Broadway Legend Patti LuPone Returns to NOLA

New Orleans, LA -- 10/28/2013 -- After a high-profile launch at NOCCA earlier this month with "30 Rock" star Jane Krakowski, Broadway @ NOCCA welcomes back original Evita Patti LuPone for an all new show on Nov. 16 at 7:30pm.

Patti LuPone won her second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, for her performance as Rose in the most recent Broadway production of "Gypsy," and created the title role in Evita on Broadway with her now legendary performance, for which she won her first Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Patti LuPone's extensive Broadway career also includes her recent appearance opposite her Evita co-star Mandy Patinkin in "An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin," and just prior to that created the role of Lucia in the new musical "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," for which she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She has also been seen on Broadway in "Sweeney Todd" (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations; Drama League Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre), Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," David Mamet's "The Old Neighborhood," Terrence McNally's "Master Class," and her own concert "Patti LuPone on Broadway."

On London's West End, she won Olivier Awards for her performances as Fantine in the original production of "Les Miserables" and in the Acting Company production of "The Cradle Will Rock." Also in London she created the role of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" and recreated her Broadway performance as Maria Callas in "Master Class" there. Patti LuPone's film appearances include "Union Square," "Parker," "City By The Sea," "Heist," "State and Main," "Summer of Sam," "Driving Miss Daisy," and "Witness." Her TV work includes "Glee," "30 Rock," "Ugly Betty," "Will & Grace," "OZ," "Frasier," "Law & Order," "Life Goes On," the Emmy winning PBS broadcasts of "Passion" and "Sweeney Todd," PBS Great Performances' "Candide" and "An Evening with Patti LuPone."

LuPone is currently appearing on FX TV's "American Horror Story: Coven" and HBO's "Girls."

For tickets to Patti LuPone in Broadway @ NOCCA, please visit www.broadwaynola.com

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is a regional, pre-professional arts training center that offers students intensive instruction in culinary arts, dance, media arts: filmmaking & audio production, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), visual arts, and creative writing, while demanding simultaneous academic excellence. The Freda Lupin Memorial Hall on the NOCCA campus is used for student, local theatre and dance performances. Producer Mark Cortale is thrilled to be producing this concert series in association with this outstanding organization.