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After Patti Leaves... fill in your dream blank
#50re: After Patti Leaves... fill in your dream blank
Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:41pmYeah. Tyne Daly needs to show Patti how to sing.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#51re: After Patti Leaves... fill in your dream blank
Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:53pmFINDING NAMO
HUSSY POWER!
------ HUSSY POWER!
#52This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
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
MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#54LuPone Replacement
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
- Eeyore
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#55This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:21pmi 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
#56This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:26pmEither Beth Leavel or Mary Testa.
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
#57This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:26pmDebra Monk
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#58This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
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
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#59This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
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
- Eeyore
#60This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:47pmI'd like to see Bete Middler play Rose on stage.
#61This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:51pm
I'd like to see Bete Middler play Rose on stage
- Yikes. I would not.
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#62This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
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"
#63This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:53pmBette hasn't played it on stage because Laurents hated her Rose. And he has full approval and denial of Broadway Roses.
#64This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
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.
#65This TYNE for ME!!!!!!
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
#66Great Performances
Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:17pmWith a great material and great performances... I hope that PBS will tape this and have it on DVD...
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
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#68Great Performances
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
Leading Actor Joined: 7/18/03
#69Great Performances
Posted: 6/25/08 at 11:59pmIt will close after Patti..but otherwise....Mary Testa!
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#72Great Performances
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!
#73Great Performances
Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:35pm
I'm amazed that no one has mentioned Faith Prince.
She'll be available soon.
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philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#74Great Performances
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!).
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