GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
musicow
Chorus Member Joined: 11/8/06
#1GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:01pm
The big buzz at NY City Center tonight was not only the presentation of ENCORE'S FOLLIES. Numerous theatre "queens" were buzzing about an extended sit-down run of GYPSY this summer at CITY CENTER starring Patti Lupone as Rose; directed by Arthur Laurents - the musical's librettist. Anyone have any further information?
Exact details were in the "vague" to "heresay" category!
#2re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:09pmVery probable.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#2re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:10pm
Oh dear oh dear oh dear!
Say it is so!
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#3re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:12pm*head explodes*
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#4re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:12pm*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!*I'M THERE!
#5re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:14pmThe rumor has been going on since LuPone finished her run at Ravinia and it's likely to be true.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#6re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:17pm
Would it still be a concert version? Or will it be a full scale production? I'm hoping full scale!
I assume it would transfer to London following this.
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:10amFull scale or concert, I'll be there for several performances.
Amneris
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#8re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:14amI will move my luggage into city center... this is amazing if it's true. I will be the happiest girl in all of NYC.
#9re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:25amYou'll not be the only happiest girl in all of NYC. Biatches are going to be fighting each other for tickets.
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neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#10re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:37amI may be confusing Arthur Laurents with some else, but I thought that he didn't approve of Patti.
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#11re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:41am
zzzzzz, snore, zzzzzzzzz
Baby Jane Hudson
Hollywood, California
Updated On: 4/13/07 at 12:41 AM
#12re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:43amIf this happens, I MUST SEE IT!!!!
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
commasplice
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
#13re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:48amFor cripe's sake, Ellen, it's not our fault your husband cheated on you and your lover stayed with his wife. Do you really have to keep taking it out on us?
#14re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 3:59amomg how can i sleep NOW with news like that?!
NiteOwl
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/07
#15re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:46am
saw it at ravinia.
she was amazing as 'mama rose'.
as much as i love bernadette peters i didn't care for her 'rose' at all.
patti was just a revelation. she should have been the one to headline the more recent b'way revival (but we all know why that didn't happen).
anyway, part of me just can't help but think: "gypsy"?!!....again?!!!!.
it's easily one of the most overplayed musicals in theatre history.
but if it does happen it's going to be the must see event of the summer and yes, every queen from here to venus will be knocking each other over to get the best seats.
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#16re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:55ameverybodys gotta let me know ****THE MILLISECOND**** tickets go on sale!!!!!!
#17re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:02am
If my parents say no to this, I'm sneaking out and hopping on a bus and I'll see you guys there.
I must see this, I'm just waiting for some official news!
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
#18re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:12am
After her triumph at Ravinia, Arthur Laurents decided he would look bad if he continued to block Patti from playing Rose.
So he came up with a way to save face: by directing the show HIMSELF.
I'm glad he relented, but he's still the evilest queen who ever lived.
More evil even than TheEnchantedHuntress.
#19re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:39amMm-hmm. Will this thread be deleted or allowed to stay?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#20re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:41amLaurents and LuPone working together? Is it going to be Arthur or Patti that is on their best behavior? Because you know these two are going to have diva fits and end up bitch slapping each other.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#21re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:50amAnd therein lies the fun, eh?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#22re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:56am
So, yesterday I said there were two productions I'd like to have been there from the beginning as a fly-on-the-wall...I lied. There are now three. This is one of them.
Yay La LuPone as Mama Rose!
Side to Ahmele:
We also know God could do this role well
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#23re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:59amIf anyone needs a kidney, I'll be putting one up on Ebay in order to make sure I have my ticket!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#24re: GYPSY at City Center - summer '07?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 9:03amLaurents directing Lupone? In GYPSY!?!? God, I hope they have the cameras running from day one for this reality show.
PEACE.
