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Streisand Gypsy is still on....#250
Posted: 7/14/16 at 2:55pm
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.
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Streisand Gypsy is still on....#251
Posted: 7/14/16 at 3:01pm
I actually maintain that Gaga would be a phenomenal Louise.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#252
Posted: 7/14/16 at 3:07pm
Agreed! Annaleigh Ashford as June, though, please.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#253
Posted: 7/14/16 at 3:22pm
Barbra is gonna slay us into the ground.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#254
Posted: 7/14/16 at 3:37pm
I admit to being intrigued with what "new concept" they have come up with.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#255
Posted: 7/14/16 at 4:03pm
I'm actually very relieved to hear about this new concept. The other two versions of Gypsy didn't work on film for many reasons, but both of them shared the same staginess. I've often thought about "Some People" on film and how dynamic it could be if it was more of a montage with Rose packing up her kids, getting in the car, and leaving. "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.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#256
Posted: 7/14/16 at 4:45pm
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.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#257
Posted: 7/14/16 at 5:14pm
I'm intrigued as well.
As for Gaga and Travolta please no.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#258
Posted: 7/14/16 at 7:58pm
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.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#259
Posted: 7/14/16 at 8:20pm
I am sure Gaga could act it just fine, but as I've said before, Katy Perry is much more believable as a 1930's burlesque queen, but who knows if she could act it. 
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Streisand Gypsy is still on....#261
Posted: 7/14/16 at 8:55pm
Perry certainly couldn't sing it. Hearing her live is what turned me off of her as a performer. Gaga would be phenomenal - I'd love to see her take in Fanny in a Funny Girl revival.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#262
Posted: 7/14/16 at 9:22pm
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)
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#263
Posted: 7/15/16 at 2:33pm
Mr. Nowack said: "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)"
And if they do that, maybe they could recreate the original "spooky" ending with dissonant violin harmonics that was axed so that Merman could get her big ovation. It would make sense, since there's no direct interaction with the live audience as there is in the theater.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#264
Posted: 7/15/16 at 3:03pm
Oooh I never heard that tidbit, it sounds amazing.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#265
Posted: 7/15/16 at 3:53pm
Mr. Nowack said: "Oooh I never heard that tidbit, it sounds amazing."
Among other places to read about it, try Sondheim's "Finishing the Hat" and Arthur Laurents's autobiography. It's a very interesting story! BUT--I can see how what now works so beautifully in the theater--Rose continuing to bow even when the audience's applause has stopped--might be, for once, better replaced in the movie by the original idea (since who knows how long, or even if, the audience will applaud).
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#266
Posted: 7/15/16 at 9:06pm
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.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#267
Posted: 7/15/16 at 10:04pm
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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Streisand Gypsy is still on....#268
Posted: 7/15/16 at 11:43pm
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.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#269
Posted: 7/16/16 at 1:50am
Ethel Merman in a g-string - Love her, but I dunno...
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#270
Posted: 7/16/16 at 3:59am
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.
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Streisand Gypsy is still on....#271
Posted: 8/4/16 at 8:03am
3rd strike.... Maybe the tour will persuade investors..
http://deadline.com/2016/08/barbra-streisand-gypsy-movie-loses-distributor-stx-1201798250/
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#273
Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:54am
The way this is panning out Streisand will be directing Gaga as Mama Rose and Ariana Grande will be Louise/Gypsy.
Streisand Gypsy is still on....#274
Posted: 8/4/16 at 1:43pm
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.
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