Patti LuPone, who recently received critical acclaim for her performance opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s 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 and George Furth musical Company; Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy; and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber 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); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC Award nominations); Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC nominations); Noises Off; The Old Neighborhood; Master Class; Anything Goes (Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award); Oliver!; Accidental Death of An Anarchist; The Water Engine; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). In London, she has appeared in Company (Olivier Award); Master Class; Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination); Les Misérables; and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award). On the opera stage, she has performed The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), To Hell and Back (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera), and Regina (Kennedy Center).

Her film and television credits include: The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, Cliffs of Freedom, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Driving Miss Daisy, Witness, Marvel’s The Darkhold Diaries (upcoming), Hollywood, Pose, Mom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Penny Dreadful (Critics Choice Award nomination), Girls, American Horror Story, 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.

Joseph Thalken is an award-winning composer, conductor, and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust, and Inventions for Piano, and his concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble, and vocal music. His ballet, Chasing Home, was recently recorded by the Dallas Chamber Symphony.

In addition to Patti LuPone, he has served as music director or arranger for Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, Catherine Malfitano, Elizabeth Futral, Kristin Chenoweth, Sally Wilfert, Polly Bergen, Faith Prince, Hugh Panaro, Michael Crawford, Howard McGillin, Jason Danieley, Nathan Gunn, Rodney Gilfry, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and many more. He has taught music theater composition at Yale University and is a proud graduate of Northwestern University.

Brad Phillips has worked with Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Pat Metheny, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, the Verve Pipe, Mark O’Connor, and Jeff Daniels. He holds a BFA in jazz studies and an MM in improvisation from the University of Michigan, where he serves as a lecturer in the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation. A composer, arranger, musical director, singer-songwriter, record producer, theatrical sound designer, actor, and multi-instrumentalist, he also serves as a resident artist at the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan, where he has contributed to more than 25 plays in various creative capacities. His experiences on the road and collaborations with artists he has encountered inform his career as a recording artist and his solo shows. Most recently, Tales of a Midwestern Sideman provides a light-hearted, thoughtful, and moving evening of storytelling and music.