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Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#125
Posted: 4/15/23 at 7:30pm
I feel that she has become a HUGE box office draw, that the perfect casting for Mama Rose should be Jinkx Monsoon from "Drag Race". She has the comedic chops and her performance of "When Your Good to Mama" on the "Drag Race" finale showed that she has the vocal abilities also!...
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#126
Posted: 4/15/23 at 7:38pm
ChgoTheatreGuy said: "I feel that she has become a HUGE box office draw, that the perfect casting for Mama Rose should be Jinkx Monsoon from "Drag Race". She has the comedic chops and her performance of "When Your Good to Mama" on the "Drag Race" finale showed that she has the vocal abilities also!..."
LOL Never will happen. One of the strippers Mazeppa yes!
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#128
Posted: 4/21/23 at 3:51pm
Here she is boys...here she is world...here's ROSE!
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Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#129
Posted: 4/23/23 at 5:09pm
I would love to see Christine Ebersole take on this monumental role.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#130
Posted: 4/23/23 at 9:00pm
Can't help but think of Sherie Rene Scott. That would be a magnificent return to Broadway for her!
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/18/10
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#131
Posted: 2/17/24 at 6:28am
Now that Sutton Foster is doing Mrs Lovett on Broadway, I can't help but feel she may be the next Broadway Rose in less than ten years' time. Thoughts? It seems like everything is lining up for this to happen some day.
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Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#132
Posted: 2/17/24 at 7:13am
In a perfect world the next Madame Rose would be Heather Headley
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#133
Posted: 2/17/24 at 10:50am
Audra McDonald will be the next mama rose. Coming to broadway next season
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#134
Posted: 2/17/24 at 11:18am
I hope we get some further confirmation of that.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#135
Posted: 2/17/24 at 11:22am
Im hearing they already have a theatre lined up and contracts will be signed imminently.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#136
Posted: 2/17/24 at 11:33am
Yes, because you are a noted reliable source of information.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#137
Posted: 2/17/24 at 11:35am
NoItAll said: "At the age of 36, Lea Michele is currently portraying, to enormous critical acclaim, a preternaturally ambitious women who ages from about 20 to 35 during the course of the show. In a few short years, she will portray a preternaturally ambitious woman who ages from about 30 to 45 during the course of the show. She will be greater in the role than women who have technically superior voices, such as Audra, for the same reason that Callas was “greater” than Tebaldi. You heard it here first.
As a huge Lea fan I find this post very interesting. Though I have to correct you in that "technically" Michelle and Audra have different types of voices. And both are the absolute BEST at that type of voice (Lea: belt, Audra: mezzo? soprano belt?...).
What we need is an interesting take on Rose. We've seen and loved the others. But to have Audra's style meeting the razzmatazz of the written Rose would definitely be interesting. And having a younger Rose who ages into the battleaxe (instead of the usual older actress aging down at the beginning) would be equally interesting.
All of the other actresses mentioned here would, of course, be wonderful traditional Roses (Chenowith would be the less traditional, probably the casting that intrigues me the most). But there can only be one Broadway Rose in the near future. But I would love to see what the musical actresses of a certain age do in Britain. They take their Roses to the regions. Johanna Riding, Ria Jones, Jodi Prenger, Caroline O'Connor, Shona White and Rebecca Thornhill have played Rose in theatres across the UK and Scotland. Maybe our own possible Roses should do the same here.
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Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#138
Posted: 2/17/24 at 12:17pm
Do Amy Sherman-Palladino and Rachel Brosnahan still hold some of the rights to Gypsy for film and TV? Other than not being a known commodity as a singer, Brosnahan working with Sherman-Palladino is about the only Gypsy I'd still get TRULY excited about.
As Mrs. Maisel, working closely with Sherman-Palladino, Brosnahan made a character you couldn't help but love even as she gave you reason after reason to distrust and despise her. Not a criminal, but a genuine emotional antiheroine. That's a sweet spot where Rose could work well: not a psycho-biddy or a madwoman, but a true and genuine f***up with a dream.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#139
Posted: 2/17/24 at 2:51pm
I think it would be great to see a young Mama Rose one of these times. The real Rose was 21 and 22 when her daughters were born. That would make her low to mid-30s when the show begins and maybe 45 when it ends. Someone mentioned Christine Ebersone. She has missed her chance IMO...who really wants to see a 70 year old Mama Rose with her 10 -12 year old daughters in the early scenes. That is too much of a stretch for me.
Truthfully, I would rather see Lea Michelle do it in her late thirties than someone in her mif-fifties (and I know most people who have played Rose have been in their fifties.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#140
Posted: 2/17/24 at 3:56pm
Dylan Smith4 said: "I said it already, and I will say it again! Stephanie J Block needs to be Mama Rose! That woman has the talent and the voice for this iconic role! I can already see the energy she would send in Rose's Turn!"
She has everything required for the role except the charisma.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#141
Posted: 2/17/24 at 4:06pm
Reimagined Gypsy with Audra. New book. Starting in New Orleans. Simon Godwin directs.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#142
Posted: 2/17/24 at 4:16pm
Please tell me she’s going to have a standby ? Or Tuesdays off
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#143
Posted: 2/17/24 at 4:35pm
Broadway Flash said: "Reimagined Gypsy with Audra. New book. Starting in New Orleans. Simon Godwin directs."
Gypsy is often said to have one of the best books of a musical ever. Having a hard time believing they’ve written a new one.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#144
Posted: 2/17/24 at 4:38pm
Yeah but it’s 2024 hello. They’re bringing in a racial element to it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#145
Posted: 2/17/24 at 4:41pm
Not applicable to Broadway audiences, but I hope Sheridan Smith plays Rose at one point on UK shores.
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#146
Posted: 2/17/24 at 6:24pm
Are the same people who are "reporting" that Audra McDonald is playing "Mama Rose" in GYPSY, the same people who reported that Rachel Zegler was going to star in the next big Broadway revival of EVITA?
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#147
Posted: 2/17/24 at 6:59pm
CarlosAlberto said: "Are the same people who are "reporting" that Audra McDonald is playing "Mama Rose" in GYPSY, the same people who reported that Rachel Zegler was going to star in the next big Broadway revival of EVITA?"
And the same people who said Ariana DeBose was going to headline a Kiss of the Spider Woman revival. In their defense, I'm sure people did hear these things it's just that nothing is set in stone until contracts are all signed. And even then....
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#148
Posted: 2/17/24 at 7:05pm
It was reported in the New York Post:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Rialto-Chatter-Audra-McDonald-to-Star-in-GYPSY-Revival-Next-Season-20240104
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1158344
Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose?#149
Posted: 2/17/24 at 10:20pm
If I were directing or producing the next big budget, high profile revival of Gypsy; the very first person I’d have on my wish list to offer the role to would be Kate Winslet. Guaranteeing a financial hit and recoupment + get Kate the T to complete that EGOT! Also, no idea if she can sing — but I think Margaret Qualley would make an excellent Louise… assuming she can sing. Haha
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