Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
mrkita08
Understudy Joined: 2/1/08
#1Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 2:23pm
After seeing the current Gypsy revival twice I'm still in awe of the performances. I can't wait for the cast album but I was wondering if it was being considered for PBS's Great Performances, or for being recorded on video at all? I've only seen 7 shows on Broadway but out of them Gypsy stands alone far away from the rest. In my opinion this show needs to be taped so these performances can be immortalized.
I know part of Gypsy's appeal is the fact that your in a theater and its a show business story but I think that some nice camera work can capture some of that energy. I would easily shell out $30 for a DVD of the production. Anyone else?
#2re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 2:42pmI wouldn't count on it.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#2re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 3:49pm
You would think that they would have captured so many recent shows. Instead - producers choose ANOTHER Sondheim show (which I am pleased with, but still...), PASSING STRANGE, and LEGALLY BLONDE.
Where are the recordings of GREY GARDENS? GYPSY? A CHORUS LINE?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#3re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 3:51pm
Why not, Mildred?
I would think they'd have more than a good reason to. It's "the definitive production," it has three great performances, each of which won Tonys-Tonies-whatever, it's awesome.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:03pm
They would have to get so many waivers from everyone it would not be possible
Great idea but regretfully will not happen.
Poster Emeritus
#5re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:08pmIf Company and Cyrano were recorded, I wouldn't dismiss this possibility outright. It's doubtful that this production, with Patti LuPone, would tour, so a recording wouldn't cut into potential road profits. A London production is much more likely.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#6re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:12pm
Don't get me wrong. I would love to see this (& many others ) recorded but I do not see it happening. Hopefully I am wrong.
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Updated On: 8/3/08 at 04:12 PM
#7re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:25pmI'd pay for it. It's sad though. Why does everyone think it's an impossibility? As others have said, they've done it before so why is it any more unlikely than those shows?
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walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#8re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:51pm
I feel like there is some mysterious benefactor who is out to ensure every musical Sondheim touched is preserved forever. Hopefully "Gypsy" was touched enough to catch attention. I'm guessing if it did happen, it would be next March (?) at the end of the run.
Just out of curiosity, if anyone knows -- how much money would it take to pay for a show like this getting filmed? Not that I'm thinking about putting up the funds...
#10re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:31pm
Wow. Only $300,000?
We spend $12 billion a month fighting a pointless war in Iraq, somewhere between $1.7 and $2.7 trillion so far.
I would take a little out of that and pay for PATTI LUPONE GYPSY to be filmed for PBS Great Performances.
Anyone with me?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#11re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:37pm
Saw that one coming a mile away.
Should Obama win, he ain't pulling out the next day (per his own words). For better or worse, we are there for awhile.
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#12re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:49pmYou ain't getting 88 cents from me, PalJoey!
mrkita08
Understudy Joined: 2/1/08
#13re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 6:40pm
I'm pretty sure this current production is going to the West End once it finishes on Broadway. I would be overjoyed if they decided to record it for Great Performances or even straight to DVD. If they did decide to record it they would probably wait to release it once Patti finished her run as Mama Rose here on Broadway, West End, The Orpheum Circuit, wherever the show takes her, even if it takes 5 years.
I'm a student so I get the cheapest ticket at $27, I usually don't buy DVD's but if this was released I would pay $35 for the DVD of it.
#14re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 6:46pm
Then I'll get it somewhere else, sondheimfan2, but I'll get it!
AND GET MY SHOW ON GREAT PERFORMANCES!
#16re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 6:59pm
I don't know where you got your figures from, frogs_fan -- but to get CANDIDE filmed and released onto DVD it cost over $2 million. I got that figure from director Lonny Price.
"I feel like there is some mysterious benefactor who is out to ensure every musical Sondheim touched is preserved forever."
Yes, her name is Ellen M. Krass (producer).
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#17re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 7:22pmTalking of Sondheim, it is a shame that neither the original Follies or the Papermill version never got recorded. I think the latter was until there was a rumor the show would go to Broadway. As a result, the show was not taped & the show never went to Broadway.
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twoladies
Chorus Member Joined: 12/4/07
#18re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 7:22pmWhy does it cost so much to record a show for TV or DVD?
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#19re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 7:24pm
Yes, her name is Ellen M. Krass (producer).
I love her.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#20re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 7:25pm
Royalties
Union salaries.
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#21re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 7:29pm
Aside from the production costs of getting a film crew, and then the production costs of making and distributing the DVDs -- you have to pay the stage director, choreographer, actors, crew, musicians, designers, show writers/composers/lyricists, music director, etc. etc. etc.
Oh, and keep in mind that there is a SEPERATE filming director (Lonny Price was the film director of COMPANY, even though John Doyle was the stage director), producers (which can sometimes be the same producers of the stage show), etc. etc. etc. etc.
So -- if there are any producers out there who wish to lose money, then film a Broadway show and release it on DVD.
(Great Performances filming and airing shows without DVD releases saves some money -- I wonder how much? (ie CONTACT)).
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#23re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 8:49pmCapnHook, I remember that number being tossed around back last summer when Company was being filmed and there were heavy rumors that Grey Gardens would also be filmed. How accurate that figure is, I have no idea (and I should have put that in my original post) but I clearly remember that figured being mentioned a number of times and mainly in reference to the failed filming of Grey Gardens.
#24re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 9:05pm
lmao, Paljoey, I'm with you. Plus I live in Texas and rarely can get to New York. By the time I get to see a show, its closed.
PLUS if they can record Legally Blonde, I think they could film some good theatre.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#26re: Gypsy and PBS Great Performances??
Posted: 8/3/08 at 9:28pmEveryone in the world should see PATTI LuPONE GYPSY!
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