GYPSY 2025 Broadway Cast Recording Thread — Page 2

joevitus said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "Dolly80 said: "CATSNYrevival said: "Remember when people were insisting that photo of the cast around the trunk was placeholder artwork? Now it's the album cover."

Perfectly illustrated how lazy this production is creatively."



Uh, Iwouldn’t exactly call this award-winning design. I can’t believe some people care thismuch about a promotional photoshoot."

That's a pretty bad comparison. I guess you could call the above art lazy (photoshop Patty over the title and done). But it actually connects to the show, to what it's about. That's a big Rose gesture, Rose is the essenceshow, and so it works. You see it and you have some sense of what the evening is about.

The photo of the new cast connects to the show not at all. It looks like the actors are about to attend an awards cermony or something. No one is posed or costumedin a way that either informstheir characters or tells the potential buyer aboutthe show. Which makes it look like absolutely no thought was given to conveying the material within the image. So, yeah, lazy."

Yeah, and anyone at beginner level of photoshopping and 3D modeling would clutch their pearls seeing this abomination of artwork. We already had pretty decent tech in 2008. They could've done better if they wanted to.

EDSOSLO858 said: "Track listing:

• ACTI
• 1. Overture
• 2. May We Entertain You
• 3. Some People
• 4. Seattle to Los Angeles (Some People Reprise)
• 5. Small World
• 6. Baby June and Her Newsboys (LetMe Entertain You)
• 7. Recitation
• 8. Military Routine
• 9. Have an Eggroll, Mr. Goldstone
• 10. Little Lamb
• 11. You'll Never Get Away From Me
• 12. Dainty June and Her Farmboys
• 13. Broadway
• 14. If Momma Was Married
• 15. All I Need is the Girl
• 16. Everything's Coming Up Roses

• ACT II
• 17. Madame Rose's Toreadorables
• 18. Together, Wherever We Go
• 19. Which Way to Wichita?
• 20. You Gotta Get a Gimmick
• 21. Small World (Reprise)
• 22. The Strip —On the Road Again
• 23. I Thought You Did It for Me, Momma
• 24. Rose's Turn
• 25. Curtain Music

"

I get that it's fun to debate the album cover, but I am hyped for this track listing! It looks like we might get some book scenes? I am a sucker for recorded dialogue on cast recordings. I think it's so incredibly important to preserve not only the musical performances of casts, but also their acting. I found this revival in particular to have strong performances, which I am thrilled to see will be potentially preserved.

I always thought the 2008 artwork looked like an advertisement for Gypsy: On Ice.

Are we legitly getting upset over artwork of a broadway cast recording?!?!?. Never, for me at least, have I ever thought, meh I am not going to get that cast album because of its' artwork. Bahaha don't make me laugh, this is getting ridiculous. Ooops too late. Just don't buy or stream it for gosh sakes.

Mskuphantm said: "Are we legitly getting upset over artwork of a broadway cast recording?!?!?. Never, for me at least, have I ever thought, meh I am not going to get that cast album because of its' artwork. Bahaha don't make me laugh, this is getting ridiculous. Ooops too late. Just don't buy or stream it for gosh sakes."

This is a discussion board. People are discussing album art. No one is upset.

I frequent them just enough to see how sometimes even with pages of back and forth of people voicing their same opinions, which they are allowed to have, will go to great lengths to make sure if someone else disagrees or states something because some of the posts are not exactly discussing but arguing. Then will try and in a way gaslight or belittle someone else by typing paragraphs on how said discussion board works.

That wasnt directed for this topic on artwork. That was in response to if I ever have been on discussion boards before and that was my reply.

Release has started in certain timezones. Audra's vocals sound excellent, "Some People" and "Rose's Turn" to me sound even better here than in the theatre (early preview). "Coming Up Roses" also sounds great but after studying a bootleg from an early preview I attended for about 5 months now, on this recording it's not quite as intense and ferocious at the end as what I heard in the theatre. I'm not sure if this is how Audra always does it now (tbh it felt unsustainable in theatre). To be fair, I also thought Nicole sounded even better live too.

Updated On: 4/24/25 at 10:49 AM

I frequent them just enough to see how sometimes even with pages of back and forth of people voicing their same opinions, which they are allowed to have, will go to great lengths to make sure if someone else disagrees or states something because some of the posts are not exactly discussing but arguing. Then will try and in a way gaslight or belittle someone else by typing paragraphs on how said discussion board works.

I wish these children would understand what gaslighting actually is because it's never happened on this website. Also, Jimmy is knowledgeable, awesome and always understands the assignment. People in a thread about a cast recording can say anything they want about said cast recording, that's why we're here. Welcome to BWW!

Having watched the Tiny desk concert, I can say that it's not my cup of tea, but glad everyone else is enjoying it. I went back and watched some clips of the Lupone version and it just is definitive to me.

Joy Woods' Little Lamb is also excellent on the recording - RE: the reaction to her live performance. I think many problems: there was so much hype around her as being basically the next big thing, and we also have Laura Benanti's performance still fresh which was so important to the Patti Gypsy - ALMOST, not quite but ALMOST as important as Patti's performance itself. The transformation was stunning - she also managed to downplay her attractiveness in Act one and completely, completely own the audience by the end of the show with her stunning beauty and charisma transformation in Act Two.

In comparison, I think probably at no fault of her own and likely direction (I do think George C Wolfe might have lost his touch a little from the wider production), the same kind of journey and arc just doesn't quite feel there or resonate. Also, it's as if the performance was almost too subtle for the barn of a theatre. Even the Tiny Desk concert I find she comes across a little better in a close up and if anything Audra is too broad. Whereas on stage she is getting lost and eaten up by Audra's mammoth performance.

It's not even like there is anything 'wrong' with it in my opinion. It's just not quite having the impact I think it could and should...

binau said: "Joy Woods' Little Lamb is also excellent on the recording - RE: the reaction to her live performance. I think many problems:there was so much hype around her as being basically the next big thing, and we also haveLaura Benanti's performance still fresh which was so important to the Patti Gypsy - ALMOST, not quite but ALMOST as important as Patti's performance itself. The transformation was stunning - she also managed to downplay her attractiveness in Act one and completely, completely own the audience by the end of the show with her stunning beauty and charisma transformation in Act Two.

In comparison, I think probably at no fault of her own and likely direction (I do think George C Wolfe might have lost his touch a little from the wider production), the same kind of journey and arc just doesn't quite feel there or resonate. Also, it's as if the performance was almost too subtle for the barn of a theatre. Even the Tiny Desk concert I find she comes across a little better in a close up and if anything Audra is too broad. Whereas on stage she is getting lost and eaten up by Audra's mammoth performance.

It's not even like there is anything 'wrong' with it in my opinion. It's just not quite having the impact I think it could and should..."

You might be on to something. I sat center orchestra on like the 10th row, so maybe her performance broke through for me in a way it might not have for people further away.

Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here’s… the cast album now out on digital platforms!

Enjoy, everyone.