The Broadway icon returns to Los Angeles with Matters of the Heart

(Los Angeles) January 26, 2026 — On February 21, 2026, LA Opera will present three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone in her critically acclaimed theatrical concert Matters of the Heart.

With the launch of her tour this month, Ms. LuPone celebrates the 25th anniversary of the show's Broadway engagement at the Beaumont Theatre. Matters of the Heart is based on her CD recording of the same name, which was released in 1999 and named one of the best recordings of the year by both The Times of London and Time Out/NY.   Ms. LuPone went on to perform the show in London’s West End and on tour nationally and internationally.

In Matters of the Heart,   Ms. LuPone takes the audience on an exploration of the crimes, affairs, and mysteries of the heart, with electrifying performances of more than two dozen love songs ranging from Broadway favorites to works by today’s top contemporary songwriters. Conceived and directed by Scott Wittman, the evening features musical direction by Joseph Thalken. Original arrangements are by Dick Gallagher, with additional arrangements by Joseph Thalken. The show was written by John Weidman with additional material by Jeffrey Richman. Ms. LuPone will be joined by The Four Play String Quartet.

Patti LuPone's Matters of the Heart will be presented at 7:30pm on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, located at 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Meet Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s gender-swapped award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical Company,   Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy and the title role in the original Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice production of Evita.

Ms. LuPone launched her concert career in 1980 at New York City’s legendary nightclub Les Mouches, performing late-night on Saturdays for 27 weeks, while also performing in Evita. Since then, she has continued to tour extensively, captivating audiences across North America, London’s West End, Australia, and Broadway. Her celebrated concert repertoire includes A Life in Notes    (which she performed at LA Opera in 2024), Don’t Monkey with Broadway and Far Away Places.

New York stage appearances include The Roommate, War Paint, Shows for Days, The Anarchist, The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet), Company    (New York Philharmonic), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Old Neighborhood, Sweeney Todd, Noises Off, Master Class, Anything Goes, Oliver!, Accidental Death of an Anarchist,   and The Robber Bridegroom. London stage appearances include Company, Master Class, Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables,   and The Cradle Will Rock. Opera appearances include The Ghosts of Versailles and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny   (LA Opera); To Hell and Back (San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra); Regina (Kennedy Center). Films include Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid (opposite Joaquin Phoenix), The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Heist, State and Main, Driving Miss Daisy and Witness. TV/Streaming: And Just Like That, Marvel’s Agatha All Along, Hollywood, Pose, Mom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Penny Dreadful, Girls, American Horror Story (NYC and Coven), 30 Rock, Glee, Frasier,    and four seasons as Libby Thatcher on ABC's Life Goes On.

Ms. LuPone is a founding member of both the Drama Division of the Juilliard School and John Houseman’s Acting Company, and the author of the New York Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.

Tickets
Tickets begin at $59 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online at LAOpera.org, by phone at 213.972.8001, or in person at the LA Opera box office at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90012). For disability access, call 213.972.0777 or email LAOpera@LAOpera.org.

More information about the performance is available at LAOpera.org/LuPone. Click here to download a photo of Ms. LuPone.

About LA Opera
Los Angeles is a city of enormous diversity and creativity, and LA Opera is dedicated to reflecting that vibrancy by redefining what opera can be. Through imaginative new productions, world premiere commissions, and inventive performances that preserve foundational works while making them feel fresh and compelling, LA Opera has become one of America’s most exciting and ambitious opera companies.

In addition to its mainstage performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the company explores unusual repertoire each season through the LA Opera Off Grand initiative, featuring performances in a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles. The LA Opera Connects initiative offers a robust variety of educational programming and community engagement offerings that reaches people throughout every corner of Los Angeles County. Learn more at LAOpera.org.

LA Opera Media Contact
Marlene Meraz
Director of Communications
mmeraz@laopera.org
213.972.7554

Patti LuPone’s appearance made possible by generous support from
The Eva and Marc Stern Principal Artists Fund

Piano graciously provided by
Yamaha, Official Piano of LA Opera

LA Opera is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the greater Los Angeles community.