Gypsy — Page 7

HAHA! My vote goes to Bad Gigolos!

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I just changed it.

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Lol, Dolly. I did too. You can change back if you want.

So, are we all having Gypsy-related signatures?

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I'm not often swayed aay from Carol Channing, but I think while GYPSY's in town, I'm going to honor the Magnificent Patti LuPone in my avatar.

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My computer background is the big version of Rath's avatar.

Haha, me too! Except, still little.

Ok, this is going to turn into one big-ass obsession for me. I can feel it.

Aaaand me too.

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Updated On: 7/10/07 at 10:48 PM

And of course a bitter queen had to rip it to shreds on ATC.

1989, front row of the orchestra, Tyne Daly and Jonathan Hadary. I was just about nine, and my six year old brother sat in AWE of the strippers.

I saw the tv movie with Bette Midler and was hooked...

Now I saw this show last night and was in awe. I definately wanted to see Patti in the role of mama, but as there has been talk on the is board about wanting it to transfer to Broadway... I was like "Do we really need another revival of gypsy though."
I've Changed My mind GET THEE TO BROADWAY PLEASE!!!!!!
This was the most thoroughly enjoyable production of Gypsy I've seen.
Patti You deserve it!

how are the seats in the gallery and mid mezzanine? i would love to go with my friend but we would have to pay ourselves and we're poor teenagers lol.

Okay well that was pretty perfect.

Yes, except for the Kabuki or Bunraku Lamb puppeteer and the stuffed Chowsie and the bitchy way he directed June in the Mama Was Married scene and song. But that's Arthur--he makes his women bitchy and nasty, just like he is.

But Patti was perfect and Laura Benanti and Boyd Gaines stood up to her. Patti was even better than she was in Ravinia.

Her Some People was stronger, her Small World was sweeter, her Everything's Coming Up Roses more horrifying, her Together more fun and her Rose's Turn more galvanic. She wasn't acting Rose. She WAS Rose. And she will own that role for as long as any of us today are still alive.

I'm glad he cut the rape scene--rape is not as funny as it once must have been in 1959--and I didn't miss the Small World reprise at all. It's a vestige of a second-act ballad that Sondheim and Styne wrote for Merman and cut before rehearsals. Everyone agreed the moment didn't need to stop for a number, but they wanted to give Merman a musical coda to her relationship with Herbie, so they put in that unnecessary reprise. It's better with it gone.

I don't feel the same about the "Hold your hats" cut in Rose's Turn. Sure, it streamlines the number, but I prefer my Rose's Turn uncut.

All in all, as close to a perfect musical as any of us will experience in our lifetimes.

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Updated On: 7/12/07 at 11:56 PM

I was there tonight also and loved every minute of it. I don't really know what to say except that Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone, and Boyd Gaines are giving some of the most intense performances I have ever witnessed on stage. All three of them were the characters and even a usual give away number like "Together" was one of the best numbers in the whole show. Laura Benanti's journey was incredible and I actually cried during "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Rose's Turn." Pure theater magic. Oh, the strippers were great.

Oops, I forgot to mention the Overture. Wow, they new exactly what to highlight and that trumpet or horn (sorry I forget which instrument it is) blew the roof of the place. I think we (the audience) applauded three times during the overture.

Updated On: 7/12/07 at 12:17 AM