CONFIRMED: Audra McDonald-led GYPSY to begin previews Nov 2024- Page 34
CONFIRMED: Audra McDonald-led GYPSY to begin previews Nov 2024
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#825
Posted: 9/9/24 at 1:36pm
Call_me_jorge said: "I heard elsewhere today was the first table read, but I guess that was incorrect."
Doesn't necessarily mean you're wrong, I'm just going by what one unreliable poster here said.
Maybe they are reading it today! But if today is the official start of rehearsals, that still seems very odd to me. 73 days (10+ weeks) of rehearsal is almost double that of a typical Broadway show.
Could also be tablework sessions with just some of the principals to get the juices flowing before the real start of rehearsal.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#826
Posted: 9/9/24 at 2:08pm
Some stupid influencers are going into the majestic theatre. I asked one of them what was happening, and they didn’t tell me. Why do shows continue to use them? Producers, they are not helping you!
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#827
Posted: 9/9/24 at 2:12pm
Some women came out the side door adjacent to the entrance with a list of names. It was probably about twenty of them.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#828
Posted: 9/9/24 at 2:50pm
And you’re doing what there, exactly? Staking it out?
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#829
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:05pm
My guess is they were getting a look at the renovated theatre.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#830
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:09pm
Broadway Flash said: "Some stupid influencers are going into the majestic theatre. I asked one of them what was happening, and they didn’t tell me. Why do shows continue to use them? Producers, they are not helping you!"
You probably scared them
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#831
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:11pm
Broadway Flash said: "Some stupid influencers are going into the majestic theatre. I asked one of them what was happening, and they didn’t tell me. Why do shows continue to use them? Producers, they are not helping you!"
You must be just as creepy in person as you are online. Go figure.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#832
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:15pm
They deleted one of my comments on here, but to answer Kad’s question, I was just going about my day and was heading next door to the Broadhurst Theatre to buy my 30 under 35 MTC tickets to The Hills of California which is when I stumbled upon them. No I was not creepy, I asked them a simple question, what’s happening? Is this about Gypsy? They mumbled some nonsense out
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#833
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:16pm
Musicians are setup onstage for some sort of performance. Principal casting announcement incoming?
https://x.com/theatermania/status/1833219777763910039?s=46&t=EFvwDZiUfOQBBmi_0Py8bg
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#834
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:17pm
Looks like press were invited to hear the orchestra play the overture https://x.com/BroadwayWorld/status/1833221616249016705
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#835
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:21pm
Yes well I guess this is in line with what I heard. I heard we were getting a casting announcement, but this is more extravagant than what I thought.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#836
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:32pm
Broadway Flash said: "Yes well I guess this is in line with what I heard. I heard we were getting a casting announcement, but this is more extravagant than what I thought."
It's absolutely nothing like what you heard.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#837
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:37pm
This is so OD. Audra has a lot riding on this after her last two flops, which is hovering over this whole thing. I guess they have to come up with stunts to gin up interest in the press. It’s selling pretty well anyway.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#838
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:47pm
chrishuyen said: "Looks like press were invited to hear the orchestra play the overturehttps://x.com/BroadwayWorld/status/1833221616249016705"
I love that New Orleans “JAZZ” flavor they added to the overture.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#839
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:57pm
Broadway Flash said: "I’ve heard that overture played waaay better a thousand times before"
yes and I bet today had one (1) rehearsal a few hours ago, and the thousand other times you've heard it had more than one (1) rehearsal.
It's a quick press preview to tie the show to the reopening of the theatre. Today's preview will sell them no tickets, but it is a cool thing to do (whether Shubert is footing the bill for this or the Gypsy producers or a split)
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#840
Posted: 9/9/24 at 3:59pm
I love me some Andy Einhorn conducting!
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#841
Posted: 9/9/24 at 4:23pm
The orchestra sounds a little thin. But what do I know .
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#842
Posted: 9/9/24 at 4:25pm
fwiw I wouldn't make too many judgments on the sound of this orchestra from this clip since they're going to have a lot more rehearsal time and it seems like this video was taken on a phone at an angle, so it wouldn't allow for the optimal sound balance and everything (the horns are notably much louder since they're closer)
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#843
Posted: 9/9/24 at 4:30pm
Everyone calm down about the overture video! The orchestra also isn't amplified! The brass & reeds definitely can't hear the strings! Mics + a proper sound system will make the strings sound much richer!
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#844
Posted: 9/9/24 at 4:52pm
I wish they were in the pit. This whole thing was a flop in my opinion. The orchestra sounded bland. Why didn’t they at least announce the cast? Why does the Broadhurst still have an elegant marquee, but the Majestic went digital?
Updated On: 9/9/24 at 04:52 PMAudra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#845
Posted: 9/9/24 at 5:20pm
Broadway Flash said: "I wish they were in the pit. This whole thing was a flop in my opinion. The orchestra sounded bland. Why didn’t they at least announce the cast? Why does the Broadhurst still have an elegant marquee, but theMajestic went digital?"
Oh just STFU already.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#846
Posted: 9/9/24 at 6:10pm
Audra McDonald is going to star in "Gypsy". BLISS. .
Understudy Joined: 10/1/23
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#847
Posted: 9/9/24 at 6:26pm
Chills!!! Sounds amazing for a teaser!! Do we know if this is going to be the size of musicians for the pit?
Featured Actor Joined: 12/30/10
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#848
Posted: 9/9/24 at 7:03pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Everyone calm down about the overture video!The orchestra also isn't amplified! The brass & reeds definitely can't hear the strings! Mics + a proper sound system will make the strings sound much richer!"
Everyone is calm. But apparently you got hysterical. I thought it was a cool thing for them to do. But they should all be careful with these preview videos. The glance of the sitz probe ( sp?) is what started all the Beanie drama.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#849
Posted: 9/9/24 at 7:30pm
That’s how I feel. If it’s not great, you’re only doing more harm than good.
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