I'll be so sad if this doesn't happen. I can't believe they wouldn't at least show it on PBS. The cast was so superb and I think someone like Stephen Colbert would draw in even non-musical fans curious to see him perform in this show.
Thank God, the more I see the Doyle production (at least on DVD), the more I wish *any* other production was on DVD. I was worried this was tied up in some rights issues the way some stage performances have had theatrical showings but not been allowed to get a DVD release.
And I can't wait for the people who say they're going to purchase it to start begging for a link to download it because they just can't wait for the copy the never ordered to arrive in the mail.
I just hope they exhibit good sense in editing the DVD. The version I saw in the movie theater contained some objectionable language and I wouldn't want to bring anything like that into my home.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
My pants are, in full disclosure, dry, but this is exciting. Of course, after all the back-and-forth I'll only fully believe it when that disc is playing on my TV.
I look forward to the pouty glaring duels that will take place between Raul-Bobby and NPH-Bobby on my DVD shelf.