The Next Rose?

the next Rose is Katrina Lenk

I would like it to be Audra. I already feel I know exactly how Sutton Foster will perform/sing the role, whereas I think Audra who is perhaps an odd choice vocally for the role could completely surprise us in where she takes the role.

An Audra/Brian Stokes/Adrianne Warren GYPSY would be one for the ages.


Most of all someone just get someone to do it, even if Sutton Foster, before Staunton tries again. Maybe like Rose she won’t give up until she is screaming the role on a Broadway stage. I know Sondheim loved her in the role and I’ve grown to appreciate it more recently but enough is enough!


Donna Murphy would have been my top choice but sadly I think too much time has passed for that now and they need a big name to give a reason to mount it yet again.

Updated On: 12/23/21 at 06:57 AM

gypsy101 said: "the next Rose is Katrina Lenk"

I love Katrina,but I just can't see her as Rose. As singer234 commented,I would prefer Shoshana Bean.

The role of Rose is good for an automatic Tony nomination, with a 50% chance of a win. And that’s before the role is cast. The original run with Merman had a run of 750. There have been four Broadway revivals, with the two longest at 450. The last two, in this century, have lost considerable money.


So it takes some brave investors to get behind a new revival. But the demand for the role of Rose by actresses is such that they will continue to revive this.

It’s not one of my favorite Musicals I guess because I find Rose to be annoying. But it is one of our greatest book musicals, with an incredible score. And so many actresses want To play Rose.

God, I would have killed to see Marin Mazzie in the role. She would have sung the hell out of it and she can act so exquisitely.

I think Audra would be impeccable for the same reasons as Mazzie. Glorious acting and singing.

I also think Amy Adams has aged into mother territory and can sing the role with some coaching and would act the hell out of it.

-100% Shoshana Bean
-Stephanie J. Block
-Hannah Waddingham
-Jessie Mueller in about 15 years
-and Barbra, sigh

Loretta Swit

What is it about Jessie Mueller that people think she's right for every single role ever written for a female? Same with Sutton. They're both incredibly talented, but I wouldn't pay to hear either of them sing this particular score. And that's not meant to be nasty, just a point that not every performer is right for every role. See: Sutton's turn as Queenie in Wild Party. Great on paper, glaring miscasting in execution.

An Audra/Stokes/Adrienne revival would be transcendent with the right director and unless there's a fresh approach, there's not much reason to do it otherwise given the financial catastrophe that's faced the two most recent revivals.

I’d love to see Meghan Hilty take on the role eventually.

JSquared2 said: "Broadway61004 said: "Tag said: "-100% Shoshana Bean
-Stephanie J. Block
-Hannah Waddingham
-Jessie Mueller in about 15 years
-and Barbra, sigh"

Crazy as it sounds, Jessie Mueller would actually be age appropriate now. The real Rose was born in 1890 and Gypsy spans the early 20s to the early 30s (so when Rose is approximately 30 to early 40s). So a 38-year-old like Mueller would be about the perfect age to portray that."

It's not a documentary -- it is specifically titledA MUSICAL FABLE."

So because it's a fable it can't be cast age appropriate? I'm not even say it has to be, just that there seems to be this misconception that Rose can only be played by someone 45-50+ when that's not at all the case.

TotallyEffed said: "I want to sit with my memories of Patti for as long as possible. I can’t imagine anyone holding a candle to her Rose.

Maybe Lady Gaga, one day."

Surprised only the two of us have mentioned Gaga. This would be an excellent role, probably better than Fanny Brice, for her in a few years.