Following Michael Cassel Group previously touring Broadway legends such as Lea Salonga and Darren Criss in recent years, the Australian producer has announced that Broadway royalty Patti LuPone will be touring the country in June 2024 for a series of concerts across the country. Titled Patti Lupone: A Life in Notes, this will serve as a headline event of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, before touring to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. States, venues and dates are as follows:
| State | Venue | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Adelaide Festival Centre | 19 June 2024 |
| Sydney | City Recital Hall | 21 and 22 June 2024 |
| Melbourne | Palais Theatre | 24 and 25 June 2024 |
| Brisbane | QPAC Concert Hall | 27 June 2024 |
In Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes, the star of Broadway, film and television will perform an array of songs which are touchstones and reflections on her life growing up in America – as a young girl during the burgeoning rock and roll scene of the fifties, to coming of age in the politically and socially turbulent sixties, to eventually achieving success with both career and family.
Commenting on the tour, LuPone shared:
I love Australia and the many friends I’ve made since 1981. I’m so looking forward to coming back. I hope audiences will enjoy my show A Life in Notes, a musical memoir of my life growing up in America.
Also sharing excitement, Michael Cassel, CEO and producer of Michael Cassel Group added:
There are bucket-list artists who I have dreamed of working with, and Patti LuPone has definitely been one of them. She is one of the most extraordinary performers in the world and it is an honour to bring her to Australia and share that power that she has become so famous for with audiences here.
and with Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes headlining the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the events artistic director, Virginia Gay, added:
Patti LuPone is an icon, a titan of the industry. And the voice, my friends, the voice! Immediately identifiable, totally unmistakable, iconically her – an artistic calling card of spectacular weight and beauty. We are beyond thrilled that Patti is starting her tour at Adelaide Cabaret Festival. This is an extraordinary opportunity for Adelaide, and Australia, to see a living legend at the top of her game … right here, on your doorstep.
In addition to starring the iconic Patti Lupone, the concert is being directed by Scott Wittman, with music supervision and direction by Joseph Thalken, writing by Jeffrey Richman and strict instrumentals by Brad Phillips.
Tickets for the Adelaide season is set to go on-sale starting 27 March 2024 via the Adelaide Cabaret Festival website. Other legs are set to go on-sale at a later date, with information available via the official Australian website for Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes.
Update: The Melbourne leg of the tour will be taking place at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda.
