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News Patti LuPone to Join Kristin Chenoweth for Candide Concerts Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone has joined the cast of the Candide concerts May 5-8, 2004, at the New York Philharmonic.
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Patti LuPone

A Philharmonic spokesperson confirmed that LuPone will play the Old Lady in the concerts, which will be directed by Lonny Price. Price has previously directed LuPone in concert versions of Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music and Passion. The remainder of the Candide cast comprises Wicked's Kristin Chenoweth as Cunegonde, Paul Groves as Candide and Sir Thomas Allen as Dr. Pangloss. Marin Aslop will conduct the Philharmonic. Based on Voltaire's novel, Candide premiered on Broadway in 1956 at the Martin Beck Theatre. Although it boasted music by Leonard Bernstein, a book by Lillian Hellman and additional lyrics by John La Touche, Dorothy Parker and Richard Wilbur, the musical ran a brief 73 performances. The 1997 revival at the Gershwin Theatre featured a cast led by Jim Dale, Andrea Martin, Jason Danieley and Harolyn Blackwell.

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 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. Also a star of television and film, her screen credits boast "Life Goes On," "Frasier," "Driving Miss Daisy," "Witness," "The Water Engine," "State and Main" and "Monday Night Mayhem."

For more information about the New York Philharmonic, call (212) 875 5656 or visit www.newyorkphilharmonic.org.

 
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