Status Updates From Patti LuPone: A Memoir

"Odd things started happening to me. I received death threats. I had an FBI guy follow me around for a while. He was very cute. We had bomb threats. In the seventies, there was always a bomb scare on opening night. You didn't have a proper opening night unless you saw the bomb squad and their dogs sweep the theatre before the seven o'clock curtain. It was kind of good luck for a show."

I may be the only person to pick up this book without having even heard the name Patti LuPone. My admiration for Broadway talent, whose talents, training and work ethics, but not salaroes, exceed movie actors, led me to seek out a book that would help me to understand the type of person who pursues and thrives in such a high pressure career.