Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Which closing show would you see on July 29?
#1Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:50pm
Which closing performance would you see?
a) BEAUTY & THE BEAST
b) GREY GARDENS
c) GYPSY
d) 110 IN THE SHADE
That's got to be the toughest call to make. The 29th is going to be a media circus.
With BEAUTY you have a 13+ year show closing. And a Disney show. And a well-written show. And a show with a great Alan Menken score. It's bound to be a grand-scale event.
With GREY GARDENS you have a show that worked it's way to Broadway keeping most of its original stars intact. Two of its performers won Tony Awards and are of legendary scale: Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson. Ebersole's performance is rated as one of the best this generation will ever see.
With GYPSY you have a wonderful backstage tale of LuPone FINALLY getting to do this role. Not only is she playing the legendary character of Mama Rose, but the show is being directed by Arthur Laurents - it's book writer. The reviews of LuPone are just as good as that of Ebersole, except LuPone's story is much more fragile.
And finally with 110 IN THE SHADE you have a limited engagement of a show that kept on extending. A show that hasn't been revived since the original. A show updated to great standards for today. A show lead by the extremely talented and crowd favorite, Audra Macdonald.
So which do you see, assuming you can only choose ONE?
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#2re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:54pm
Good lord, that's hard. As much as I LOVED GYPSY, I would probably see GREY GARDENS, simply because I know GYPSY will be done at least once more in my life (with or without LuPone) and I don't know how many times GREY GARDENS will be done, especially with these two brilliant actresses.
Ack. In reality, I would see both on the same day.
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.
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#2re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:54pm
If I could, I would see BEAUTY. My first Broadway show, my favorite movie ever, my favorite Disney character...it just holds so much with me.
I love all four of these shows.
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RockabyeHamlet
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#4re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:55pmAs much as I would love to see 110 in the Shade, I would see Gypsy again.
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#5re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:56pm
GREY GARDENS!!!
And that's where I'll be (crying all the way).
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#6re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:57pmI'd see the matinee of GREY GARDENS and GYPSY in the evening.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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#7re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:04pm
I have tix for Grey Gardens and Gypsy.
#8re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:06pm
Probably "GYPSY" bec. I have already seen "GREY GARDENS" . I had a dream that I was watching Gypsy with Patty Lupone three nights ago.......
I wish .. I could see it both !!!
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Updated On: 7/27/07 at 05:06 PM
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#9re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:06pm
In a heartbeat, for one last time, my beloved Beast.
The fact that it would be a chance to see Donny Osmond live as Gaston would be a hoot, too.
I have to agree, all of the shows hold a tremendous amount of interest for me. I'd love to see LuPone as Mama Rose. What I've seen/heard of Grey Gardens is fascinating, and 110 is just classic - add Audra McDonald, and wow!
But to be real, I'd see anything I could get a ticket for, if only I could get to New York again! (I'm presently and usually happily stuck in Los Angeles)
I will go back to sulking and skulking about now... Thank goodness for the lovely BWW TV tribute to Beast! Aloha ke akua, Beast!
#10re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:12pmIt was a hard decision, but I'm doing Gypsy. I technically could do another show but.. I fear for my emotional sanity with two closing shows in one day. So one it is.
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#11re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:16pmbeauty and the beast!!!
#12re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:34pmI would see Grey Gardens. I was suppose to go to the closing show,but I later found out that I had plans.So I got to see it for my final time last week.
choose to be happy:0)-Grey Gardens
#13re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:37pm
I'll be attending the Grey Gardens matinee and Gypsy evening performance.
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Updated On: 7/27/07 at 06:37 PM
#14re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:37pmMy original plan was to do GREY GARDENS matinee and GYPSY in the evening but alas it didn't happen. Those would be my two picks though.
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#15re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:37pmI would see 110, only because I haven't seen it yet...but out of the other 3 i'd go see Grey Gardens, because I loved the show but Christine was DEFINATELY having an off-night when I saw her. No doubt she'll be pulling out all of the stops on July 29th:)
#16re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:38pmIf I could, I'd be seeing Gypsy again. But my final show this weekend (on Saturday night) will be 110 in the Shade.
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#17re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:39pmGrey Gardens
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
#19re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:41pm
Definitely Gypsy. Patti owns my soul.
MAYBE Beauty, because it was my first show.
Mr Roxy
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#21re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:49pm
Beauty and the Beast if only for sentimental reasons. It was my first Broadway show and it's one of my all-time favorite movies.
~Steven
#22re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:59pmGypsy! I grew up listening to and hearing about Patti Lupone but have never seen her!
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#23re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:03pm
No contest for me..Grey Gardens.
Sunday I'll probably light a candle, play the recording, and then die a little inside.
#24re: Which closing show would you see on July 29?
Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:14pmApparently like many others, I'm going to the Grey Gardens matinee and Gypsy evening performance.
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