierstages.com/shows-plays/sunset-boulevard
It's nothing short of miraculous how she manages to sound frail and vulnerable with a nearly allmighty voice.
I think every actress has a Norma Desmond stage in their careers
I was fortunate enough to see Patti perform this role in the original London production and she was amazing ... I returned to see the production again and was treated to Elaine Paige's performance as Norma and she was absolutely stunning ... she even looked like Gloria Swanson. I've never been a fan of Glenn Close's performance but respect the right of those who are ... to each their own. If you haven't seen a sample of Ms. Paige's performance you owe it to yourself to check her out ... see for yourself. ruclips.net/video/zlk-gj5Ukes/видео.html
A mesmerizing performance!
Great set of pipes!!!
Meryl Streep was in the audience for this. She had come because she too wanted to get the coveted role of Norma. How do you think Patti must have felt to have the world's most acclaimed actress watching her and hoping she would slip up and falter.
Hang on, "watching her and hoping she would slip up and falter"? Streep doesn't strike me as a spiteful and mean piece of work as you describe. What a mean thing to suggest. Maybe, just maybe, she was there to see a performance, with no hard feelings.
Streep was there was a potential Norma but had said as soon as she heard Patti sing it she knew the role was Patti's
Fabulous. Maybe it’s the costume, and make-up, but her eyes seem to lack the terrified, scared quality that Glenn Close brings. In my opinion, the finest Norma was one I saw in Australia: Debra Byrne. There is a recording (albeit a shoddy one) of her performing this song and it just breaks your heart. The vulnerability is palpable. Oh, and for the record, a young Hugh Jackman played Joe.
Glen has soul in her singing.' Patti is just singing...
There's nothing better than hearing a full orchestra with strings and horns inside a theatre that's over a hundred and fifty years old like the ones in Philadelphia.
i agree!
That bit of editorializing at the end is sappy and stupid, but that's the fault of Black and Hampton, not LuPone.
This is a moving version, but Streisand's in Vegas is best.
There's a reason why Barbra was the world's greatest girl singer of her era: She could do things no one else could.
Queen babs
Nope... glen was better. So was betty Buckley...
I adore this woman, and what Andrew Lloyd Weber did to her was a travesty. I'm glad she won her lawsuit, and went onto build the Andrew Lloyd Weber Memorial Pool in her back yard.
That's a diva.
Tonight I have watched Betty Buckley Patti of course and Glenn and I have to say I think the two for mentioned women have something the other lacks.
Patti is far too young for the role but sings amazing, Glenn acts the hell out of it but doesn't quite have the chops.
I just watched Betty Buckley and it was one of the most amazing performances I've ever seen in my entire life.
She sings better in my opinion than Patty but has the maturity the role requires.
Betty Buckley is it for me in this role.
This is so shallow !!!
And to think this was basically a full performance AUDITION! (as per her autobiography)
Yellow diamond is such a queen
Does Patti voice a Steven Universe character? If so, that’s cool!
@@yelanates yes she does and its yellow Diamond
Patti you are AWESOME!
I saw Glenn Close live in Sunset Blvd, and while I enjoyed it I remembered none of the songs. I bought the CD set (it was the 1990s I think) with Patti Lupone, and started singing all of them. Nothing replaces a good singer, not even fantastic acting, which Lupone also did.
Ghastly. Off-key and wobbly all over the place. Just yelling in parts. Compare this to Betty Buckley's much-watched version on RUclips. Lupone's rendition becomes even much worse in comparison.
Where is the desperate insecurity of a forgotten legend?? Where is the desperate need for adoration?? She seems ready to invite you over for coffee cake and looks 4 years older than the starlets adoring here. All wrong despite very good singing.
This made me want to go hear Betty Buckley who is STILL is the queen of this performance. NONE other. Love Patti...but she is so much more suited to EVITA than this role in my opinion.
Oh look, it’s Miss LuPone barking out yet another Broadway show tune. Betty Buckley for the clearest winning star of “Sunset Boulevard.”
I adore her!
I pray glen close doesn't do the film version! She's far too old to play Norma. Decending on a chair lift isn't a good look for Norma! To spite lloyd webber, I hope the film NEVER gets made!
Betty Buckley is the best. Of course, Patti is brilliant though.
