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Future Mama Rose Possibilities?
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#25Future Mama Rose Possibilities?
Posted: 2/6/25 at 1:02pm
Heather Headley is the only name that makes both artistic and commercial sense to me.
#26Future Mama Rose Possibilities?
Posted: 2/6/25 at 1:37pm
I would love to hear Heather.
And it probably will never happen but what really haunts me is the idea of George C Wolfe directing Tonya in Gypsy. I would be back immediately. I just know she will give ever single inch of her voice and emotions in the role. I think she will find a certain darkness and go places that even Audra wasn’t able to.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 2/6/25 at 01:37 PM
Quinn Wilson
Stand-by Joined: 10/25/21
#27Future Mama Rose Possibilities?
Posted: 2/7/25 at 11:05am
Jarethan said: "Not going to be anyone. Gypsy has never had a long run. If I remember, the original production only ran 15 months. It is very likely IMO that the show will start to peter off at some point, get a bump if she wins the Tony, then start to peter outagain. Unless a big star, the producers will have no reason to take a chance on losing money and either dilute whatever profits they have or lose even more.
So, if this is not a purely theoretical thread, the question should be 'are there any big stars who would want to replace Audra MacDonald when she is ready to leave Gypsy'?
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The way this production has marketed itself, and the way the production has chosen to interpret the storyline with Rose passing and all that next context (which I love) only add to that impossibility. It’s more than likely not going to happen, but there are certainly some names here that could maybe hope for an LA stint or something (but I don’t see that happening).
#28Future Mama Rose Possibilities?
Posted: 2/7/25 at 11:56am
There is hope at GDCA (Gypsy Dream Casters Anonymous).
#29Future Mama Rose Possibilities?
Posted: 2/7/25 at 6:41pm
Idina has expressed interest and I doubt it would happen, but it’s one of the few revivals I can see her tackling.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
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