Tony winner Lauren Patten on Brandi Carlile, Paramore & the power of connecting with queer audiences
A Star is Born, but we’re not. Instead, Off-Broadway strikes again with a queer narrative proving that smaller, nonprofit theater companies have a better grip on LGBTQ+ voices than the big spenders in Times Square.
Lauren Patten is familiar with both worlds. The wildly talented singer-actor-musician made her Broadway debut in Fun Home and won a Tony Award for her bristling performance in Jagged Little Pill.
Patten returns to the stage this summer in the intimately immersive new musical The Lonely Few. Patten plays Lila, the frontperson of a local band in a small Kentucky town, trying to keep herself and her imbibing brother from going down a depressive rabbit hole.
When Amy (Taylor Iman Jones), a singer who’s achieved modest success, sparks fly both on and offstage. Lila’s band joins Amy on tour, and the sapphic storyline kicks into high gear.