This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing! I would love to see this entire production.
@@helenaraven5784 Cool. Where?
@@helenaraven5784 Do you have a link?
I prefer the tempo in Lani Misalucha's version in her concert. But Miss Lupone's performance is awe-inspiring..
For me, Patti Lupone ranks with Barbra Streisand - considering both voice & acting.
Patti is Incredible.
Songbird
But, she didn't look like a faded movie star.
Miscast?
Where fid she do Sunset Blvd? Australia? She was always a good singer, can do dramatic rendition course
As a big fan of the film, and particularly Gloria Swanson's iconic performance, I have to say that vocally Lupone is sensational. Her phrasing is perfect, here stylings are engaging and wondrous; she shines so bright, I could listen to her all day. However, at 42 years old here, I feel that she just isn't quite mature or perhaps experienced enough to understand Norma, who is supposed to be a reclusive and forgotten silent era film star in her late 50's. She has the passion, the presence, the singing chops, but dramatically she needed to be more damaged, childlike, melodramatic for the role. Glenn Close, (only two years older than Lupome), although her singing isn't quite in the same league, her performance as Norma is both moving and deranged, with undercurrents of camp fragility, mirroring Swanson in the film, all the while taking the role to a place of utter intangible torment and comic tragedy. I believe Close really understood what a vulnerable and childlike person Norma was, and she portrays that brilliantly. Both performances are without a doubt equally great, but tonally and dramatically vastly different.
Close "isn't quite in the same league"...actually, in terms of singing, LuPone is Mt Everest and Close is a little pile of dirt some ants made when they dug in the ground. It's difficult to compare this very early, unfinished version of Sunset with almost no rehearsal to Close's performances which were after fully rehearsing and appearing on stage. In the long run, Close's performance will remain legendary but many of the other singers' versions of the songs will live on.
With that logic actors could never actually perform as anything other than themselves. The whole point of their job is to play a character
@@popland1977 Well, yes and no. Can you really imagine a brilliant actor of a certain age, say, Streep, play Juliet, to, say, Gene Hackman's Romeo? Being mature perhaps affords them further insight into these characters, but they will not be quite as convincing. I remember hearing this from Frederica von Stade (a mezzo-soprano) and forgive me for paraphrasing, the way one carries oneself, and the presence one gives off by the time one has reached a certain age, to the audience, to the other players, it's "ridiculous" (I think her usage) for one to carry on in ingenue roles with giant bows behind one's back after a certain age.
And with your logic, wouldn't you say, white actors can effectively play other ethnicities (ie. Blackface), and appropriate other identities as well irrespective of, say, a hetero- cis- white actor may never really know the true depths of a trans- person, &c.
@@popland1977 I don't think you quite got what i was trying to say. Perhaps I din't express my opinion clearly enough. It's not about actors playing themselves at all. It's about the actor's interpretation of the character, that place they go to, to become someone. A person who knows themselves and has no fear can presumably play anyone and go anywhere. Some great actors can do it. Other great actors cannot, and end up playing themselves, which we still love. Close is not Norma. Close is Close. But she embodies the spirit of Norma. Lupone, on the other hand is playing more Lupone, I see Lupone. I guess some actors find roles they were almost born to play, and others are not so lucky. Not every actor can be so brilliant or convincing in a certain role. The audiences also has a role to play, our projections, out expectations, but thats a whole other story.
Why all this deference to Patti Lupone's supposed vocal superiority? To this listener her phrasing sounds clipped and mannered. Any second one expects her to segue into "Stand back, Buenos Aires!" (which I know merely from the TV commercial promoting "Evita" on New York TV back in the 70's). I've only seen Glenn Close on the two clips from the Andrew LLoyd Weber tribute concert posted here, but she is better. Her singing is better. Her diction is better. Admittedly, this looks like a rehearsal of sorts, and Glenn Close had lots more time to hone her performance, but what you people seem to be arguing about has nothing to do with refining a performance. And I am reminded more of a schoolyard squabble over whose team is better , The Mets or the Yankees.. i have never really given 2 minutes thought to either woman. But from what I have just seen here on RUclips in the last few minutes I will say I found Glenn Close's voice beautiful and and her performance very moving, and I found LuPone's neither.