Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?

[Ebonic_Singer]

Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#0

Posted: 8/21/06 at 2:56am

After seeing her in Mother Courage, I would LOVE to see Meryl Streep play Mamma Rose, even if the show were adapted into a play (isn't that how it started out anyway?), though her voice wasn't too shabby in Mother Courage. Anyone agree? She is a powerhouse!

[TomMonster]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#1

Posted: 8/21/06 at 2:59am

Gypsy was based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Streep can do anything, but it's Patti's turn!

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

[philcrosby]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#2

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:12am

Streep CAN do anything. But she would be a perfect MAME.

[PalJoey]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#3

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:32am

No, it's not how it started out anyway, and yes, Streep can do anything. But I agree with TomMonster: we've had enough Roses who can act it but not really sing it. The part was written for a powerhouse belter, and it's Patti's Turn.

[Producer2]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#4

Posted: 8/21/06 at 11:52am

If Patti can't do Gypsy the play, maybe she can incorporate the big gypsy songs into her concerts a la sunset.

[Michael Bennett]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#5

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:07pm

I'd love to see Streep do the role. I think Rose is like Hamlet, everyone brings something new to the role. And Patti has just had her turn...

[BSoBW2]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#6

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:12pm

For sure.

[TomMonster]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#7

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:19pm

HaHa, good point, Michael...

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

[ljay889]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#8

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:34pm

I'm with those tired of the Roses who can't handle the vocals.

Yes, Patti had her turn. But she was so spectacular, she should get to play it more places. But the bastard Laurents won't allow her to come to NYC with it. Which sucks. Though I have a feeling her turn isn't over just yet.

[mejusthavingfun]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#9

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:38pm

I never liked her "acting" I guess I'm in a minority. People treat her like Hollywood royalty. I only like her in She-Devil and Death Becomes Her. She was terrible in Angels in America.

[Michael Bennett]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#10

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:42pm

Why is a performance never "enough" unless it is seen in NYC?

[ljay889]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#11

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:44pm

Because tons of fans couldn't make a trip to Chicago to see the performance, maybe.

Not everyone is as privileged.

[pippin2]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#12

Posted: 8/21/06 at 2:38pm

I'd love to see Meryl as Rose. I couldn't help but think about Rose's Turn during The Song of the Great Capitulation In Mother Courage.

[singtopher]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#13

Posted: 8/21/06 at 3:09pm

Not everyone is privileged enough to live near NYC and see everyshow on Broadway 5 times. (Although Patti's Gypsy was a very limited run.)

I would love to see Meryl in the role. Heck, I'd like to see her play Hamlet MB.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[BwayBaby18]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#14

Posted: 8/21/06 at 4:52pm

MB- they actually equate Rose to Lear then Hamlet.

Also doesn't Meryl sing?

And please in the case of Patti once always is enough!

[fflagg]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#15

Posted: 8/21/06 at 5:25pm

Should have been Barbra.

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[Ebonic_Singer]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#16

Posted: 8/21/06 at 5:46pm

That would've been something.

[FoscasBohemianDream]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#17

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:33pm

I was about 10 when Tyne Daly played the role on Broadway, but I've read and heard from older friends that she was simply flawless in the role even if her vocals were rather weak, they say she was fierce and almost perfection on stage. I believe it'd probably be the same if an actress of Streep's caliber were to tackle the role. Honestly I'd much rather see her than LuPone anytime soon.

[wickedfan]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#18

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:45pm

Streep does sing. Very well, actually. And she is a phenomenal actress. Mejusthavingfun-She's won two Oscars, and Emmy, has been nominated for somewhere around 13 Oscars (I don't know if that's the exact number, either way she holds the record). Not to mention she's one of the most versatile actresses known to Hollywood. I would treat her as royalty, too. And I do. But, again, it's your opinion.

"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

[Unknown User]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#19

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:50pm

how about a reality show that just focuses on lupone & streep competing for the role?

now thats a reality show i would watch!!!!!!!!!

[evilNpunk]

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Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:15pm

Updated On: 12/2/14 at 07:15 PM

[Ebonic_Singer]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#21

Posted: 8/21/06 at 10:03pm

Count me in!

[BwayBaby18]

re: Meryl Streep as Mamma Rose?#22

Posted: 8/22/06 at 2:54am

Please Meryl would be using Lupone as toilet paper! If it came down to that....

What other celebs could we put in the show! CZJ and Babs cause they are "in the running" for the movie.