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Gotta Get A Gimmick and Wherever We Go are also truncated - generally the beginning beats and then cuts to the end.

This doesn't gotta come to Broadway!!!!

Thanks just the same.

I will say this; In my opinion her performance borrows heavily from Tyne Daly's exquisite interpretation..

I may have spaced for a minute or been refilling a drink, but I don't think I saw the scene where the hotel manager tries to count all the people in the room and then is accused by Rose of an attempted attack.

I see how (especially in the second act) Imelda was often described as feral. It seems that each Rose through the years gets increasingly sexy or psycho in "Rose's Turn" (Angela - hearing the applause, Bernadette - upping the sexy, Patti - more sexy, more psycho, Imelda - total devastating breakdown.)

Really enjoyed the actor playing Herbie. But I think my favorite Louise is still Laura Benanti.

Updated On: 12/28/15 at 02:40 PM

I agree Dame. I watched four plus minutes and thought, "Tyne's up! Life's too short!"

I couldn't get through it all and after witnessing many versions of this legendary show including the atrocious 1962 Warner Bros. film version, the Tyne Daly led Broadway revival, the merely serviceable 1992 tele-film with La Midler, the Mendes mis-directed, re-conceived atrocity that starred Bernadette Peters and the glorious LuPone led revival that redeemed the show for me from the mess that came before it, I can honestly say I am all "Gypsied" out!

Updated On: 12/28/15 at 03:19 PM

.....don't forget the Chow Mein.

Chowsy Wowzie

I just wish Imelda would have been directed to show ONE other emotion than ANGER!!! I was so tired of her screaming the dialogue AND the songs for the most part. LOVED Gimmick though.

I am so O'd on Gypsy that there has to be a really good reason for me to see it anytime soon...in fact, the ONLY reason would so the desire to see the next great Rose.

Because it is not live, it will never catch the excitement of a live performance. Given. What a recording does do is give me the opportunity to fast forward through parts that I just don't enjoy seeing for the 30th time, e.g., All of the June numbers, Little Lamb, All I need is the Girl, Mr. Goldstone, in particular. I saw this in about an hour as a result, sorta the greatest hits version, and liked what I saw.

I though Imelda did a fine job. I never really liked Tyne Daly's performance as much as everyone else because I really didn't like her singing. Imelda's performance was closest to Tyne's, but she sang the songs extremely well. I thought her entire scene leading up to and including Rose's Turn was excellent, and represent an interpretation unlike any I can ever remember seeing.

So, I thought she did herself proud, but I still could not see myself buying tickets at this time, this proved yet again how Gypsy'd out I am. I know it so well that my fast forwarding capability was remarkably acute.

I'll agree that I wish she hadn't been so angry in every scene. Rose needs nuance. I'm sure Arthur Laurents would have hated her, especially because she cried before the last scene.

Her "Everything's Coming Up Roses" was divine, as was her entire last 15/20 minutes. THAT was the "Rose's Turn" to end all "Rose's Turn"s. I've never been so moved by that song or that final scene before. However, I do think she missed a lot of the humor. It was she wouldn't hold for the laughs and just kept on going.

I loved the almost scary drag queen quality of the strippers and Lara's voice deepening as she went through her Strip montage. That was a nice touch. The rest was a mixed bag. The quick pace of Act 1 was fine and refreshing, but it missed a lot of laughs that way.

It's weird because I really did think Laurents' last revival was genius in terms of its casting. In fact, it was the first time Herbie and Louise even registered. Patti was Patti and was fine, but it was the supporting players who really surprised me and who I remembered after the curtain fell. I wonder what it would be like to take Imelda's Rose and pair her with Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti.

NOW we know why they didn't want anybody outside of Britain to see this.