What are your favorite scenes/musical numbers in Gypsy?

The entire score and every scene. It is the finest musical ever written. (No one needs to point out that this is only my opinion. I am already aware of that.)

Mine too, n.

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I would have to say:

1. Overture
2. Some People
3. Scene between June and Louise before If Mamma Was Married
4. Together
5. Louise's scene with the mirror right before the Strip
6. The Strip
7. Confrontation Scene before Rose's Turn
8. Rose's Turn
9. Final scene

The Overture, Rose's Entrance ("Sing Out Louice...SIng OUT!"), "Some People", "Small World", The hotel room scene, "Litttle Lamb", The restaurant scene, scene in Grantzinger's office, "If Mamma Was Marrried", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Together Wherever we Go", All scenes with Tessie Tura, "You Gotta Have a Gimmick", Gypsy's transformationa nd strip montage, The argument scene, "Rose's Turn" and Rose's final wistful glance at the stage as she and Gypsy exit.

THe cast album with Ethel Merman is still my favourite show album of all time. Wow she poured a LOT of anger into that one. SHe was going through a divorce so maybe she used that to fuel her. Whatever it was, it's chilling to hear! (We did an interview with her in 1979 and the announcer asked how she pulled off GYPSY because it seemed like method acting with the force and control. Miss Merman shrugged and and said "well I guess you either got it or you ain't!")

It's an amzingly tight script. A friend of mine was producing and directing a community theatre staging last fall and was looking to trim it down to about 2 1/2 hours. (His shows play to older audiences who get restless whne they go on too long.) He found he couldn't cut any lines because if you cut this one, that one won't make sense. He left it at 3 hours and no one complained because they were so caught up in it.

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Rose and Herbie's final scene. What an awesome book.

ah screw it...the whole goddamn thing is brilliant!

the whole show...... but

once they hit the burlesque to the end is the best....

"I thought you did it for me momma"

The whole damn thing!

The Strip!

I love Rose's Turn and the ending hamonies of If Mamma Was Married, but one of my favorite numbers is Gotta Have a Gimmick- especially on the latest recording

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Well i've got a soft spot for Tulsa because i played that role. My fave bit ever though was the confrontation scene. We had a really really bad Mama Rose (one guy actually put ear plugs in when she, i use this in the loosest term possible, sang) but Louise was amazing. She was truely captivating especially when she blew her top.

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definitely the strippers and GOTTA HAVE A GIMMICK

"hey, you with the neck! that costume cost five bucks!

"some'n WRONG with STRIP-PIN'??!"

"oh, it's the same burlesque crap they've been doing since the year one."

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