Which closing show would you see on July 29?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:50pm

Which closing performance would you see?

a) BEAUTY & THE BEAST
b) GREY GARDENS
c) GYPSY
d) 110 IN THE SHADE

That's got to be the toughest call to make. The 29th is going to be a media circus.

With BEAUTY you have a 13+ year show closing. And a Disney show. And a well-written show. And a show with a great Alan Menken score. It's bound to be a grand-scale event.

With GREY GARDENS you have a show that worked it's way to Broadway keeping most of its original stars intact. Two of its performers won Tony Awards and are of legendary scale: Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson. Ebersole's performance is rated as one of the best this generation will ever see.

With GYPSY you have a wonderful backstage tale of LuPone FINALLY getting to do this role. Not only is she playing the legendary character of Mama Rose, but the show is being directed by Arthur Laurents - it's book writer. The reviews of LuPone are just as good as that of Ebersole, except LuPone's story is much more fragile.

And finally with 110 IN THE SHADE you have a limited engagement of a show that kept on extending. A show that hasn't been revived since the original. A show updated to great standards for today. A show lead by the extremely talented and crowd favorite, Audra Macdonald.

So which do you see, assuming you can only choose ONE?

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:54pm

Good lord, that's hard. As much as I LOVED GYPSY, I would probably see GREY GARDENS, simply because I know GYPSY will be done at least once more in my life (with or without LuPone) and I don't know how many times GREY GARDENS will be done, especially with these two brilliant actresses.

Ack. In reality, I would see both on the same day.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:54pm

If I could, I would see BEAUTY. My first Broadway show, my favorite movie ever, my favorite Disney character...it just holds so much with me.

I love all four of these shows.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:55pm

Beauty and the Beast!

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:55pm

As much as I would love to see 110 in the Shade, I would see Gypsy again.

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:56pm

GREY GARDENS!!!
And that's where I'll be (crying all the way).

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:57pm

I'd see the matinee of GREY GARDENS and GYPSY in the evening.

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:04pm

I have tix for Grey Gardens and Gypsy.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:06pm

Probably "GYPSY" bec. I have already seen "GREY GARDENS" . I had a dream that I was watching Gypsy with Patty Lupone three nights ago.......

I wish .. I could see it both !!!

J*
Updated On: 7/27/07 at 05:06 PM

[Dawn2]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:06pm

In a heartbeat, for one last time, my beloved Beast.

The fact that it would be a chance to see Donny Osmond live as Gaston would be a hoot, too.

I have to agree, all of the shows hold a tremendous amount of interest for me. I'd love to see LuPone as Mama Rose. What I've seen/heard of Grey Gardens is fascinating, and 110 is just classic - add Audra McDonald, and wow!

But to be real, I'd see anything I could get a ticket for, if only I could get to New York again! (I'm presently and usually happily stuck in Los Angeles)

What that we could stop time, win the lotto, and all have the chance to revel in the wonders of Broadway, not just this weekend, but forever and always (to paraphrase another old show's tag...) Could somebody post detailed, insightful commentaries on all of these shows (OK that would have to be four somebodies)next week? Much mahalo to anyone who will. And ten extra brownie points if you manage to link us up to any (hopefully legal) footage of the evenings...

I will go back to sulking and skulking about now... Thank goodness for the lovely BWW TV tribute to Beast! Aloha ke akua, Beast!

[LeaGirl]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:12pm

It was a hard decision, but I'm doing Gypsy. I technically could do another show but.. I fear for my emotional sanity with two closing shows in one day. So one it is.

[molly.]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:16pm

beauty and the beast!!!

[ragdoll4390]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:34pm

I would see Grey Gardens. I was suppose to go to the closing show,but I later found out that I had plans.So I got to see it for my final time last week.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:37pm

I'll be attending the Grey Gardens matinee and Gypsy evening performance.

Updated On: 7/27/07 at 06:37 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:37pm

My original plan was to do GREY GARDENS matinee and GYPSY in the evening but alas it didn't happen. Those would be my two picks though.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:37pm

I would see 110, only because I haven't seen it yet...but out of the other 3 i'd go see Grey Gardens, because I loved the show but Christine was DEFINATELY having an off-night when I saw her. No doubt she'll be pulling out all of the stops on July 29th:)

[ahmelie]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:38pm

If I could, I'd be seeing Gypsy again. But my final show this weekend (on Saturday night) will be 110 in the Shade.

[ashbash1990]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:39pm

Grey Gardens

[DEFYxGRAViTY721]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:40pm

BEAUTY!

[vfd88]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:41pm

Definitely Gypsy. Patti owns my soul.

MAYBE Beauty, because it was my first show.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:43pm

Gypsy

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:49pm

Beauty and the Beast if only for sentimental reasons. It was my first Broadway show and it's one of my all-time favorite movies.

~Steven

[Midoria]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 6:59pm

Gypsy! I grew up listening to and hearing about Patti Lupone but have never seen her!

[sally1112]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:03pm

No contest for me..Grey Gardens.

Sunday I'll probably light a candle, play the recording, and then die a little inside.

[zacwac08]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:14pm

Apparently like many others, I'm going to the Grey Gardens matinee and Gypsy evening performance.