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News Kritzer Will Again Play LuPone at Les Mouches at Joe's Pub Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer — of The Great American Trailer Park Musical fame — recently played to a standing-room only crowd at Joe's Pub when she debuted her cabaret act, Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches.

Response to the performance, which was directed by Joy's Ben Rimalower, was so enthusiastic that four more performances have been added. Kritzer will once again embody Tony and Olivier Award winner LuPone Oct. 27 at 9:30 PM, Nov. 26 at 9:30 PM and Dec. 8 and 9 at 11:30 PM.

In Leslie Krtizer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, the young actress re-creates LuPone's now-legendary concerts at the now-defunct New York nightspot Les Mouches. LuPone's original musical director, David Lewis, returns as musical director for Kritzer's evenings, which utilize the show's original arrangements. Concertgoers can expect to hear such LuPone signature tunes as "Meadowlark," "Rainbow High" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" as well as "Because the Night," "Love for Sale," "Downtown," "Not While I'm Around" and "Come Rain or Come Shine."

Leslie Kritzer has been seen on Broadway in Hairspray and Off-Broadway in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Bat Boy and Godspell. Her other theatrical credits include the national tour of Hairspray and regional productions of Funny Girl and Grease. She will be seen later this season in the Broadway bow of Legally Blonde. Director Ben Rimalower helmed the Off-Broadway production of Joy as well as the all-star benefit concert of Snoopy.

A Tony Award winner for her work in Evita, Patti LuPone also earned an Olivier Award for her performances in the West End productions of Lés Misérables and The Cradle Will Rock. Her other theatrical credits include Sunset Boulevard, Anything Goes, Oliver!, Working, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class and Pal Joey. LuPone also headlined two solo Broadway concerts, Patti LuPone On Broadway and Matters of the Heart, and received glowing notices for her performance as Mrs. Lovett in the Lincoln Center concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and a Tony nomination for her performance in the recent revival of that Sondheim work. She was seen in the Kennedy Center's staging of Marc Blitzstein's Regina, and her newest solo recording is titled "The Lady with the Torch." LuPone also portrayed Mama Rose in the Ravinia Festival's recent mounting of Gypsy.

Joe's Pub is located within the Public Theater at 425 Lafayette Avenue. There is a $25 cover charge plus food/drink minimum. Call (212) 239-6200 for reservations or visit www.telecharge.com.

 
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