GYPSY to close on Broadway on May 30 -- Page 2

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 6:42pm

You realize P2 that the lamb was replaced every few weeks? And given some mint jelly as a lovely parting gift?

[Phantom2]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 6:45pm

I heard The Lamb has a standy-by too. Or is it an understudy? Or is it a swing? I am sooooooooooo confused!! HAHA

Updated On: 4/21/04 at 06:45 PM

[CJR]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 8:09pm

Yes, as NBC said, it's the Monty Python show which is set to come into the Shubert. Sad for the people who work at the Shubert (not with the individual shows) -- they'll be out of work for a few months

Updated On: 4/21/04 at 08:09 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 8:20pm

My wife recently listened to the CD'S of Peters & Angela Lansbury & said Lansbury buried her . I concur seeing both in the role

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:43pm

There's another show I won't be able to see on Broadway any time soon. I guess there won't be any more "PATTI LUPONE SHOULD REPLACE BERNADETTE!" conversations, eh?

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:48pm

*sigh* I will not pretend that this was one of the best shows I've ever seen, but I am sad to see it close...and sad that Patti never got a shot at it. :)

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:49pm

i'll miss ANOTHER bernadette performance !!! she needs to come back to broadway RIGHT AWAY so that i can catch her in a show when i FINALLY get to nyc in september!!

so what does everyone think she should do next- i wish she'd originate a role... another sondheim show would be a dream come true.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:52pm

People were so kind and lovely to Bernadette through every single step of the Gypsy experience, how could she possibly NOT want to come back to Broadway right away? Like September, even?

[DAME]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:54pm

I imagine the poor woman will be taking the longest calgon bath when this is all over.

[Corine2]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:57pm

I am sad to hear that. I loved Gypsy and Bernadette in the role.
I have to see it a second time before it leaves.
It is a very moving show and I love her Rose's Turn.

[DAME]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 10:59pm

Corine you must have been out of the house for once. Did you and Namo have a hot date?

Updated On: 4/21/04 at 10:59 PM

[Corine2]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 11:01pm

Dame or should i call you DP?
What???

[DAME]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 11:02pm

You can call me whatever you want as long as I can call you HUSSY!

[Corine2]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 11:04pm

Honey you are the only Hussy on this board.

[DAME]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 11:06pm

THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!
But back to Gyspy...... If it does go on the road.. I do hope they give it some new direction. And I would love it if Bernadette would hand it over to someone else.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 11:35pm

Patti Lupone can always do the tour.

[broadwaybondchik]

Posted: 4/21/04 at 11:39pm

DAMN! I was going to see this when I moved to NYC on the 24th of june

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 1:31am

i agree with DAME-O..kinda like Namo, cause they sweat each other. alas, dame is right. please get me some new direction and someone other than bernadette. i LOVE her in so much (especially Sunday) but she's wrong for role, or cinnamon roll. I saw it a week before the Tony's last year, and I thought there were SO MANY problems! Here's the deal: It's one of the BEST MUSICALS EVER WRITTEN!! of course people are sad to see it go, it's a brilliant show. However, my diagnosis, if it were Patti as Mama and directed by someone else, it would have done a lot better..and maybe won some Tony awards! I'm sorry - Marisa Jaret Winokur over a Mama Rose for Best Leading Actress- you can't tell me that was supposed to happen!

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 3:39am

Gee, do they still make Calgon bath salts?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 3:46am

Watching the Sweeney DVD with Lansbury makes me yearn for Lansburys Gypsy.


Oh and Master.... Dame soaks in Calgon every day. Updated On: 4/22/04 at 03:46 AM

[daphnerocks]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 4:07am

I hear Marissa Jaret Winokur is playing GYPSY ROSE--that should be some final scene! The tears, the breakdowns.

[broadway1564]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 11:19am

I had the great opportunity of seeing GYPSY this past Saturday at the Matinee. First of all, let me just start by saying that I was in totally awe. How could Bernadette give this kind of performance week after week for a year. It was crazy! Bernadette Peters blew the freakin' roof off of the Shubert Theatre. I have never in my life witnessed a performance such as that. Bernadette's Rose was driven, angry, scorned, but also she was sexy. lovable and had a hell-of-a-voice. I should not forget Tammy Blanchard who gave an effortless performance as Gypsy Rose Lee (Louise). She was unforgettable. I couldn't take my eyes off of these two ladies. I was so caught in Bernadette's web ... I couldn't wait for her next move. This was the one show where I just didn't want to leave the theatre. I could have sat there for hours.

So I am very disappointed that the show is closing. It's a gem on the GWW. I hope it can live on for a while. Maybe it will have a usefully "after Broadway" life.

[DAME]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 11:23am

Well; I thought htis revival was boring and that she was miscast. And for Gypsy to come off as a boring show something somewhere went really wrong. But many of you liked it alot.. So if you feel the urge... hussy up to the shubert cause you only got 5 weeks.

Updated On: 4/22/04 at 11:23 AM

[robbiej]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 11:24am

Just want to point out one thing about Lansbury's performance:

So many of the original keys were changed for her...sometimes in the middle of songs (see: Rose's Turn).

[DAME]

Posted: 4/22/04 at 11:26am

You are so right. But at least she made it her own.