Next Mama Rose?
Next Mama Rose?
#1Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:36am
So when Patti leaves the GYPSY revival (and lets imagine for the sake of imagining the show keeps running) who do you think/hope will be our next Rose?
This is probably another post but I can't find it, so forgive me if it is....
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#2re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:36am
I say KELLY GROUND....amazing voice...
she is on youtube singing SITPWG!
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#2re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:43am
In my wild fantasy world...
I'd like to see Mary Testa try it. I'm not sure if it would work, but I'd like to see it nonetheless.
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#5re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:46am
God, I'd kill to see Ebersole try it, but I doubt that'd happen.
Kelly Ground is brilliant vocally, but I don't know if she's right for Mama Rose.
Oh, Mary Testa would be fierce.
I'd love to see Bebe Neuwirth step in. She could really give something special.
And then there's always Debra Monk.
#6re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:47amIn my dreams I would like to see Kathy Halenda, But...... That won't happen soo Christine Ebersole perhaps?
#7re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:48amI don't think Christine is a good choice. Plus she would never be a replacement at this point. And I much rather see Christine in a show where she can really show off her amazing character acting (like Edie).
#8re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:53am
In a dream world, after "Curtains" closes, Debra Monk would do Patti's matinees 'til she could take over full-time. (Unless Deb were to take over for Mattie Fae in "August: Osage County". But that's another thread.)
Deb would be genius. And I hope that the NEXT "Gypsy" revival sees Donna Murphy above the title as Rose.
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#9re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:54am
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#10re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:55amI hope the next GYPSY revival won't be for another 15 years.
#11re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:56am
Mary Testa would be perfection, yet for whatever reason she would not be given the role, I think. People seem to keep casting her in these tiny roles when she is probably one of the best NY actresses of her generation.
I've heard Ebersole's rendition of "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and it's dreadful. It's just not her role. She would be quite miscast, her voice is not up to it, and her persona doesn't fit Rose (and seeing her TRY to be Margo Channing sort of proved it to me).
The few actresses that are perfect for Rose at this point are too big to take any kind of replacement role at this point. Donna Murphy would be ideal but she deserves her own production, and not yet, as LuPone says she is just at the age where she feels she knows how to handle Rose from a technical aspect, so Murphy needs about a decade more before getting there.
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#12re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:59amI would like to see Meryl Streep's acting choices.. Not sure if she could sing it though
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#14re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:04amAnn Harada would sing the crap out of it, too.
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#15re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:07am
Crap being the key word.
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#16re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:10amLaurents said he would still let Streisand play the role.
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#17re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:11amI disagree, Bobby, I think Harada has a great voice.
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#18re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:11am
Mary Testa as Mama Rose. I am imagining it in my head and I am liking it.
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#19re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:13am
I like Harada too, but I'm really pulling for Clay Aiken.
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Updated On: 6/8/08 at 01:13 AM
#20re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:13amHe said he would let Bab's be Rose in the movie if there ever is a remake.
#21re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:15amYes the talk was for the movie. But he was saying in general that he thinks she could still play the role. Though she would never do a stage production 8x a week; Laurents would still let her.
#22re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:17amHow about Bab's evenings and Judy Kaye do the matinees?
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#24re: Next Mama Rose?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:34amI've said it before and I'll say it again: Arthur Laurents, this is your chance! When Patti leaves, take up the part yourself! Only then can your domination of the show be complete!
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