LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

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LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:31pm

If you watch the video where Michael goes backstage with Patti, he points out a tally system she has been keeping on her dressing room wall towards the end (where she keeps track of different milestones, when an actor left the show, when she missed a show, etc.), and then she goes to the bottom of the wall and says something about 3/3/09, as if it means the end of whatever it is she's going through that entails a tally system.

What do you guys think?

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06062008/entertainment/theater/monster_salary_cuts_114164.htm

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:34pm

that sounds about right. her contract should be for about a year, and she already has bookings for March 2009 and on for her concert with Mandy Patinkin.

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:41pm

Watching the video it really sounds like that's her last day- "3/3/09- sprung!"

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Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:47pm

Does any one know which actor left the show?

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:48pm

Wow... THAT's Michael Riedel?? He doesn't look bad, compared to his Post pic (kind of creepy looking). I can't wait to see her onstage... just 4 more days... Is anyone going to see Gypsy on June 10th? Say hi! I'm kind of shy.... really. from RC in Austin, Texas

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:50pm

It would appear that she's leaving then- I'll have to keep that in mind

#7

re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:53pm

So she is planning on staying after the show closes?

#8

re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 3:01pm

she's supposed to take this show to London, JoeKv99

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 3:19pm

Riedel looks nothing like his Post photo. He acutally looks and acts like David Hyde Pierce!

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 3:21pm

she won't be going to London until summer or fall of 09, though, I'd imagine.

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/6/08 at 3:29pm

London, sure go do another 6 months there but this show won't run till march.

#12

re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/7/08 at 12:03am

I love Patti, but how can someone who's name is above the title of a poster covering a Broadway theatre be so eager to leave a show that's banking on them alone? It eludes me.

#13

re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/7/08 at 12:12am

She has some bookings, as already said, with the Mandy Patinkin concerts, which appear to be week-long, not just one night in each city.

Or atleast she'll be at the DuPont Theatre in DE for a week...and I wouldn't be suprised the hotel + the theatre are beautiful!

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/7/08 at 1:42am

staying with a show for a year is hardly being eager to leave...

most stars don't stay even that long.

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/7/08 at 2:15am

I doubt she'll leave on 3/3/09 because that's a Tuesday. I know it's rare for a lead to leave mid-week.

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re: LuPone leaving Gypsy on 3/3/09?

Posted: 6/7/08 at 3:56am

You have to realize that this show is going to close when Patti leaves. I remember hearing that they were going to keep it open till around early next year. And, I heard that a little bit before the show started previews.

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