AUDRA GYPSY Reviews — Page 28

The show is expected to resume tonight. Someone on Reddit said that Wade was the likely sick actor and that the show needs to hire another Rose cover. For anyone that saw the show on Wednesday, did Wade sound sick?

Peters was more like LuPone, I could imagine her anxiously waiting for someone to start dragging McDonald for these absences the same way she was, once upon a time. But she’s busy working, and…not like that, presumably.

And I really liked McDonald as Madame Rose, so don’t even try it. It was the production that let me down, not her.

Audra was back it seems. How was it?

Audra performed the role so well. I didn’t think her voice worked super well on the two act closers, but her acting shows why she’s a legend. “Rose’s Turn” broke my heart but didn’t pack a punch the way a belt does. Joy Woods really didn’t play levels with the final scenes. It felt 0 or 100. I think she should’ve built nuance in those exchanges. I hadn’t seen previous productions of Gypsy, but this one really mined the humor. It’s evident why it’s one of the strongest book musicals. I don’t think the scenes without music played this well since I saw Lauren Ambrose and Harry Hayden Patton in My Fair Lady. Jordan Tyson is a STAR and thought she really stole the first act in a lot of ways - her acting in “If Momma Was Married” blew me away. I know June is often the lesser role to Louise, but not here. Also I liked the sets, the only transition I thought was weak was from Seattle to LA. Those dancing road signs were not great or were used to cover too much music. It got old quick. Overall worth the price of admission to see Audra do this role. I had tix on Thursday which was cancelled so glad it worked out to see it tonight.

QueenAlice said: "As I understand it from an investor, the Bernadette Peters revival did recoup. Barely. But it did."

According to the Nytimes, Bernadette’s revival was projected to lose half of the entire investment just a few months before closing

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/03/theater/gypsy-to-close-feb-28-at-a-loss-of-millions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4U4.4B7B.lBmzFUnopnat&smid=url-share

Of course, I’d love to start being able to claim that Bernadette’s Gypsy recouped so I hope it’s wrong.

DAME said: "Hey guys,

Im looking for that 4 week in advance promo code . Now I can’t find it. Also.. those front row seats people seem to come upon at the last minute.. are those from the lottery? Thank you so much."

GIMMICK still works on the telecharge website

Thank you . I don’t like the seats being offered with the promo code . Plus the $30 service charge? I’m thinking tkts might be a better option?

Oprah Winfrey Brought to Tears After Performance of Broadway's 'Gypsy'



https://people.com/oprah-winfrey-brought-to-tears-after-gypsy-on-broadway-11698466

Yes, due to her injury she will be out tonight as well.

I saw this on Wednesday evening. I have to say - Audra’s acting was on another level - incredible. I was pretty terrified of her by the end and she got a well deserved standing ovation after Rose’s Turn, which she absolutely ate up (in character). With that said, I have officially joined the camp of people saying her voice is not right for this role. Her voice is SO beautiful and this simply did not do it justice. Joy Woods, Danny Burstein, Jordan Tyson, Lesli Margherita - all giving stellar performances. The entire show was so enjoyable - I previously saw it in 2008 with LuPone. I brought my friend to this revival and she also loved it - it was her first Sondheim show!

Auggie27 said: "I saw the show Wednesday as well, but the matinee, and had zero problems with the McDonald vocals. To me, four months into the run, she seemsto know how to place her gorgeous instrument, how to navigate itstwo ends (and her lower range was sometimes thrilling to me), how reassign her strengths - heard as Bess, Marine Christine, Lizzie - to another complicated woman. To me, it's just the way this Rose reveals her emotional vocabulary.

My response to the production may enflame some posters. But I'll offer it anyway:I woke up Thursday thinking about one of the greatest lines in the American canon, not just musical theater: "Well, someone tell me when is it my turn?" An existential cri du coeur. I couldn't help but flash on so many women who have used intellect, creativity, cobbled together resources, and ingenuity in the face of struggle to survive. Twice in this brilliant show a woman with nothing moves on against staggering odds, mining opportunity that feels like an insurmountable obstacle.A feminist prism on Gypsy? Rose is now unavoidably heroic, as many women must be. Yes, bark at me for dragging 2025 into Gypsy, but 2025 is a window on everything: and I flashed on two brilliant women who lost to one of the least accomplishedmen to undeservedly ascend. The raw specificity of McDonald's heart-on-her-sleeve question brought up the universal. And the devastation in one woman's 11th hour revelation - which fleetingly felt like an epiphany for all women - ricocheted through the Majestic."

Rose lived off Gypsy until she died. She was never a hero. I find no resonance personally as a woman in Rose and her wanting her turn. Her turn was always at the expense of the girls. If this is what you think women of any age resonate to now, you are mistaken.

What happened to Brittney Johnson? She's been out of the show for a while and had the Agnes u/s rotate for a few weeks. The show brought in Dori Waymer to play the role "for a few weeks".

Nobody?