A High School ROSE'S TURN...

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 12:56am

I came across this on Youtube. I still don't get why High School's do GYPSY. It's so pointless to have a Rose and Louise who are the same age.

Anyway. She's not bad. But a Momma Rose she aint. But who can be at 17 years old? It seems she's trying to sound like Bernadette Peters.

And my god what is happening in the horn section? It's disastrous.

Just curious, what do you think of this High School ROSE'S TURN?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=81g2QYWTSWk
Updated On: 4/10/08 at 12:56 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 1:04am

Trumpets and YIKES. She's not bad, but those musicians can't handle it.

Updated On: 4/10/08 at 01:04 AM

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 1:12am

I had a few friends in this production. I actually was supposed to see it, since I live less than a mile from the school, but I couldn't for some reason. The most common thing I've heard about this girl is "She's amazing for a HS student, but she's no Bernadette." However, I did see this school's production of "Pirates of Penzance," which was good, but didn't compare to my school's.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 1:29am

She did pretty alright, couldn't hear her on the last note though, but I still don't think it's a role that should be put in the hands of someone so young.
And BOOOOOOOOY THAT HORN SECTION IS OFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 1:30am

Who's playing the orchestra? Madama Rose's Toreadorables??? God, that was an awful orchestra. At the end when she gets to "for me"s I just started laughing.
The girl is completely misdirected and feels lost on stage. There is nothing spontaneous about her "Rose's Turn," plus I think it feels more like a triumphant 11 o'clock number rather than a nervous breakdown which is what the number should be. I still prefer it over Betty Buckley's, at least this girl doesn't actually do the batting motion when she says "bat a thousand."

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 1:44am

Those strippers look like a hoot!

That's a number I would have loved to see!

[Parks]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:18am

Patti who?

[Glory]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:50am

i wasn't expecting patti or tyne, but for a high schooler she really did a good job. props to her, but high schools shouldn't do Gypsy

[mattonstage]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 8:01am

If you're going to do Gypsy, PLEASE have an orchestra, not the kids from The Music Man when they first try to play.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 9:29am

That horn section hurts my brain,.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 9:50am

See, I think it's fine for high schools to do some of the more challenging pieces, because it exposes the students to them.

The orchestra sucks.

She isn't bad, she's got the groundwork for a good Rose (and who knows, if we could see the full production, she might have been quite good.), and could potentially have a future in theatre.

And ray, I gotta disagree, having seen the full "Gypsy" where Buckley 'bats' it's pretty phenomenal.