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CONFIRMED: Audra McDonald-led GYPSY to begin previews Nov 2024
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#975
Posted: 9/18/24 at 10:14pm
Matthew Broderick was just in "Plaza Suite" (Sweet)
I guess Dylan and Cole Sprouse are too young - Suite Life
Dick Van Dyke invented Toot Sweets in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Timothee Chalamet is known as "Sweet Tea"
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#976
Posted: 9/18/24 at 10:17pm
Dick Van Dyke is too old to even lend Rose 88 cents.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#977
Posted: 9/18/24 at 10:35pm
Well, it was just announced that Rob McClure is checking out of the Mrs. Doubtfire tour early next month so ....
I can't believe we are teasing potential Herbies on a Wednesday night but here we are.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#978
Posted: 9/18/24 at 10:40pm
Anyone else see these guys in the silhouette? 
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#979
Posted: 9/18/24 at 10:45pm
BroadwayNYC2 said: "Right, what’s the “Sweet” connection to Danny Burnstein?"
He was in the “Honey Bun” number in South Pacific (which also fits the “drag” clue that was going around earlier).
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#980
Posted: 9/18/24 at 11:25pm
Cmon Norbert!! Clearly they’re referencing Oh! Ain’t That Sweet from Thou Shalt Not! 😂
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#981
Posted: 9/18/24 at 11:29pm
Y'all, as fun as these theories are, the "sweet" clue probably references Herbie's career as a candy salesman. It is probably nothing than that.
...My money is on Burstein. ;)
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#982
Posted: 9/19/24 at 12:38am
It’s probably the guy from the Zatarain’s box.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#983
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:02am
And we have our winner!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Danny-Burstein-Will-Join-Audra-McDonald-in-GYPSY-20240919
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#984
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:03am
OH MY GOD!
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#985
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:06am
He’s the perfect choice for this.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#986
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:16am
A little on the nose, I can already picture the performance. But a talent nonetheless
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#987
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:21am
Danny will be great, no doubt but man, they really need a name for this revival. I don’t foresee it ending well, unfortunately.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#988
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:24am
When he goes on vacation will they get Boy George to fill in?
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#989
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:24am
A friend of mine close to the production team was telling me that they were trying to court Paul Giamatti, but he wasn’t going to be able to commit to the whole run, only about half of it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#990
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:46am
Design team also confirmed:
GYPSY will have scenic design by four-time Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto, costume design by four-time Tony Award nominee Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by nine-time Tony Award winner Jules Fisher + three-time Tony Award winner Peggy Eisenhauer, sound design by Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer, hair and wig design by Academy Award winner Mia Neal, makeup design by Michael Clifton, casting by Jordan Thaler CSA/Heidi Griffiths CSA, and production stage management by Rick Steiger.
and, cue the pearl clutchers:
additional orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award winner Daryl Waters.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#991
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:50am
Santo Loquasto Is a welcome addition. The sets for the Lupone production were rickety so hoping for some substance here
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#992
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:52am
ErmengardeStopSniveling said:
and, cue the pearl clutchers:
additional orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award winnerDaryl Waters."
He has MEMPHIS on his resume. Memphis is not too far from New Orleans...I'm just saying.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#993
Posted: 9/19/24 at 9:54am
BroadwayNYC2 said: "A little on the nose, I can already picture the performance. But a talent nonetheless"
I’m neither a Gypsy fanboy, nor a Danny Burstein diehard, but since when did one of our finest, most consistently excellent musical theatre actors become “on the nose” for a role like Herbie? This feels like such a deeply online take.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#994
Posted: 9/19/24 at 10:00am
inception said: "When he goes on vacation will they get Boy George to fill in?"
Boy George is really more of a Miss Cratchit.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#995
Posted: 9/19/24 at 10:13am
BroadwayNYC2 said: "Santo Loquasto Is a welcome addition. The sets for the Lupone production were rickety so hoping for some substance here"
I’m sure it will be more substantial than the LuPone production
that production started at city center where they had no money, and then they were still struggling for money when it moved to Broadway and Laurents didn’t really care about the design, the performances were what mattered to him.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#996
Posted: 9/19/24 at 10:32am
“I’m neither a Gypsy fanboy, nor a Danny Burstein diehard, but since when did one of our finest, most consistently excellent musical theatre actors become “on the nose” for a role like Herbie? This feels like such a deeply online take.”
One the nose, meaning an obvious choice. Where did I insult him or his talent…quickly. I thoroughly enjoy him. I was expecting something a bit different. I’m sorry you disagree. I sometimes I enjoy a performance outside of our typical musical theater actors. If you think this is a deeply online take, you haven’t traversed far on the internet.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#997
Posted: 9/19/24 at 10:34am
Burstein is perfect for the traditional interpretation for Herbie. But for a production that seems to be trying to reinvent this story and how we typically view it, this seems to go completely against that vision.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#998
Posted: 9/19/24 at 10:36am
Saying casting is “on the nose” and that you can “already see his performance” doesn’t exactly imply you’re thrilled, but I also didn’t say you insulted him; you inferred that. Take your foot off the gas.
Your overreaction also feels deeply online, fwiw.
Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!#999
Posted: 9/19/24 at 10:44am
I’m literally not even the only person in the thread who said this lol. I just made a comment. And I never said I’m thrilled, you implied that :-/
Take a breath, enjoy the show!
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