GYPSY Reviews- Page 2

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:43pm

Patti is beyond perfect, but her poster still sucks rocks.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:45pm

The poster does suck, but who cares as long as the show doesn't?
And yes, the haters will come, but as more raves keep getting posted the haters will only be more ridiculed and snubbed.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:48pm

Just listened to the Matt Windman audio review.

If you've ever watched any of Ben Brantley's "Theater Minute" videos, Windman sounds exactly like a twenty-year-old Brantley. And I... am not happy about that.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:49pm

Exactly, Ray.

The picture looks ridiculous on the poster. But the blue theme and her name/title in lights looks great. Love the intro on the site.
Updated On: 3/27/08 at 05:49 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:57pm

Patti-Haterz, watch out! The Patti Luverz are ready to RUMBLE!

(With apologies to Steve and Lenny)

LuPone is gonna have her day...
Tonight!
LuPone is gonna have her way...
Tonight!

The Patti Haterz grumble: "Fair fight."
But if they start a rumble,
We'll rumble 'em right.

She's gonna hand 'em a surprise
Tonight.
She's gonna cut 'em down to size
Tonight.

We won't let them upset us,
Those pricks!
But if they Bernadette us,
We're ready to mix--
Tonight!

They're gonna SEE Rose tonight!
She's gonna tear it up and have her a ball!
She's gonna BE Rose tonight!
The more they rag on her, the harder they'll fall!

Well, they began it!
Yeah, they began it!
But we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all,
Tonight!

[PJ sings to ljay]

I'm counting on you to be there
Tonight.
When Jaystarr wins it fair and square
Tonight!
That Patti-hatin' punk'll
Go down,
And when he's hollered "Uncle"
We'll tear up the town!

[Miss Pennywise and Sueleen hold hands and sing]

Today the minutes seem like hours,
The hours go so slowly,
And still the sky is light.
Oh moon, grow bright,
And make this endless day PATTI'S NIGHT,
TONIGHT!

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 05:57 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:59pm

LMAO.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:01pm

I love PJ, period.

[courtnyj]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:08pm

Yay! Love it!


Haha Bernadette as a verb! Updated On: 3/27/08 at 06:08 PM

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:10pm

...How old *is* Matt Windman?

His picture makes him look 12 at the most. LoL

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:12pm

I love it, PJ.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:48pm

PJ, you're a God! Tonight.

[Rentfan931]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:54pm

Talkin' Broadway's Review is up: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1549061

Mostly negative.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:54pm

Hmmm. I wasn't commenting at all on Patti. I was talking about how badly the "critic" writes!

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:57pm

Matthew Murray hasn't had sex since 1983.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:58pm

LOL, blaxx.
That reminds me of an episode of SEX & THE CITY where Stanford tells Carrie, "I haven't had good sex since CATS opened on Broadway." I think Murray may have inspired the line.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:59pm

"but forgoes the opportunity to instead deliver one of the most disgustingly self-indulgent performances in recent Broadway history"

LOL

[adamgreer]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:01pm

Oh, lord. I don't think Matthew Murray and I have EVER had the same opinion, on anything, EVER.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:04pm

Matthew Murray hates everything. He hated the SUNDAY revival too. He is a very nasty man, and has never been taken serious as a critic.

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:04pm

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 07:04 PM

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:10pm

Lol, Blaxx.

I COMPLETELY disagree with Murray on almost every aspect that he criticizes in this production. He comes off as ignorant of what's really going on.

He says, "Another moment that should bristle with softness, the Herbie-Rose duet "You'll Never Get Away From Me," climaxes with the two rolling about on the floor, their codependent romance sacrificed on the altar of cheap laughs."

- Seriously? Them falling and having an honest, human reaction together is one of the most charming moments. It CEMENTS the notion that these two do indeed share SOMETHING together. It's a lovely addition to that number, IMO.

About Ms. LuPone's "Everything's Coming up Roses", he says, "is terrifying not for its implications for the unwillingly front-and-center Louise, but because it all but ignores the real message of the song: There is nothing this woman will not do."

-I'm sorry, but what he felt was missing is what I SAW! Her "Everythings..." was riveting and terrifing because this woman is clearly hell-bent on bulldozing her daughter into forced fame and success no matter what. I was in awe at the end of Act 1. Updated On: 3/27/08 at 07:10 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:15pm

I seriously doubt the show is as bad as he says (I saw the Ravinia version and thought Patti was fabulous and I am not even a big fan) but his review made me laugh. It is as if he was just out to write the ONE review that will make Patti's head explode.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:16pm

It is as if he was just out to write the ONE review that will make Patti's head explode.

- Lol, Agreed.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:16pm

Variety raves

Watching Arthur Laurents' riveting revival of the show he wrote and premiered in 1959, it's clear that "Gypsy" has the dramatic vertebrae of a superior species. This is not your everyday canned tuner; in this production it's an incisively acted musical play with as much emotional resonance as showbiz pizzazz.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936636.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 07:16 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:20pm

Now we're talking!

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:20pm

Variety is spot on.