AUDRA GYPSY Reviews- Page 2

[OharaFosseWolfe888]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 8:23pm

Play Esq. said: "As for the 11 o’clock number you’ve all been waiting for: McDonald’s “Rose’s Turn” feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event; the sort of unequivocal theater magic that you one day tell your grandkids about.

😂😂😂😂😂

Even the most fervent scream queens on this board weren’t as fervent as this. Honey needs to dial it back a bit."

Having seen it twice, this is exactly how I feel actually...

Updated On: 12/19/24 at 08:23 PM

[CJRochester]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 8:27pm

The USA Today review is gone. I wonder if they released it prematurely and had to take it down. I read it an hour ago and it's a great review. 

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 8:37pm

CJRochester said: "The USA Today review is gone. I wonder if they released it prematurely and had to take it down. I read it an hour ago and it's a great review."

I’d describe it as a very poorly written rave review (see histrionic drivel quoted above). 

Updated On: 12/19/24 at 08:37 PM

[Skip23]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 8:43pm

OharaFosseWolfe888 said: "Play Esq. said: "As for the 11 o’clock number you’ve all been waiting for: McDonald’s “Rose’s Turn” feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event; the sort of unequivocal theater magic that you one day tell your grandkids about.

😂😂😂😂😂

Even the most fervent scream queens on this board weren’t as fervent as this. Honey needs to dial it back a bit."

Having seen it twice, this sis exactly how I feel actually..."

 

Wow.  I felt very little...anything....after seeing this production.  Mostly forgettable with a boring, nagging lead actress with a miscast voice, A Louise that made no impact at all.  And choreography that belonged on a Beyonce video.  Magic?   Monotony!   Except for Lesli Margherita.  

[Strange Lupone]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 8:49pm

This was one of the most exciting evenings I’ve ever spent in a NY theater. And that includes The Gaiety!

I know GYPSY better than any other show. I found this to be, easily, the best overall production I’ve ever seen. Audra is the first performer to ever make me believe Rose is a person. Other performers have played it safe, going full steamroller. But this is a 5-star, top notch  production that made me laugh, made me scream, and had me in the edge of my seat. 
 

Audra absolutely nails it. The drama, the score, and the humor. She’s very funny (something I was worried about). She deserves every positive superlative, anll the praise,  every award, every rose. 
 

I DO wish the strip transformation was better. But I was in the edge of my seat. I see it again 1/15.
 

Please consider my review a rave. 

Updated On: 12/19/24 at 08:49 PM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 9:07pm

“Magic? Monotony! Except for Lesli Margherita."

Couldn’t have said it better, and when “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” is the highlight of Gypsy, you have a big problem. 

With that said: Lesli is a GD gift from god!

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 9:11pm

Marlothom said: "Is that Tulsa in the back? Looks like Louise finally gets the guy at the end. :)"

Tulsa is in back right

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 10:00pm

AOL picked up the USA Today review: https://www.aol.com/gypsy-review-audra-mcdonald-gives-225224127.html

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 10:18pm

AM NY

Review | Audra McDonald stuns and soars in ‘Gypsy’

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/broadway/review-audra-mcdonald-stuns-and-soars-in-gypsy/

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 11:29pm

Never heard of this, but America magazine:

Can one performance reinvent a classic musical? Audra McDonald does it in ‘Gypsy.’

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2024/12/19/gypsy-broadway-audra-mcdonald-249510

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 11:37pm

NJ.com

‘Gypsy’ on Broadway review: Audra Macdonald gives a performance for the ages

https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2024/12/gypsy-on-broadway-review-audra-macdonald-gives-a-performance-for-the-ages.html

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 11:50pm

These reviews make me wonder if we saw the same production...

[sppunk]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 11:57pm

CoffeeBreak said: "These reviews make me wonder if we saw the same production..."

Right? Bland, half-hearted direction and design shouldn’t get rewarded because one person’s performance. But it happens too often, like seemingly here. 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/19/24 at 11:59pm

Chicago Tribune:

Review: In ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway, Audra McDonald is transformational and tragically human as Rose

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/19/review-gypsy-on-broadway/

"

in the end, Wolfe chose to foreground Black performers in the major roles while avoiding that kind of explicit commentary, using white adult performers for Tulsa and most of the rest of Rose’s crew. Thus even though issues of racial discrimination float in the air, they’re not explicitly explored through this production. Given the need for space between revivals and the presence of this megawatt star, that is perhaps an opportunity missed. In many ways, this actually is a traditional revival in terms of its design and staging, although Santo Loquasto’s set has some surprises. Most theatergoers will be just fine with that; “Gypsy” is such a masterpiece of construction that any deconstruction would feel like a violation.

