An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin at Cadillac Palace Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...LuPone and Patinkin are surrounded by ghost lights. They reign in each other's excesses, they let each other go. This is, for sure, an easy-to-travel show for the short-run circuit, with material that can be pulled from the shelf. But it is incomparable material. One might not see as much of their personalities as in prior engagements, but one sees their deeper collective story, indicative, really, of the myriad shades of the American musical songbook."

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

"...What are legends made of? The best way to answer that question is simply to urge anyone with even the most fleeting interest in that grand art form known as the Broadway musical theater to immediately head to the Cadillac Palace Theatre."

Copley News Service - Recommended

"...But “An Evening With…” isn’t designed as a show catering to informality and anecdote. Taken on its own terms, it’s a success. But it could have been a more expansive evening with an intimate touch the adoring audience would have lapped up."

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

"...The evening's a great showcase for the two performers, but thanks to their acting as well as their vocal skills, and to the ingenious concept by Ford (who also accompanies the singers with the help of a bass player) and Patinkin, it's even more of a tribute to the featured songwriters. In its heavy emphasis on Rodgers & Hammerstein and Sondheim, the program honors the arguably finest songwriters of 20th century musical theater. By including a sampling of Kern, Mercer, Loesser and Berlin, they acknowledge a handful of the other important writers of the great American songbook as well. Those who revere these sorts of songs and musicals really ought not to miss this concert."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...These two Broadway stars offered a wonderful lesson on how to land a song in character. No one can “sell” a song better than Mandy Patinkin, except for Patti LuPone! These two work hard and with their arranger , Paul Ford, deftly accompanying on piano offer a rare treat. The song book is interesting and fresh, the singing fine for the most part but the energy and stagecraft by Patti and Mandy is dynamic and thrilling."

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

"...Chicago theater lovers have been waiting for this week for a long time. "An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin" is in for six performances only at The Cadillac Palace Theatre as "the" attraction in the Broadway in Chicago season. These are two of Broadway's finest. Thirty years after they performed together as Che and Evita in their Tony Award winning roles, they are back on stage again. The chemistry between them is fierce and fills the theater with the excitement and energy they bring to the stage. Both skilled songsmiths who make each word meaningful, they are delightful to watch as well as listen to. There was a glitch in the sound system and mike balance at the very onset, but these performers made it through with no hesitation and the correction was made by the second song."