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

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 2/17/24 at 10:27pm

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

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 8:01am

Broadway Flash said: "Reimagined Gypsy with Audra. New book. Starting in New Orleans. Simon Godwin directs."

I have seen too many Gypsy's and Simon Godwin was an interesting choice as director but not with a new book. The whole point of hiring Godwin (and it's a good one) is that he's one of the best directors working today who digs and finds new nuggets in old books. 

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 9:27am

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]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 10:07am

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.

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 10:14am

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. 

[Owen22]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 10:29am

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."

That woman is able to find the truth in a zany character in a clown show like "Once Upon a Mattress".  And her heartfelt moments on "Younger" were as real as the show's premise was eye-rolling. She is an A+ actress no matter what style (and yes to FAN who noted how affecting her dramatic scenes in "Music Man" were.)

[Kad]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 12:27pm

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]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 1:07pm

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

[Kad]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 1:16pm

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.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 2/18/24 at 1:31pm

I’m not sure cause I’m not writing the book.  But maybe setting it in the south would emphasize the racial element to it.  I’m just telling you what I heard. You don’t believe in reimagined revivals as it is, we know. 

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 6/2/24 at 2:58pm

So, yeah.

[Clare9]

Posted: 6/3/24 at 2:15pm

Yesterday's Times had a full-page age ad promising Audra as the lead. If the show goes forward, the producers need a solid backup plan. Friends of mine went up to see a Saturday matinee of the Porgy and Bess revival in 2012, and they're still aggrieved that Audra didn't play that performance.

Even an abridged version of Porgy and Bess would be a heavy lift for any singer eight times a week.

Rose's vocals might not make the same harsh demands, while the emotion behind them could wear anyone out.