That's at least 4 years overdue (by Glass Menagerie standards), and we've yet to see Audra McDonald, Catherine Zeta Jones, Meryl Streep, Tonya Pinkins, Toni Collette, Cate Blanchett, or Kate Winslet play the role.
I do hope some Broadway producer is on this...
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That's true about Tyne. Also Lansbury had much lowered keys. Also Elaine Stritch who came super close to playing the role wouldn't have sounded the greatest either.
I hope the Imelda Staunton production stays put on the other side of the Atlantic. Someone get Donna Murphy on the phone, or maybe it's time for Jane Krakowski to tackle a full-blown lead role on Broadway. Of course Audra McDonald or Tonya Pinkins would be fabulous too.
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Of course we do. It's one of the greatest musicals ever written with one of the greatest roles ever crafted for a woman. The show never makes money, but as long as there are actresses out there who should get their shot at playing the 'female Hamlet' -- we can never have enough productions of GYPSY....
Most productions actually look pretty much the same; they should just keep the sets and costumes in storage and bring them out twice a decade - it would save a lot of money and allow this musical to have all the productions it deserves.
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Though I suspect she'd be a bit of a train wreck, I'd love to see Alice Ripley's Rose. Maybe not in NYC, but she could do it at La Mirada or Papermill.
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QueenAlice said: "Though I suspect she'd be a bit of a train wreck, I'd love to see Alice Ripley's Rose. Maybe not in NYC, but she could do it at La Mirada or Papermill."
I legitimately do not think she would be able to get through that score even once.
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