With chapters covering everything from her childhood in Northport, Long Island, to closing night of Gypsy, plus more than 100 photos of the star onstage and off, Patti LuPone: A Memoir is a.

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Raised on Long Island’s North Shore, Patti discovered her calling at the age of four and knew that she was destined for the stage. A prodigiously gifted child, she was one of only 36 young actors chosen for the inaugural class of The Juilliard School’s Drama Division, where she fought near-constant criticism from her instructors, and here describes those early years with disarming frankness.

From the heady days of her early twenties – crisscrossing the country as a founding member of the classical repertory theatre ensemble, The Acting Company – to her early success on Broadway, her four-year stint as Libby Thacher on the television series Life Goes On, her loving marriage to Matt Johnston, and much, much more, Patti chronicles her professional and personal life with inimitable candor and wit.

With its insightful retrospective of her career-defining turns, both on Broadway and abroad, in Evita, Les Misérables, Anything Goes, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy, Patti LuPone: A Memoir reveals the artist’s deeply felt passion for music and the theatre and is, in the end, the compelling and quintessential tale of an exceptional life well lived.

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With nearly 100 photographs and illuminating details about the life of a working actor, from inspired costars and demanding directors to her distinct perspective on how she developed and honed her Tony Award–winning performances, Patti LuPone: A Memoiris as inspirational as it is entertaining. LuPone wrote a memoir recounting her life and career from childhood to the present, which was released in September 2010. It was simply titled Patti LuPone: A Memoir, which was, according to LuPone, the winner of the competition she held to name the book. 'Patti Lupone: A Memoir' is a MUST READ for people in the industry as well for the people who are patrons of the art. Lupone speaks with great candor about the ups and downs, the hits and misses, the struggle to create while the powers that be seem to be constantly underlying the importance of the talent and creativity of the actor. Patti LuPone: A Memoir does, in fact, contain consonants, and the vowels are mostly unmodified (in hardcover at least – I can’t vouch for the audiobook edition). I’m not always a fan of Ms.

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PATTI LuPONE swept the 2008 theater awards winning the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Rose in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of the classic musical Gypsy. LuPone has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award, has won two Grammy awards, and has numerous film, television, and on- and off-Broadway stage credits to her name. A five-time Tony nominee and two-time winner, LuPone was the first American actor to win Britain’s Olivier Award. Her memoir will be available wherever books are sold November 8, 2011.

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