Your Favourite Gypsy? — Page 2

Guilty as charged. I happen to love this peice. And I usually love Bernadette Peters.

Updated On: 2/27/04 at 04:02 PM

Bette Midler was my least favorite Mamma Rose. God her voice is so annoying!

Theatremafia is not bothering me. We're having a thoroughly civilized board exchange.

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Someone here mentioned Lansbury's American accent being poor.If you want to hear a laughable English accent have a listen to Peter's on Song and Dance, oh dear.

While I like Lansbury's vocals on the cast album, I don't care for the tinny sound of the orchestra. I guess for the best allround cast album with a BIG overall sound (vocals and orch.) I guess you have to go back to Merman and the originators.

There's no authorized recording of Betty. Too bad, because she was in fine form, musically. She was also pretty gripping to watch, even if she wasn't too concerned about landing much of the humor. Her "Everything's Coming Up Roses" was the scariest and maddest I've seen.

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The lowbrow aspects of the character didn't come naturally to BB. There is something very elegant, regal and otherworldly about her presence. So she had to work pretty hard at those aspects of the character, though she's a smart actress and managed to do some interesting, startling things with the book. But when she opened her mouth to sing...it was like hearing that score for the first time. She had such command over the music and her voice (though she too did lose her voice for a week's worth of performances). She is famously difficult, but it's truly a pity that she hasn't created a new role on Broadway since Triumph of Love. She is a great talent.

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nycbabe,
Do you mean it was painful to listen too?

There was a cd called Stairway to the Stars or something like that from England. It was a benefit concert, I recall. I am not at home so I cannot look up the cd. But anyway, the final scene from GYPSY is recorded on it. And the person who performs it is amazing! Simply amazing--- and that is just a cd.

Happy Birthday Bernadette and Brent Barrett.
Two incredible performers. Hope they have fun.

I loooveeed Bernadette!

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My favorite Rose would be Angela Lansbury. Favorite Gypsy/Louise would be Kate Shindle.

Updated On: 2/29/04 at 03:22 AM

Everyone is a "nice lady" to you, Corine. The trouble is you start stalking them and they have to take out orders of protection to keep you away from them.

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