#1
Posted: 9/15/15 at 8:20am
Apparently, the BBC is planning to film Gypsy with Imelda Staunton for a future broadcast and DVD release.
#3
Posted: 9/15/15 at 8:37am
Amazing news, especially for us Americans who can't make it to London to see the production.
#4
Posted: 9/15/15 at 8:55am
If anyone's wondering about a source, this person cites an email: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=2304187
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#5
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:16am
I'm sure this is a wonderful production and I look forward to seeing it in the cinema. Sad, though, that the LuPone GYPSY didn't get preserved.
BTW: There was talk that Bradley Cooper's ELEPHANT MAN was beiing filmed for a movie release. Does anyone know if that's going to happen?
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#7
Posted: 10/6/15 at 12:44pm
It's officially being filmed for broadcast and DVD!!
The DVD is confirmed on the Savoy Theatre's Facebook.
#9
Posted: 10/6/15 at 12:50pm
So happy to hear the news! I was really hoping they would.
#10
Posted: 10/6/15 at 12:54pm
This is thrilling news! If only we had been as lucky with her production of Sweeney, but I'll take what we can get. :)
#11
Posted: 10/6/15 at 1:16pm
So happy!!!! This is asking to much, but I wish we can see it at a movie theatre "live". Can't wait to own the dvd 
#12
Posted: 10/6/15 at 1:22pm
So excited for this Imelda sounds amazing on the cast recording and I can't wait to see her whole performance! I only wish Benanti was filmed in the role, I'm sure their Louise is fine, but Benanti redefined that role!
#13
Posted: 10/6/15 at 1:44pm
bwayboy, the Louise and Herbie are just that, fine. When I saw Imelda I was gobsmacked at how great she was. I went in with high expectations because her Lovett was brilliant and she only exceeded them. I was entirely let down by a merely ok supporting cast. I missed Laura Benanti and Boyd Gains incredibly because many touching and heartbreaking moments they all shared were gone. This production is directed at an almost breakneck speed minus the song's sluggish tempos and it also made me miss Arhtur's directing of the book scenes (lord help me).
#14
Posted: 10/6/15 at 2:07pm
I preferred Lara Pulver's Louise to Benanti, and also liked Peter Davison a lot as Herbie. He has a sort of Jack Klugman quality and you get the sense of why he is driven to stay around Staunton's Rose. I think it helps if Herbie is a bit more rumpled than someone like Boyd Gaines, although Gaines was quite excellent in the role. But of course, it's all about Staunton, who goes to scary, terrifying heights and makes unexpected and illuminating choices throughout. I think too, I preferred Jonathan Kent's staging here to any of the Laurents productions, which tended to veer into somewhat misogynistic territory.
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#15
Posted: 10/6/15 at 2:48pm
Really? I found them very flat and one note and I can't remember a single tear or laugh they got out of me. They never seemed to find moments, just steamrolled through scenes playing one thing at all times. Benanti and Gaines had nuances and humor. I really appreciated how in his last production, Laurents really seemed to focus on the book and the three leads all seemed to work together to make it feel like an ensemble show, no matter how powerful and strong Lupone was. Staunton is this production and it just seems nobody else is given a shot, ya know?
However, I may have been to distracted by seemingly everybody's atrocious American accents. Everybody seemed to a terrible Broolyn-ese or hee-haw southern. I know we Americans regularly do awful English accents on broadway, I just always seem to notice it more when I see shows in London.
#16
Posted: 12/11/15 at 7:56am
The Savoy Theatre just announced that "Gypsy" will be shown on BBC 4, at 9pm on December 27th!
They/them.
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#18
Posted: 12/11/15 at 10:29am
A US network? Really?
It'll air on BBC America about a week or so after it airs in the UK. I'm sure it'll also be on BBC America's website and On Demand as well.
Again... a US network? Like CBS, FOX, ABC or NBC? Really?
#19
Posted: 12/11/15 at 12:01pm
BBC America counts, functionally speaking! I can't wait to see it!
#20
Posted: 12/11/15 at 12:09pm
I recall on one of these boards a report that someone involved stated that it would air on BBC and the following year on PBS (Great Performances?). Hardly authoritative (and I've seen no public announcement to that effect) - but in line with what I'd expect.
#21
Posted: 12/11/15 at 12:20pm
Does anybody know if they're putting out a US DVD or just a UK DVD? I know that oftentimes there are issues with different regional DVDs playing.
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