Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?

[SgtDonut]

Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#1

Posted: 6/21/08 at 11:59am

Of all the people who played the role, which is your favorite?

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[ljay889]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#2

Posted: 6/21/08 at 11:59am

MeRm
lUpOnE

[TooDarnHot]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#2

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:00pm

Merman.

then LUPONE

p.s. - how many threads are you going to make today? I'm seeing a trend...

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#3

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:00pm

Patti LuPone

[SgtDonut]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#4

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:01pm

I think I've made two. And the reason I'm asking this is because I want to know which recording I should get. They all sound pretty good to me, but I only listen to a small bit of them.

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Updated On: 6/21/08 at 12:01 PM

[sondheimgeek]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#5

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:01pm

Since I can't choose one, I choose many of them!

Mama Merman
Lt. LuPone
Brilliant Peters
Lovely Lansbury
Terrific Tyne
and now....
Lucious Linda Balgord. But shh! Don't tell the mods.

Can I still count Libby Morris and Geraldine Turner?

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

Updated On: 6/21/08 at 12:01 PM

[glitterandjazzhands]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#6

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:13pm

After last night's performance, LuPone all the way. I seriously could not breath.

[StockardFan]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#7

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:14pm

My vote goes to Ethel.

KFTC!!!!!

[adamgreer]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#8

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:33pm

You're all forgetting the brilliant Joyce DeWitt.








(sarcasm)

[sondheimgeek]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#9

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:37pm

Actually I change my vote. I vote for the best Mama Rose to ever be recorded: Kay Medford.

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

[PalJoey]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#10

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:39pm

After MermanLansburyLuPone, it would have to be Dolores Gray, who once told me,



"I was the only one who understood the PSYCHOLOGY!"

(NB: Not in costume)

And then Lorna Luft:



Because she has the pipes and, after all, Arthur Laurents based the character of Rose on Lorna's grandmother.

[A Grey Spring]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#11

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:55pm

Madame LuPone all the way!!!

[suicidalmickeymouse]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#12

Posted: 6/21/08 at 1:43pm

Lupone.

Hunter: Your teeth need whitening./ Heidi: You sound weird./ Jeff: You taste funny.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.

[theaterkid1015]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#13

Posted: 6/21/08 at 1:43pm

Rose Hovick herself?

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Ed_Mottershead]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#14

Posted: 6/21/08 at 1:50pm

How many times is the question about the best or favorite Momma Rose going to be asked? Okay, in descending order: Merman, LuPone, Lansbury, Daly, Peters, Midler. Now, I'm going to ask another question: how many of you out there actually saw all five Broadway productions?

BroadwayEd

Updated On: 6/21/08 at 01:50 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#15

Posted: 6/21/08 at 1:50pm

Why, Oscar winner Patty Duke, of course!

[jennyish]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#16

Posted: 6/21/08 at 2:08pm

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I chose, and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.

[Gothampc]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#17

Posted: 6/21/08 at 2:43pm

Lansbury
Merman
Midler

The rest are all wanna-bees.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[ljay889]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#18

Posted: 6/21/08 at 2:48pm

MIDLER???? LMAO???


In the words of Laurents, she was playing Norma Desmond, Bette Midler, and sometimes Madam Rose.

[zooxanthellae]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#19

Posted: 6/21/08 at 2:55pm

lansbury
LuPone
Merman

[parislover87]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#20

Posted: 6/21/08 at 2:57pm

peters
lupone
lansbury

It's the music and I'm its hapless victim

[Gothampc]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#21

Posted: 6/21/08 at 3:00pm

"In the words of Laurents,"

Wasn't he the same person that blocked LuPone from doing it? What does he know?

Midler brought a certain wisecracking attitude to the role that the others didn't find. She had a frenetic energy that nobody could keep up with and I got the feeling that she just wore out Herbie and June and they left because they couldn't keep up with her. She gave a Rose that kept spinning her wheels and never getting anywhere.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Smaxie]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#22

Posted: 6/21/08 at 3:05pm

Your winner! Accept no substitutes. Doesn't get better than this.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[sondheimgeek]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#23

Posted: 6/21/08 at 3:11pm

Kay Medford is Mama Rose.

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

Updated On: 6/21/08 at 03:11 PM

[jewishboy]

re: Who do you think was the best Mama Rose?#24

Posted: 6/21/08 at 3:12pm

Well, if you want to know which one we think is the best for recording advice, the latest revival with LuPone hasn't come out yet (I think LuPone will either be tops or second once her recording comes out).

So in terms of recordings:
Merman
Lansbury
Midler
Daly
Peters