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Event Program
THUR, NOV 09
Hosted by Amber Ruffin
DISCUSSION
Hillary Rodham Clinton & Patti LuPone
MUSIC
Patti LuPone
Accompanied by Joseph Thalken
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
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Produced in partnership with iHeart Podcasts.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent over five decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. In 2000, she made history as the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first woman elected to statewide office in New York. In 2007, she began her first historic campaign for president, winning 18 million votes and becoming the first woman to ever win a presidential primary or caucus state. And in 2016, she made history again by becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. She won the national popular vote, earning the support of nearly 66 million Americans. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the author of ten best-selling books, host of the podcast You and Me Both, founder of the global production studio HiddenLight Productions, Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, and a Professor of Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and Presidential Fellow at Columbia World Projects at Columbia University, where she recently launched a new Institute of Global Politics. She and President Clinton reside in New York, have one daughter, Chelsea, and are the proud grandparents of Charlotte, Aidan, and Jasper.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent over five decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. In 2000, she made history as the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first woman elected to statewide office in New York. In 2007, she began her first historic campaign for president, winning 18 million votes and becoming the first woman to ever win a presidential primary or caucus state. And in 2016, she made history again by becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. She won the national popular vote, earning the support of nearly 66 million Americans. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the author of ten best-selling books, host of the podcast You and Me Both, founder of the global production studio HiddenLight Productions, Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, and a Professor of Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and Presidential Fellow at Columbia World Projects at Columbia University, where she recently launched a new Institute of Global Politics. She and President Clinton reside in New York, have one daughter, Chelsea, and are the proud grandparents of Charlotte, Aidan, and Jasper.
Patti LuPone, who recently received critical acclaim for her performance opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s latest film Beau Is Afraid, is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim–George Furth musical Company, Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne–Stephen Sondheim–Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy, and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Evita. Her New York stage credits include War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Shows for Days, The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet), Company (New York Philharmonic), Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Award nominations), Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), Noises Off, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Anything Goes (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Oliver!, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Water Engine, and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). London: Company (Olivier Award, WhatsOnStage Award), Master Class, Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination), and Les Miserables and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award for her performances in both productions). Opera: The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), To Hell and Back (San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera debut), and Regina (Kennedy Center). Her additional film credits include The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, Cliffs of Freedom, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Driving Miss Daisy, and Witness. TV/Streaming: Marvel’s The Darkhold Diaries (upcoming), Hollywood, Pose, Mom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Penny Dreadful (Critics Choice Award nomination), Girls, American Horror Story (NYC and Coven), 30 Rock, Glee, Frasier (Emmy nomination), and three seasons as Libby Thatcher on ABC’s Life Goes On. She is a founding member of both the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and John Houseman’s The Acting Company and the author of the New York Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.
Patti LuPone, who recently received critical acclaim for her performance opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s latest film Beau Is Afraid, is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim–George Furth musical Company, Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne–Stephen Sondheim–Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy, and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Evita. Her New York stage credits include War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Shows for Days, The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet), Company (New York Philharmonic), Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Award nominations), Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), Noises Off, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Anything Goes (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Oliver!, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Water Engine, and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). London: Company (Olivier Award, WhatsOnStage Award), Master Class, Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination), and Les Miserables and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award for her performances in both productions). Opera: The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), To Hell and Back (San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera debut), and Regina (Kennedy Center). Her additional film credits include The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, Cliffs of Freedom, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Driving Miss Daisy, and Witness. TV/Streaming: Marvel’s The Darkhold Diaries (upcoming), Hollywood, Pose, Mom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Penny Dreadful (Critics Choice Award nomination), Girls, American Horror Story (NYC and Coven), 30 Rock, Glee, Frasier (Emmy nomination), and three seasons as Libby Thatcher on ABC’s Life Goes On. She is a founding member of both the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and John Houseman’s The Acting Company and the author of the New York Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.
Amber Ruffin is an Emmy and WGA Award–nominated writer and performer for NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. She has written and performed on many TV shows, including The Amber Ruffin Show, Detroiters, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Drunk History. Ruffin has written for the Emmys, Golden Globes and Tonys. She was previously a performer at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, the iO Theater, and the Second City in Chicago. Ruffin is a New York Times best-selling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism and The World Record Book Of Racist Stories. She co-wrote the most Tony-nominated musical of 2022, Some Like it Hot. In 2023, Ruffin teamed up with iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players podcast network to launch The Amber & Lacey, Lacey & Amber Show!, which she co-hosts with her sister. Ruffin is now writing a revival of The Wiz, which will tour America beginning in the fall of 2023 and will land on Broadway in spring 2024.
Amber Ruffin is an Emmy and WGA Award–nominated writer and performer for NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. She has written and performed on many TV shows, including The Amber Ruffin Show, Detroiters, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Drunk History. Ruffin has written for the Emmys, Golden Globes and Tonys. She was previously a performer at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, the iO Theater, and the Second City in Chicago. Ruffin is a New York Times best-selling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism and The World Record Book Of Racist Stories. She co-wrote the most Tony-nominated musical of 2022, Some Like it Hot. In 2023, Ruffin teamed up with iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players podcast network to launch The Amber & Lacey, Lacey & Amber Show!, which she co-hosts with her sister. Ruffin is now writing a revival of The Wiz, which will tour America beginning in the fall of 2023 and will land on Broadway in spring 2024.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Estate of Douglas M. Matheson, Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Mustang Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
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Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
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