A review by zeecorster
Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone

3.0

While this memoir is filled with some dishy backstage discussions and a huge amount of name-dropping (seriously, I needed a Who's Who of the American Theatre volume of sorts to figure who some of these individuals were), the book on the whole is an excellent account of the life and career of one of Broadway's premier leading ladies. Reading Ms. Lupone's fascinating and pointed insights into Eva Peron, Nellie Lovett and Momma Rose was worth getting through the less-interesting backstage gossip any day, though I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy a few of her better sharp-tongued insults.