That said, Wolfe has managed to make a major statement in that he has directed a “Gypsy” for everybody and has extended the show outwards from its initial context and milieu, much as one might take a King Lear or a Hamlet out of England or Denmark."

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:00am

BROADWAY REVIEW: ‘Gypsy’ revival coming up roses thanks to Audra McDonald

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/12/19/broadway-review-gypsy-revival-coming-up-roses-thanks-to-audra-mcdonald/?ad=dirN&prod=Secure&tstId=norton.enhanced.cta.us&cmpgn=29308&annot=false&sameTabLaunch=false&varId=Control+-+Live+Production&installSource=other&ctype=web&browser=Secure&darkMode=false&ueid=00ef6d33-c042-46d7-8228-d54f730258f7&doi=2023-10-15

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:01am

NY Stage Review

GYPSY: EVERYTHING’S COMING UP AUDRA

By Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ New production of fabled masterwork lights the lights and hits the heights

https://nystagereview.com/2024/12/19/gypsy-everythings-coming-up-audra/

 

GYPSY: HOLD YOUR HATS AND HALLELUJAH

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Stephen Sondheim said “there’s not a moment” in this quintessential American musical “that isn’t entertaining.” We have to agree.

https://nystagereview.com/2024/12/19/gypsy-hold-your-hats-and-hallelujah/

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:03am

Variety

‘Gypsy’ Broadway Review: Audra McDonald Electrifies In George C. Wolfe’s Sensational Revival

https://variety.com/2024/legit/reviews/gypsy-review-broadway-audra-mcdonald-1236255433/

[Musigamist]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:03am

Critic’s pick from Jesse Green:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/theater/gypsy-review-audra-mcdonald.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i04.uy5e.5fIFVm1hrcFK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=ctr

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:04am

NY Times Critic's Pick from Green

CRITIC’S PICK

Review: In a Stripped-Down ‘Gypsy,’ Audra’s Gonna Show It to Ya

Hold your hats and hallelujah, our leading musical tragedienne offers an ultra-dramatic Rose in George C. Wolfe’s Broadway revival.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/theater/gypsy-review-audra-mcdonald.html

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:04am

 

Gypsy’ Broadway Review: Audra McDonald Takes Her Turn At Momma Rose

https://deadline.com/2024/12/gypsy-broadway-review-audra-mcdonald-1236206662/?ad=dirN&prod=Secure&tstId=norton.enhanced.cta.us&cmpgn=29308&annot=false&sameTabLaunch=false&varId=Control+-+Live+Production&installSource=other&ctype=web&browser=Secure&darkMode=false&ueid=00ef6d33-c042-46d7-8228-d54f730258f7&doi=2023-10-15

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:04am

The Guardian

Gypsy review – Audra McDonald is a knockout in Broadway revival

Majestic Theatre, New York

Stephen Sondheim’s much-adored musical gets a dazzling new makeover with a bravura turn from the six-time Tony award winner

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/dec/20/gypsy-broadway-play-review-audra-mcdonald

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:05am

Hollywood Reporter

‘Gypsy’ Theater Review: Audra McDonald Climbs the Mountain of One of the All-Time Greatest Musicals and Plants a Triumphant Flag

Danny Burstein and Joy Woods also star in George C. Wolfe’s Broadway revival of the beloved showbiz story by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/gypsy-theater-review-audra-mcdonald-broadway-1236091036/

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:05am

Washington Post

Audra McDonald is unforgettable in a brooding ‘Gypsy’ revival

The six-time Tony Award winner plays a heartfelt Mama Rose who was unjustly deprived of the spotlight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2024/12/20/gypsy-audra-mcdonald-review-broadway/

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:05am

From the Suskin review:  "For those curious about such things, let us point out that the unfamiliar introduction to the song “Small World” (“Here I been, looking for a suitcase…”) is authentic: it was cut during the 1959 Philadelphia tryout, in conjunction with a scenery mishap. Not an overwhelmingly dynamic discovery, perhaps, but illustrative of how Styne and Sondheim took Rose and Herbie from dialogue to song."

[chanel]

Posted: 12/20/24 at 12:07am

Rave in Village Voice:

"Audra is magnificent, giving a tingly performance that will be as hard to shake off as a tightened tassel."

https://www.villagevoice.com/review-once-again-the-diva-of-the-moment-gets-to-revel-in-gypsy/

Updated On: 12/20/24 at 12:07 AM