Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:04pm
Per Playbill:
"LuPone, who previously played the stage mother of all stage mothers at the Ravinia Festival, will be joined onstage by Boyd Gaines as Herbie, Laura Benanti as Louise, Leigh Ann Larkin as Dainty June, Tony Yazbeck as Tulsa, Alison Fraser as Tessie Tura, Nancy Opel as Mazeppa/Miss Cratchitt, Marilyn Caskey as Electra, Sami Gayle as Baby June, Emma Rowley as Baby Louise, Jim Bracchita as Uncle Jocko/Pastey, Bill Bateman as George/Mr. Goldstone/Bougeron-Cochon, Bill Raymond as Pop/Cigar and Brian Reddy as Weber/Phil."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108491.html
#2re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:06pm
Benanti as Louise = BRILLIANCE.
I cannot wait.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#2re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:07pm
Wow!
Can't wait. Looks like a great cast.
#3re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:08pmOH MAN! LAURA AS LOUISE! I THINK I JUST DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN!
#4re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:10pm
/sigh.
Oh, well, it's still Patti. I'll be there several times, including the first preview.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:11pm
Benanti and Yazbek are too old for those roles.
Talented, but too old.
#6re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:12pm
Oh my gosh. Laura Benanti as Louise?? Wow, I am SO MAD! I am leaving New York the day before GYPSY starts. I would kill to see her in this show!
Wow, this ruined my day.
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
#7re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:12pmLaura's 26 or 27...she just looks a lot older on stage.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:18pm
Oh, OK.
Isn't the show gonna be ON a stage?
Updated On: 6/1/07 at 02:18 PM
#9re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:21pmI mean, how the heck she's going to pull off "Little Lamb" (where Louise is what, 14?) I have no clue, but she's definitely the right age range to play the part.
#10re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:22pmyay i'm so glad i have a ticket for this!
#11re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:27pmHelluva cast! I can't wait for opening night.
Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:37pm
Laura might be the single handed most OVER rated person on broadway. What a shame. Went for a name as opposed to talent.
can't wait for Patti though!
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#13re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:41pmMaybe if we're lucky Tina will u/s!
#14re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:43pmTina Maddigan as Louise would be FIERCE.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:45pm
anybody besides boring...boring....boring Laura...maybe she will call out as much as she has in the past and her understudy can go on!
Updated On: 6/1/07 at 02:45 PM
#16re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:47pmi think Laura has a beautiful beautiful voice. i just think her acting sucks
#17re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:48pmWhat a great cast! I love me some Tony Yazbeck.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#18re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:50pmWhat a fabulous cast!
#19re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:05pmBenanti as Louise? I'm falling asleep in my seat already.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#20re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:06pm
Right beside ya, AC.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#21re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:09pmI'll bring the pillows if you bring the blankets.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
travismoser
Understudy Joined: 12/13/05
#22re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:11pmLaura Benanti is about the same age Tammy Blanchard was when she played Louise in the most recent revival. I agree that Benanti looks much older and more poised on stage. She's definitely not my ideal Louise.
#23re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:12pmwell i think EVERYONE can agree Laura Benanti will be better than Tammy Blanchard!
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#24re: Gaines, Benanti, Yazbek, Opel Confirmed for Encores Gypsy
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:17pm
I would certainly NOT agree to that.
Blanchard is a fine actress and besides, Louise is not really a singing role, it's more acting and strutting.
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