Will They Record Lupone's Gypsy?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 3:56pm

I'd assume so, but unsure if they struck a deal when they recorded the Peters disc, that no Gypsy disc is to be produced for x amount of years...

Any news?

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:00pm

They BETTER. It would be a shame if LuPone's Rose goes unrecorded (officially). No matter what they say about her performance, I don't see how anyone can deny that LuPone is the best sung Rose since Merman. She deserves a recording. Updated On: 2/2/08 at 04:00 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:02pm

And Lupone is friendly with Sh-k-boom, so here's hoping!

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:06pm

I don't own any recordings of Gypsy. If she records it, I will buy it.

[salutz1031]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:09pm

oh they better...many of us have waited a long time for her to sing the hell out of those songs...plus Benanti was great as Louise...and what about "gimmick"...this is the only production that made me laugh out loud during that number....This cd will sell beyond B Peters!!!!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:16pm

I'm sure Laurents, or Lupone, will push for a disc. I just hope this Gypsy doesn't have the low numbers it did a few seasons back.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:20pm

I hope so. I own all the GYPSY recording even the Bette Midler's TV special with Christine Ebersole.

J*

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:34pm

If they don't record this I'm gonna hold my breath until I die!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:38pm

Well, there's an argument against.

But I hope they do, I'd love a recording of LuPone blowing that score out of the water!

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 4:52pm

No collection is complete without THIS recording of Gypsy. In fact, they could have just stopped recording Gypsy after La Medford got done with it. It's just that special.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 6:44pm

It would be EPIC if Great Performances decided to tape it also.

[BobbyBubby]

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

Isn't a new film of the show in the works?

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 6:53pm

Smaxie: I agree, no collection is complete without that recording. Boy is she special!

Updated On: 2/2/08 at 06:53 PM

[JaredBway]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 7:12pm

I hope they record it for Leigh Ann Larkin's amazing vocals alone

[Brick]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 9:46pm

"It would be EPIC if Great Performances decided to tape it also."

I wouldn't dream of getting my hopes up., but... Great Performances wanted to record the 2003 Revival, but Laurents wouldn't allow them to because of his dislike for that production.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/2/08 at 10:35pm

I would assume they would record it...I mean it is Patti!

But if not, I would say they'd probably have a "promo" recording like they did for Sunset Boulevard when Betty Buckely did it on Broadway with like 5ish songs on it?!

[John Murdock]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 4:41am

but BRICK Laurents is directing so i would think he would want his version preserved... his whole reason for doing it was so that it could be done the "correct" way, so you would think he would want it recorded for posterity

[Brick]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:21pm

That's what I mean. Hopefully, Great Performances would be interested in recording it because Laurents would surely agree this time.

[RyToast1]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:25pm

Are Great Performances usually sold on DVD after airing?

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:33pm

Yes they are.

Live at Lincoln Center shows don't get released on DVD. They are only aired twice, and are never seen again. PIAZZA was part of that program, it's too bad it couldn't be released - though I liked how they aired it live.

[logan0215]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:34pm

The LitP live broadcast was fairly atrocious.

The performances were of course wonderful, but not captured well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:37pm

The quality wasn't great, but I assumed that was because it was being aired live.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:56pm

I hope they record it for Great Performances. Imagine this year...:
COMPANY
CYRANO DE BERGERARC (sp?)
GYPSY

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:59pm

I just hope this Gypsy doesn't have the low numbers it did a few seasons back.

Well GYPSY is show that never sells out - even with Merman. (Sondheim noted their advance was very low for a show with a star or Merman's stature.) But the Peters revival hardly had low numbers: Average in 2003 was 83% Average in 2004 was 70%. Perhaps not quite enough to meet their nut, but hardly low numbers.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 4:44pm

Smaxie,

I thought I was some kind of Gypsy expert, having seen it every time since Merman, but I never even knew about the Kay Medford. Is it a full cast recording or just Rose's songs? Was it ever on CD? Was it a commercial or a pirate recording?

Updated On: 2/3/08 at 04:44 PM