GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009- Page 3
GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
#50re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:05pmHow early do you think people will start lining up for rush on this one? I for one wouldn't mind waiting for a few hours to get tickets!!
#51re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:16pmYou want me to back up my opinion? Okay. Gypsy is obviously a great show, but there was nothing outstanding about the production. Mr. Laurents seems to have lost his touch (if he ever had it) because the direction and staging was like community theatre. The cast was mediocre, with the exception of Boyd Gaines and Alison Fraser.
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#52re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:18pmThis is the coal in my stocking I just don't need.
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#53re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:19pm
i KNEW something was up when the discount codes expiring jan 4th were replaced with discount codes expiring january 18th ...
rob, this had better be true! i really didn't have time to see this til feb, but now had to scramble to get tickets this weekend. the good news is: i scored orchestra aisle seats for this sun's matinee using the discount code -- seats G/2-4 (i think where patti sings???) ... whoo-hoo!!!
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#54re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:20pm
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH & I had tix to the final performance. So sad this is closing early!
=(
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#55re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:21pmThe TONYS beg to differ with you E3.
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#57re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:30pmThe Tonys beg to differ with me on lots of things.
#58re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:31pm
Date is on TDF!!
( just breezed thru thread--- not sure of anyone mentioned)
#59re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:33pmThis really breaks my heart. Even though I've seen it twice, a huge part of my upcoming trip to New York was reliant on seeing Gypsy a number of times. I was even planning on going to the final show. Oh well. I'm glad it had the nice run and the plethora of accolades that it did. Still though, mucho frown face.
DrTheatre
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#60re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:48pm
Why is GYPSY closing early on January 11th? Is it closing early on any other day. Sorry...I read it as one sentence...just like when LUPONE GYPSY came out...I was like, "what is LUPONE GYPSY?"!
Maybe they should have wrote like this: "Gypsy to close early---January 11th, 2009"!
HEHEHEH...sorry bored
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#61re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 8:52pmWhat a shame. I was hoping to be able to catch it before it closed in March but I guess that won't happen now. I hope it'll still be filmed for PBS.
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#63re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:16pmJust bought my ticket for Jan 11th on TDF. This will be my first time seeing Patti LuPone AND Gypsy.
#64re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:24pmIt is indeed a sad day in Broadway land. The economic Grinch has decided to steal our "Gypsy" too soon. Well, I can think of one good thing that will come about from this closure... Miss Patti can take a well-deserved rest before she undergoes her concert shows in March. from RC in Austin, Texas
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#65re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:24pm
Patti LuPone is second-rate and always will be contrary to what nerdy Andrew Gans says ad nauseum about this 'multi-talented diva'. If she were giving the performance of a lifetime the show would not close early.
The only interesting element of the show is its supporting cast with "If Mamma Was Married" the show's peak. Any show that says it's great with a fake dog and a fake lamb can go bump themselves with trumpets. Patti is loud and vulgar; Ethel had more going on than people gave her credit for. I am sure Patti's book publisher is freaking out as well.
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#66re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:25pmGreat, now I am under a great dilemma. I will be in the city this coming week, and had other plans already, which I can easily cancel. Or, I could try and get out of work for the 11th, as I already am seeing Spamalot. Tough decision.
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#67re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:33pmGreat, I'm going to go jump off a bridge now.
#68re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:37pm
I am so sad to hear this news. But I do understand with the way the financial world is right now the producers and the partners made a good choice.
It was a great show with a great cast that shall be missed!
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#69re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:38pm
Augh, fruck. I bought my tickets for 3/1. I bought tickets tonight for the new closing show. I was supposed to leave Dallas on the 10th to come back to New York on the 12th--and I called my friend who I am making the trip up here with and she has a concert in Dallas to go to on the 9th at night... so either I will have to sell my tickets or we are leaving right after her concert and driving 25 hours straight to NY... :-/
Realistically, I don't think I will be attending the closing show 
. So sad.
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#70re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:39pmOkay, so I have decided to try and get student rush tickets for Thursday. Then I will cancel my other plans if I can. I don't need front row seats.
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#71re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:49pmI'm speechless. I will be wearing black tomorrow.
#72re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:53pm
"You want me to back up my opinion? Okay. Gypsy is obviously a great show, but there was nothing outstanding about the production. Mr. Laurents seems to have lost his touch (if he ever had it) because the direction and staging was like community theatre. The cast was mediocre, with the exception of Boyd Gaines and Alison Fraser."
Unlike Wicked - which is third rate in everything : script, score and production..
#73re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:55pmYES! THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS!
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#74re: GYPSY to Close Early on January 11, 2009
Posted: 12/14/08 at 9:55pmaw rats. guess i'll have to see it a 6th time before it closes. i really hope they film this show.
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