We're so proud of the festival's good friend Patti LuPone who won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical this past Sunday at the 2008 Tony awards. Her monumental role of Mama Rose in the Broadway revival of Gypsy has gotten rave reviews, but this wasn't the first time she ever played the role. As you may recall, it was at Ravinia in the summer of 2006 where LuPone first took hold of Mama Rose and made the New York Times exclaim, "Ms. LuPone sang with exciting power and warmth." We're all so proud of you Patti and thank you for mentioning Ravinia and our president Welz Kauffman in your acceptance speech. This is the character you were born to play!
Amy Schrage
Associate Director of Communications
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