After Patti Leaves... fill in your dream blank- Page 3

[ljay889]

re: After Patti Leaves... fill in your dream blank#50

Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:41pm

Yeah. Tyne Daly needs to show Patti how to sing.

[DAME]

re: After Patti Leaves... fill in your dream blank#51

Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:53pm

FINDING NAMO

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[BigFatBlonde]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#52

Posted: 6/25/08 at 9:35pm

LOL!

I knew my remark would hit a nerve! I didn't think ljay889 would be the one to bite.. but I knew it would be SOMEONE.

I stand by my statement. Daly was in a unique position for a Broadway Rose of not having "diva" baggage to deal with. She had no fawning fans to appease. She focused a laser beam intensity on the character of Rose, WARTS AND ALL.

Rose is not a nice person. And there is a VERY ugly element to the story of Gypsy. Daly knew that. She didn't soft soap Rose as merely a misunderstood "mother." Nor did she attempt to seduce to the audience as a Kewpie doll sex-pot.

As for her signing, I honestly think she used her vocal limitations more effectively to reveal the character than those who have used their vocal prowess merely WOW their fans.

*kisses*

What great ones do the less will prattle of

Updated On: 6/25/08 at 09:35 PM

[nitwit]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#53

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:15pm

nick adams. he can teach patti how to be hawt.

[MovieGuy1031]

LuPone Replacement#54

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:21pm

I'd want to see Tonya Pinkins and Anika Noni Rose as Rose and Gypsy, respectively.

But I just want them to have their own production - not replacements.

...not that either would happen, but whatever.

"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."

- Eeyore

[jonartdesigns]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#55

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:21pm

i think bebe neuwerth would be spectacular. Maybe Marin Mazee

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[dancingthrulife04]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#56

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:26pm

Either Beth Leavel or Mary Testa.

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

Updated On: 6/25/08 at 10:26 PM

[little_sally]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#57

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:26pm

Debra Monk

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[gypsy4]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#58

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:27pm

you will probaly think i'm crazy for saying this but I actualy
could see Rosie O' Donnel in this role she would be brilliant.

[MovieGuy1031]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#59

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:31pm

You're right, gypsy.

I do think your crazy.

"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."

- Eeyore

[CATSNYrevival]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#60

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:47pm

I'd like to see Bete Middler play Rose on stage.

[ljay889]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#61

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:51pm

I'd like to see Bete Middler play Rose on stage

- Yikes. I would not.

[gypsy4]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#62

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:51pm

"Why hasn't Bette played the role on stage yet? she should have played it before bernadette peters but i do think she was brilliant in that role"

[ljay889]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#63

Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:53pm

Bette hasn't played it on stage because Laurents hated her Rose. And he has full approval and denial of Broadway Roses.

[RatherBeSailing]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#64

Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:01pm

Glenn Close...haha just kidding!!...wouldn't Patti LOVE THAT?

The show will close when Patti leaves, as it should.

[BigFatBlonde]

This TYNE for ME!!!!!!#65

Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:08pm

Just after the so-so GYPSY aired with Midler, she did concert tour.

She ended the first half with ROSE'S TURN. NO ONE has knocked that song out of the park like she did.

What didn't work on film was a SONIC BOOM of pure talent LIVE on stage. It really made me reassess Midler as Rose.

Hers is the best "sung" Rose since Merman. But like with so many diva-based Roses.. I always find myself thinking... This person's talent is SO obvious... why isn't she performing instead of June?

What great ones do the less will prattle of

Updated On: 6/26/08 at 11:08 PM

[chino]

Great Performances#66

Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:17pm

With a great material and great performances... I hope that PBS will tape this and have it on DVD...

[gypsy4]

Great Performances#67

Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:30pm

that would be nice.

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Great Performances#68

Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:52pm

Someone else said it in an older thread, but the choices bear repeating:
Cyndi Lauper
Toni Colette

and, as far as the names that keep popping up, I guess Donna, but - MAN - people here are dumb... Idina??? LINDA EDER?????

[Luvinbroadway]

Great Performances#69

Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:59pm

It will close after Patti..but otherwise....Mary Testa!

[MungoGypsy8232]

Great Performances#70

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:15am

Debra Monk would be AMAZING

[MTVMANN]

Great Performances#71

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:31am

Debra Monk!

[A Fleur De Toi]

Great Performances#72

Posted: 6/26/08 at 11:45am

IDINA MENZEL!!!!!!!

kidding. I think donna murphy or victoria clarke. but why bother, the show's gonna close if she leaves anyway.

In Soviet Russia, Wicked hates you too!

[sondheimboy2]

Great Performances#73

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:35pm

I'm amazed that no one has mentioned Faith Prince.

She'll be available soon.

"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music "Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70 "Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba

[philly03]

Great Performances#74

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:49pm

"and, as far as the names that keep popping up, I guess Donna, but - MAN - people here are dumb... Idina??? LINDA EDER?????"

Why would that be unheard of for Linda Eder doing it? She's performed the songs in concert and recording the song "Some People", which is included on several of her albums. She's defantely one of the best VOICES on Broadway ever (IMO!).