About the Artists Paul Crewes Rachel Fine PATTI LUPONE most recently starred on A graduate of the first class of the Drama Division of SETH RUDETSKY is the Artistic Director Managing Director Broadway as cosmetics pioneer Helena Rubinstein in New York’s Juilliard School and a founding member afternoon host on Sirius/XM the Scott Frankel-Michael Korie-Douglas Wright- of John Houseman's The Acting Company in which Satellite Radio's On Broadway as and Marc Cortale Michael Grief musical War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk she toured the country for four years, her well as the host of Seth Speaks PRESENT and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best subsequent New York credits include Dario Fo's on Sirius/XM Stars. As an author, Actress in a Musical). Next fall she will return to Accidental Death of An Anarchist, David Mamet's The he penned My Awesome/Awful London’s West End stage in Marianne Elliot’s new Water Engine, Edmond and The Woods and Israel Popularity Plan and the sequel The production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth Horovitz' Stage Directions and performances in the Rise And Fall Of A Theater Geek" (Random House) as BROADWAY musical Company. Her other recent NY stage musicals Pal Joey for City Center Encores!, Anything well as three volumes of Seth's Broadway Diary @ THE WALLIS appearances include Douglas Carter Beane’s new Goes (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), featuring inside scoop and hilarious stories from all play Shows For Days, directed by Jerry Zaks at Lincoln The Cradle Will Rock, Oliver!, Evita (Tony and Drama of the stars he's worked with. He co-wrote and Center Theater, her debut with the New York City Desk Awards- Best Actress in a Musical), Working and co-starred in Disaster! (NY TIMES critics pick) last Ballet as Anna 1 in their new production of The Seven The Robber Bridegroom. In London, she won the season on Broadway. Disaster! also premiered to rave Deadly Sins, Joanne in the New York Philharmonic’s Olivier Award for her performances as Fantine in the reviews in London's West End in November. In June production of Company, David Mamet’s The original production of Les Misérables and in the 2016, he and his husband, James Wesley, co-produced Anarchist, and Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Acting Company production of The Cradle Will Rock. a recording of What The World Needs Now with stars the musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous She also created the role of Norma Desmond in like Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carole King, Breakdown, for which she was nominated for Tony, Sunset Boulevard, for which she was nominated for Audra McDonald which went to number one on iTunes Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Winner an Olivier Award, and recreated her Broadway and raised $100,000 for the Orlando shooting victims of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle performance of Maria Callas in Master Class. (and is still raising money. Buy it!). On Inauguration Day Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and the Drama Film: Cliffs of Freedom (upcoming), The Comedian, 2017, he and James started Concert For America, a League Award for Outstanding Performance of the Union Square, Parker, City by the Sea, David Mamet’s monthly series around the country (including S.F.!) Season for her performance as Madame Rose in the Heist, State and Main; Just Looking, Summer of Sam, helping 5 non-profits being hurt by the current most recent Broadway production of Gypsy, her other The 24 Hour Woman, Family Prayers, Driving Miss administration. Stars such as Kelli O'Hara, Barry stage credits include appearances with the Los Daisy, Witness. Manilow, Stephanie Mills, Vanessa Williams, Andy Angeles Opera in their new production of John Television: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, “Penny Dreadful” Cohen and more have performed and you can watch Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles and Weill- (Critics Choice nomination), “Girls”, “American Horror the next one streamed live on ConcertsForAmerica.com. Brecht’s Mahagonny (debut), the world premiere of Story: Coven”, “Law & Order: SVU”, “Glee”, “30 Rock”, For more information visit www.sethrudetsky.com. Jake Heggie’s opera To Hell and Back with San “PBS Great Performances The Rise and Fall of the Francisco’s Baroque Philharmonia Orchestra, Mrs. City of Mahagonny” (Grammy Award for the ABOUT MARK CORTALE PRODUCTIONS Lovett in John Doyle’s production of Sweeney Todd broadcast’s recording), “Ugly Betty”, “Will & Grace” Mark Cortale produced Deconstructing Patti on (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations; (as herself), “PBS Great Performances’ Candide”, “Oz” Broadway this past September at the Nederlander Drama League Award for Outstanding Contribution , the TNT film “Monday Night Mayhem”, “PBS’ Theatre with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to Musical Theatre), the title role in Marc Blitzstein’s Evening At The Pops with John Williams and Yo Yo starring Patti LuPone and Seth Rudetsky which raised Regina, a musical version of Lillian Hellman’s The Ma”, “Falcone”, “Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story” over $280,000 in one evening. He launched the Little Foxes at the Kennedy Center, Fosca in a concert (Showtime); “Frasier” (1998 Emmy nomination); Broadway @ concert series in 2011 at The Art House in version of Passion, which was also broadcast on PBS’ “Law & Order”, “An Evening with Patti LuPone” (PBS), Provincetown where he serves as Producing Artistic Live From Lincoln Center, a multi-city tour of her the NBC movie “Her Last Chance”, Showtime's ACE Director. The series, featuring creative partner Seth theatrical concert Matters of the Heart, the City Center Award and Emmy nominated “The Song Spinner” Rudetsky as music director and host, had its seventh Encores! productions of Can-Can and Pal Joey, the NY (Daytime Emmy nomination, Best Actress), “The season this past summer and guest artists included PATTI LUPONE Philharmonic’s productions of Candide and Sweeney Water Engine”, “L.B.J.”, AMC's “Remember WENN” Sutton Foster, Jessie Mueller, Megan Hilty, Faith Prince, Todd (NY Phil debut) and performances on Broadway and ABC's “Life Goes On”. Recordings include: Far Beth Malone, Melissa Errico and Michael Cerveris. The in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, David Mamet’s The Old Away Places, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, The Lady Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New WITH SIRIUS XM RADIO STAR Neighborhood, Terrence McNally's Master Class and with the Torch, and many original cast recordings Orleans, in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) with in her own concert Patti LuPone On Broadway. Since including, most recently: War Paint, Women on the Megan Mullally and in London’s West End with Patti 2000 she’s appeared regularly at the Ravinia Festival. Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Gypsy, and Sweeney LuPone at the Leicester Square Theater. The series has SETH RUDETSKY First in its Sondheim series when she starred as Mrs. Todd (both the 2006 Broadway revival cast recording since travelled to cities that include in addition to Los Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Desiree in A Little Night and 2000 live performance recording on NY Angeles, Chicago @ The Steppenwolf, Fort Lauderdale AS MUSIC DIRECTOR & HOST Music, Fosca in Passion, Cora Hooper in Anyone Can Philharmonic’s Special Editions Label). She is the @ The Parker Playhouse, Scottsdale @ Scottsdale Center Whistle, Madame Rose in Gypsy and in two different author of the New York Times bestseller Patti LuPone: for the Performing Arts and San Francisco @ The Herbst roles in Sunday in the Park with George. Her A Memoir. pattilupone.net. Theatre. Other artists who have participated include subsequent appearances there include a reprise of Audra McDonald, Chita Rivera, Neil Patrick Harris, her performance in Heggie’s To Hell and Back, a Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Rosie concert performance of Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins O'Donnell, Vanessa Williams and Gavin Creel. Mark FEBRUARY 14, 2018 AT 7:30PM AND 9:30PM and starring in the title role in a concert production also produced the feature film Varla Jean and the Bram Goldsmith Theater of Annie Get Your Gun. Mushroomheads and the web television series “Seth's Reality”. He also produces and manages the singing Running time: 75 minutes with no intermission string quartet Well-Strung which he co-founded. Tonight’s concerts are made possible by generous support from Ken and Wendy Ruby PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P17.