Doris Robrts as Mama Rose?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 6:23pm

I was just told that Doris Roberts will be playing Rose when Bernadette vacations. It sounds bizarre. Anyone know if this is true?

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 6:26pm

That DOES sound wierd. I kinda hope it's not the truth.

Posted: 9/17/03 at 6:36pm

Grandma Rose???

She can't do this..I mean, how many news hips is that woman gonna go for...12?

[skingdom]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:05pm

Oh, please. Who said that? There are rumors and then there are RUMORS. Nough said.

[PJ]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:09pm

Look who started the thread for cryin' out loud. Take this "rumor" lightly folks.

[SuttonBebeFaith]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:35pm

Yeah. Right.


Are you sure it wasn't Carol, sweetie pie??

Have we mixed up our medication again?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:37pm

What, no "Kate," SuttonBebeFaith?

[SuttonBebeFaith]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:45pm

Some of us are not as obsessed as you

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:47pm

You're right. And that's not an answer.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 8:47pm

I think Doris Roberts as one of the strippers would be funny.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/17/03 at 9:25pm

I heard this from a friend who works at the local summer stock theater. By the way, she got the name mixed up with Darcy Roberts. Never heard of her.

Posted: 9/17/03 at 10:56pm

Oh my god! That would be funny....

Everythings coming up Raymond

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 12:37am

Unless it has to do with Carol Channing, you can't take Dollypop seriously.

[magruder]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 7:16am

Bernadette Peters is on vacation the week of September 29 through October 5 and during that week, her standby Maureen Moore is playing Rose.

Posted: 9/18/03 at 9:10am

Personally, I'd like to see Ms. LuPone take a stab at the role. I think she'd be great.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 10:36am

I saw a picture of Patty Lupone the other day in a magazine, and she did not look too good. I'm pretty sure it was just a bad photo though.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 10:49am

...was that magazine SHOW PEOPLE?

I'd love to see Patti LuPone play Rose. I feel it is a role she was born to play. However, this will never come to pass while Arthur Laurents is still alive. For some odd reason he hates Patti.

BTW: please check the spelling of Ms LuPone's name. She was named after the great Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. Correctly, her name should be pronounced Pah-tee, but even Ms LuPone uses the American pronunciation.

[magruder]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 11:05am

It wasn't such an odd reason. Arthur Laurents has issues with Patti for bailing out on his play, Jolson Sings Again. I don't think he has issues with her talent. If those two could kiss and make up, maybe it could come to pass. See what you can do, Dolly. You've always been a woman who arranges things!

As for Patti playing Rose...well, I do think she'd be a very good Rose. She's comic, can belt the songs out of the park and also has the dramatic chops. What makes me less interested in Patti actually playing the role is I think I can almost imagine that whole performance in my head before I actually see it. I'd think she'd be very much in the Merman mold. Not that that's a bad thing. But what has been interesting about Bernadette's Rose is to see the different colors the role has. While I'd gladly see Patti's Rose, I'd also be interested in a quirkier choice for the role as well. I wonder what Bebe Neuwirth, for example, might do with it...

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 11:23am

I think the magzine was "People", not Show People. It was the one from last week with the best and worst dressed celebrities.

Posted: 9/18/03 at 11:33am

It was PEOPLE magazine. I have the issue. I thought she did not look THAT bad.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 9/18/03 at 12:23pm

I so love a good joke,


Of course, this is not one of them.


And THIS is an answer.