Whatever happened to the Imelda Staunton GYPSY revival? — Page 2

Dolly80 said: "Hilarious how everyone’s judging it on a crappy tv version.

ANYONE who actually sat in the theatre watching it live would tell you that Imelda was jawdroppingly brilliant. I’ve never seen a UK audience react like that- as well documented , standing ovations are earnt In the UK not obligatory like in NYC. And what an ovation she got at every performance.

I agree she was brilliant. but I have never seen a performance differ so much from live stage to video. Perhaps Imelda refused to measure her performance for the cameras, so what was thrilling and amazing onstage came off to big and melodramatic on television. Cause she was brilliant onstage...and on TV I found a lot of that same performance embarrassing.

ljay889 said: "Lol, LuPone was anything but camp in Gypsy. She didn’t play a screaming bulldozer from the first scene, like Staunton."

THIS. Patti played the first act of GYPSY like a musical comedy, with high stakes but not high drama, with the bottom falling out at Everything's Coming Up Roses, which is why the number felt showstopping.

Imelda was barrelling through from the beginning, giving Rose no hope and nowhere to go. To be fair, that's been the approach of many before (Bette comes to mind).

Can we agree, though, that GYPSY (like FOLLIES) is a show that is very subjective. I've never heard anyone agree on the "best" anything regarding the productions.

David10086 said: "So there's a chance this is still coming to Broadway? Ugh."

Don't "ugh" this till you've seen her perform onstage. It's an almost definitive Rose, easily the best since Tyne.

I'm looking forward to OSCAR THE GROUCH in GYPSY, starring Imelda Staunton.

Owen22 said: "Dolly80 said: "Hilarious how everyone’s judging it on a crappy tv version.

ANYONE who actually sat in the theatre watching it live would tell you that Imelda was jawdroppingly brilliant. I’ve never seen a UK audience react like that- as well documented , standing ovations are earnt In the UK not obligatory like in NYC. And what an ovation she got at every performance.

I agree she was brilliant. but I have never seen a performance differ so much from live stage to video. Perhaps Imelda refused to measure her performance for the cameras, so what was thrilling and amazing onstage came off to big and melodramatic on television. Cause she was brilliant onstage...and on TV I found a lot of that same performance embarrassing.

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I just watched it and that makes a lot of sense- she seemed to really overdo it but I'm glad she was better on stage.