Patti LuPone is not a fan of Cirque du Soleil.
The actress most famous for making a cameo appearance on the hit TV show 30 Rock, singing this song, and for starring in a play about a lady called Eva is furious that the company has taken out a five-year lease on Radio City Music Hall because it’ll mean people will stay away from Broadway.
“You know, I’m very angry at the ticket prices in New York City, and I think it has more to do with greed than it has to do with anything else,” she told Metro Weekly.
“Cirque du Soleil it’s the big, bad brother now.
“My main complaint is that the productions are just too loud. You can’t have an intimate experience in the theater anymore. And that’s what it’s about. It’s really about the unification of an audience, having a collective audience, individually, and listening. And we’re not allowed to listen any more because the sound level is too loud.
“And, I don’t know where the voice is coming from. It’s not coming from the stage any more. My eyes are looking at the stage, and my ears are searching for the sound that the mouth is producing. So, immediately I’m disenfranchised from my experience.
“Hair is a perfect example. The revival was just too loud. I remember seeing it originally; it’s an intimate musical. And this I couldn’t understand any of the lyrics.”
