Angela Louise Lupone and Orlando Joseph LuPone are the parents of Robert LuPone, an American actor, artistic director and founder of the off-Broadway MCC who died in August 2022 at age 76.
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LuPone was born in Brooklyn, New York City and raised in Northport, New York on Long Island.
His mother Angela Louise was a library administrator at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, and his father Orlando Joseph LuPone, was a school administrator and English teacher at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington, Long Island.
LuPone’s father’s side came from Abruzzo, while his mother’s side is Sicilian.
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LuPone has two siblings; actress-singer Patti LuPone and a brother William LuPone.
LuPone’s Broadway performances included;
- A Thousand Clowns (2001),
- True West (2000),
- A View from the Bridge (1997),
- Late Nite Comic (1987),
- Saint Joan (1977), and
- The Magic Show (1974).
For his performance as Zach in A Chorus Line (1976), he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
As artistic director of MCC Theater in New York City, he produced Frozen (2004) and Reasons To Be Pretty (2008), both of which were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.
LuPone died Saturday August 27 from pancreatic cancer.
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