Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
morosco
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BCfitasafiddle
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#4Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/17/21 at 3:23pm
i was lucky enough to see ANGELA LANSBURY when Gypsy played the Schubert Theatre in Century City, Los Angeles, before going to Broadway...it was something i will never forget to see the Queen of Broadway in the greatest role ever written for a leading lady!!...btw i think Angela will always be the perfect Mayoress as Cora Hoover Hooper in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE...
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#5Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/17/21 at 6:32pm
Fabulous cast. Mary Louise Wilson played Tessie Tura and Denny Dillon played Agnes.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#6Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/17/21 at 8:22pm
Milton Rosenstock was the musical director on this production as he was on the original production. The orchestra sounds great and seems to have a special "swing" to it. They sound marvelous.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#7Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/17/21 at 10:36pm
I saw the original production 5 times, once in Boston, three times at the Winter Garden, and once at a long-gone place called the Westchester Premier Playhouse. IMO Angela Lansbury in Gypsy gave the single greatest performance I have seen in a lifetime of theatre going. The closing night on Broadway, along with Jennifer Holliday’s last performance of Dreamgirls at the Imperial represent the two most exhilarating evenings in that lifetime (to date) the, ahead of some other incredible evenings that included the RSC Nicholas Nickelby, the Robards / Dewhurst Moon for the Misbegotten, and perhaps the first time I saw Follies at the Winter Garden.
Sounds like I am living in the past, I admit, but those are all legendary productions.
#8Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/18/21 at 10:41am
Jarethan...
"Sounds like I am living in the past, I admit, but those are all legendary productions."
...as great lyrics from FOLLIES says...Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm here
Look who's here, I'm still here...you and me both pal!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/18/21 at 2:30pmI saw the production in London, then 5 or 6 times on Broadway as well as several performances at the Westbury Music Fair and the Westchester Premier Theater. It was stunning theater.
RagtimeRay
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/03
#10Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/19/21 at 6:41am
I saw her Mama Rose in Toronto and later on Broadway. It was an exhilarating evening in the theatre that remains in my memory all these years later.
Jokovich2
Swing Joined: 2/19/21
#11Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/20/21 at 4:19am
It was amazing, I will remember this evening for a lifetime. 192.168.1.1
Updated On: 2/21/21 at 04:19 AM
#12Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/20/21 at 4:37pm
Is this the first production of "GYPSY" that expanded Louise's striptease number or was it incorporated before this production?
#13Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/20/21 at 4:55pm
My understanding is that it is the former. Basing this on Arthur Laurents's quotes in Sondheim and Co.
MannLove
Swing Joined: 2/14/21
#14Angela Lansbury in GYPSY
Posted: 2/21/21 at 11:33pm
I had a standing room ticket at the Winter Garden. I was next to the right center aisle. Watching the kids and Jocko on stage. I was distracted and glanced to my left. There she was. Angela Lansbury standing right next to me! Quite tall. And then she was off. "Sing out Louise!" A moment I obviously never forgot.
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