Who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose? — Page 7

Wasn’t she rumored to be in a revival for a little night music?

Isn’t that what all directors do? And I can’t imagine them changing it too much. I think it’s mostly cosmetic changes like changing the setting, and to add this layer of racism that she has to deal with. Adding a New Orleans flavor to the piece.

blaxx said: "Musicaldudepeter said: "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."

She's a great performer, but no dramatic actress. She's just not at that level."

I'm not her biggest fan, but her dramatic scenes in The Music Man were actually the highlight of the show for me. I think with the right director (and a few more years) she absolutely has what it takes.

Broadway Flash said: "Isn’t that what all directors do? And I can’t imagine them changing it too much. I think it’s mostly cosmetic changes like changing the setting, andto add this layer of racism that she has to deal with. Adding a New Orleans flavor to the piece."

Gypsy is not set in a single city- the plot hinges on it not being set in a single place.

Broadway Flash said: "Yes which is why a few comments earlier I said “starting in New Orleans”"

But then you said they're changing the setting and giving it "New Orleans flavor." How does changing the setting for the very first scene in a work that is set in many different cities give it any sort of flavor? I don't think I could even tell you what city the musical starts in. It's not about the actual cities, it's about all the characters having unsettled lives.

So, who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose? In the Audra/Gypsy thread, it got very sad and dark near the end with posters claiming we possibly won't see Gypsy on Broadway ever again or for decades to come because it never sells, other posters claiming we will only see it at non-for-profits going forward. I know she's controversial on these boards and in general, but I would not mind seeing Sutton Foster as the next Rose at somewhere like the Roundabout in ten years' time. It's a better fit for her than Reno or Marian, and given that she replaced as Mrs. Lovett, I get the feeling producers feel she is a very solid, reliable casting choice. I think she'd make a fine Rose, and (having read her book) she would bring all of her own history with her real life mother who sounded like a piece of work, to this performance. I also think vocally she is in keeping with the historical casting of Roses. Thoughts?

It'll be gonzo the great, trust!!

JSquared2 said: "Cole Escola"

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yes please.

chrishuyen said: "I'd be curious about Megan Hilty's Rose given a few years"

So who will be performing the other four shows each week?

Sutton Foster is obviously going to do Gypsy on Broadway at some point.

Roundabout will certainly do it with Sutton Foster at the time of her choosing

Here's hoping they retire it for 15 years at least. Then it will be Lea Michelle.