Streisand Gypsy is still on.... — Page 11

Please for the sake of theatre god, dont ruin this movie Barbs. And please dont cast Gaga as Louise. And please consider sitting back on the director chair and let someone more fitting ( in every aspect: voice, look, ...) be Mama Rose.

 

Agreed! Annaleigh Ashford as June, though, please.

I admit to being intrigued with what "new concept" they have come up with.  

 

BroadwayConcierge said: "I actually maintain that Gaga would be a phenomenal Louise.

 

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Couldn't agree more. She would kill in this.

ComingUpRoses2 said: ""Rose's Turn" as a full on hallucination in Rose's mind with the same men in Louise's audience cheering for her, etc. It could be wonderful. "

I agree with this, the other films with their empty auditoriums in that scene were creepy.


I think that Gaga also could be wonderful. Conversely, she could be awful. (I didn't watch last season of AHS so I don't know most of her acting work.) Travolta would be all wrong.

Gaga, Yes! Travolta, No!

I totally agree re: empty houses during Rose's Turn. Since it's a "Musical Fable" some fantasy is called for. Something I definitely think the original film got wrong. (I haven't seen the Midler version)

Oooh I never heard that tidbit, it sounds amazing.

I've also wanted to see a version that restored that original ending. It sounds so haunting. No big, triumphant "for me!", but just jarring, guttural shrieks. 

I've also wondered if there could be a way it could start intercutting between the real Rose, alone on the stage, and Rose "the star" doing her thing, so that we can hear what she really sounds like and then what she sounds like in her own deluded mind. There's so much fun to be had with this number that I'm surprised no one's ever really even tried to reinvent it for film. 

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "I've always thought it should be a strip, and John Ellis (he of the "Stripper Christmas Tree" article) agrees, even choreographed it in his head down to the last step.

 

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Where is this article? It sounds fascinating. 

ComingUpRoses2 said: "I've also wondered if there could be a way it could start intercutting between the real Rose, alone on the stage, and Rose "the star" doing her thing, so that we can hear what she really sounds like and then what she sounds like in her own deluded mind. There's so much fun to be had with this number that I'm surprised no one's ever really even tried to reinvent it for film. "

 

Ooh, Gypsy as Florence Foster Jenkins--I can totally see that! And yeah, also stripping, in her own mind and in reality, a complete breakdown. 

 

God....I hope this gets made and soon. 

Sweet Jesus! This damn project has had more issues that I can think of. 

Here's the thing - isn't Barbra loaded? If she really wants to do this, maybe she be an associate producer and help finance a bit of the film.