An Event - with a Capital E!

From Reuters:

LuPone takes a brief break from "Sweeney"Tue Aug 8, 2006 2:16 AM ET
By Robert Osborne
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Patti LuPone is briefly out of Broadway's stunning "Sweeney Todd," but playgoers at the Eugene O'Neill are in good hands.
The juicy role of Mrs. Lovett is being played this week by Tony winner -- and this year's Tony nominee for "Souvenir" -- Judy Kaye, who'll be holding forth with Michael Cerveris through Sunday's performance.

LuPone will be back August 15. At the moment, she's in Chicago prepping for the August 11-13 staging of the Sondheim-Styne-Laurents musical "Gypsy" at the Ravinia Festival with a cast that includes Jack Willis as Herbie, Leo Ash Evens as Tulsa and Jessica Boevers in the title role. Lonny Price directs; the esteemed Paul Gemignani will be there, conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. LuPone as Mama Rose? As exhausting as it sounds, it also promises to be an event with a capital E, a magic mix of performer and role.

When she returns to "Sweeney," LuPone will have just three more weeks of baking meat pies on Broadway. "Sweeney," as previously announced, ends its run September 3, having played 349 performances and 35 previews.