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#25 HEATSEEKER ON BILLBOARD! Patti LuPone Has First-Ever Billboard Chart Appearance Under Her Own Name, With Ghostlight's Acclaimed 'PATTI LUPONE AT LES MOUCHES'

Holiday Gift Guide Inclusions Coming, as Major Coverage Greets Historic CD

Patti LuPone reaches #25 on this week's BILLBOARD HEATSEEKERS CHART, with the Ghostlight release of 'Patti LuPone at Les Mouches'. This marks the first time in Ms. LuPone's storied career that she's charted on Billboard under her own name, and it marks Ghostlight's highest Heatseeker chart debut-to-date.

Billboard Magazine
11/20/08 Chart Beat
By Fred Bronson

Chart Beat: “Another Way To Die," Taylor Swift, Patti LuPone, Enya, AC/DC, Beyonce, Aretha Franklin

TOUR DE FORCE: The original Broadway cast album of “Evita" peaked at No. 105 on The Billboard 200 in 1980. That same year, while starring in the title role, Patti LuPone would leave the Prince Edward Theatre on Saturday nights and head over to a nightclub on 11th Avenue called Les Mouches, where for 27 weeks she performed a midnight cabaret concert.

Now, 28 years later, “Patti LuPone at Les Mouches" (Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom) debuts at No. 25 on Top Heatseekers. LuPone is eligible for this tally because she has never charted under her own name before, despite numerous chart appearances on cast albums like “Sunset Boulevard," the 2005 revival of “Sweeney Todd" and the current revival of “Gypsy."

'Patti LuPone at Les Mouches' is a 'time capsule' of 1980's Pop Culture, released for the first time ever, in any format. Here's BROADWAY.com's exclusive interview and behind- the-scenes video, which really delivers the ‘story behind the album’:

Time Out NY – Holiday Gift Guide
11/20/08

Patti LuPone at Les Mouches (Ghostlight, $19) and Gypsy: The 2008 Broadway Cast Recording (Time Life, $19) These bookend CDs allow fans to chart the career of the great American musical-theater diva, from her wild and woolly 1980 nightclub set at Les Mouches through her current apotheosis in Gypsy.

A wave of coverage and enthusiasm has coincided with the Ghostlight release of 'Patti LuPone at Les Mouches': USA TODAY ran a 'Listen Up – Playlist Music Pick'; Entertainment Weekly ran a review in their current double-issue; New York Magazine included the CD in their 'Approval Matrix'; The NY Times conducted a TIMESTALKS Event; The NY Post ran a 'My New York' feature; Tina Brown's The Daily Beast ran a 'Buzz Board' Pick of the Day; Time Out NY's Adam Feldman has weighed in; Newsday has run a review…and there's much more, ranging from The Advocate to Paper Mag, from Playbill to Associated Press, from NY Blade to Gay City News, from NY-1 TV to TheaterMania, and so on. EW.com will soon run a Holiday Gift Guide inclusion as well.

The historic album captures a moment in time and offers a snapshot of LuPone during her 'Evita' days: The year was 1980, and she was on her way to winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. But every Saturday night at midnight, for 27 weeks, after performing one of the most demanding roles ever, LuPone made her way to Les Mouches - a legendary nightclub in New York City, to perform a solo concert...This was a one- woman tour de force that -- until now -- only the lucky few who were on hand knew about.

'Patti LuPone at Les Mouches' is a digitally-restored concert recording of LuPone's 1980 solo show. Ghostlight President Kurt Deutsch, along with longtime producing partner Joel Moss and co-producers Ben Rimalower and David Lewis, have culled performances from the venue's original board mixes, and assembled a recording that captures the raw energy and excitement of a once in a lifetime concert event, and a moment in time. Everybody who was anybody was there, from Andy Warhol to Jodie Foster to Stephen Sondheim. It was literally the hottest ticket in town. This music has never been released before, in any format. It is now available for purchase via, at iTunes, and in stores.

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