Julia Murney as Rose...?

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 11:08am

Can anyone else see Julia Murney as Rose in a future production of Gypsy? I was just listening to her in The Wild Party and she has an amazing voice and she could be great. Thoughts?

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 11:09am

Wait a while, and I could see the possibility. But nowhere in the near future will this happen.

[hpeabody930]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 12:32pm

I'm still holding out for Liza Minelli to take over...

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:10pm

Well, Julia likes to scream just about everything she sings...but often times is out of tune...so I don't know.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:19pm

Ugh.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:51pm

IMO she'd need to be able to establish herself as more of a box office draw. It's not normal to have a relatively unknown actress playing Rose and it be a financial success. Look at what has happened with both Bernadette and Patti . . . certainly neither production has been a sellout.

Maybe in 10-15 years at Papermill.

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 2:31pm

Yeah, I mean in another 15-20 years. Maybe she can become a bigger name by then, still she would be fantastic.

[MusicalMan76]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:06pm

And perhaps she can learn to act with more than just her eyes in the next 15-20 years. lol

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:08pm

And maybe she could learn to sing a score without screaming and riffing.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:32pm

My thoughts exactly ljay. A riffy rose. I think not.

Now, or 15 years from now, she'd never be right for the role. 15 years ago she'd had done okay as Gypsy.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:50pm

I'm still holding out for Liza Minelli to take over...

Liza Minnelli sings a song about the way she spells her name and it ain't the way YOU spell it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuH53fZA6tw

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:50pm

To be quite honest, Liza's "Rose's Turn" is pretty bad.

[kissmeimirish]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:53pm

Electra maybe. But Rose? I don't think so.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:54pm

The thought of Liza Minelli as Electra is too much to handle.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 4:47pm

"And maybe she could learn to sing a score without screaming and riffing."

She neither screamed nor riffed (more than she had too) when I saw her as Elphaba, and that's a screaming/riffing role. In fact, of all the Elphabas I'd say she riffed the least (well, her and Ana Gasteyer).

I think she would be an amazing Rose in 15 years or so, but she would either have to magically become famous or do a regional production.

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 4:54pm

and that's a screaming/riffing role.

- Not really. Screaming and riffing aren't written in a score. Performers take liberties and add it in.

[kissmeimirish]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 5:22pm

I meant Julia as Electra. Liza is definitely a Tessie. with a T. Not Bessie with a B. 'cause Bessie with a B goes bbbbbbbbbbb not ttttttttttttttttttttt.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 5:23pm

I personally prefer Noah Galvin in the role.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 5:26pm

Electra with an s goes snuzz.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 5:34pm

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy...?

Updated On: 11/1/08 at 05:34 PM

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 5:48pm

I could actually see Stephanie J. Block playing her 15-20 years from now.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 5:49pm

I can't.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 7:14pm

Block doesn't fit the role.

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 10:31pm

I can see it. Julia rarely riffs and she does have a lot of power in her voice. Also, I LOVE Patti, but she tends to go pretty flat too.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 11:12pm

Everyone stop talking.

I think BobbyBubby should play Rose in the next revival.

End of thread.