which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?- Page 3

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 9:14am

Victoria Clark could do it very well. Ditto Christine Ebersole.


Those two women are the same age as Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone who have both played the role (one currently is, in fact).

I'd like to see either one of them tackle the role because I think they'd be really amazing. I think Ebersole might bring out the vulnerable, human side of Rose really well. (I tend to think Rose had to be really insecure to do the things she did.) And yes, Christine Ebersole does have the pipes for the role. She'd be amazing.

Updated On: 2/22/08 at 09:14 AM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 9:16am

Donna Murphy would be phenomenal!

[G_Schlozinski2]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 10:41am

I'm telling you... Lea DeLaria.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:43am

Lorna played the part in Virginia two years ago.

Her voice was as strong as any belter who'd ever sung it, and her acting was better than any of her detractors would have you believe.

If there is a performer who has more fanged haters than Patti, it's Lorna.

But her Rose would change minds.

Posted: 7/16/07 at 12:41pm

Caroline O'Connor would be interesting! Dollypop, I really hope you are kidding about Loretta S*it. She was AWFUL in Drood croaking her way through her "songs".

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:07pm

Why the heck are some of you saying Victoria Clark needs to wait 10-15 years!?!

In 15 years she'd be almost 65. That's entirely too old. She's almost 50. She's the perfect age NOW. Remember Rose is the mother of small children in the beginning.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:30pm

Honestly... I don't want to see this show again for a while.

As good as it is, it's cycling around way too often. Every other year now, and more often in regional and community theatre productions.

I've already seen a brilliant "Rose" (Tyne Daly), and countless others on every level, ranging from very good to terrible.

And I'm done for a while. I know every line. I know every step of Jerome Robbins' choreography, whether done by Broadway professionals or the kids in a summer youth program. I know the jokes and the beats, and I can hum along with the incidental music, let alone every song.

"Gypsy" = Back of my hand.

I wish we could all smell and stop the Roses.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:32pm

In maybe 10 or 15 years, Marin Mazzie and Sara Ramirez are bound to tackle this role.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:32pm

Double post.

Updated On: 7/16/07 at 01:32 PM

[JRybka]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:35pm

Sara Ramirez is a goddess!

She needs to make a cd of some of Broadway Music.

I love her!

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:38pm

You all crack me up. So many people on this board just throw out the names of their favorite performers when a thread like this comes up.

Ebersole as Rose? Clark as Rose? I think both would be terribly miscast and it would be a horror to watch.

Just because they have Tonys and you love them DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN PLAY WHATEVER BIG LEAD MUSICAL ROLE YOU WANT.

Debra Monk I could actually see, but by the time the next Gypsy revival comes, she'll be too old.

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:42pm

Why wouldn't Victoria Clark or Christine Ebersole be good as Rose? Both are excellent actresses and singers and have a combination of the strength masking a vulnerability that the role requires. I really think either one would be quite good and may surprise even you, thesbijean.

[JRybka]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:46pm

I think we all think that Mama Rose has to be played by a larger then life persona (a la Ethel Merman).... Mama Rose was not a Meman-esque looking person.

So Thesbijean -- how would you feel if a Rita Moreno or a Tanya Pinkins where to do a take on Mama Rose?

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:47pm

Victoria Clark especially, for me, she is too subtle of a performer to play the bombastic Rose. All of Clark's "famed" performances are all characters who are subtle and quiet on the outside, complete opposite of what Rose would need. The picture I see in my head of Clark as Rose is already boring me out of my mind.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:49pm

What do looks have to do with being a larger than life persona?

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:49pm

God forbid an actor play against type. God forbid they surprise people.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:50pm

God forbid the whiny fans/harpies on this board actually think about a question, as opposed to just typing in the name of their favorite actress.

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:50pm

Amen, jrb! Totally agree. I'm all for atypical portrayals-aren't they part of the reason we revive these shows? To see someone else's interpretation? (and hopefully be blown away and surprised.)

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:54pm

Wait, SARA RAMIREZ? Are you serious?

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:55pm

Exactly, some suggestions are just utterly ridiculous.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:56pm

God forbid you ever think outside the box. I never listed "the name of my favorite actress". I just think some people get it in their head that a part can only be played a certain way or that an actor is only limited to what we have seen them do.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:59pm

I'm not saying you did, I'm just saying, that WHENEVER a thread like this comes up, the SAME people always list the SAME actors, and I just find it mildly amusing.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 2:03pm

I think a matured Sara Ramirez could bring the house down as Mama Rose in about 10 years.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 2:05pm

Um, no offense to Sara Ramirez, but has she even shown she is capable of playing Mama Rose? I'm all for thinking outside the box in casting, but she hasn't really shown that she could act the role.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 2:07pm

I doubt many people thought Bernadette could have played the role. In fact, they did doubt. Loudly. And while there are plenty of people who didn't like her in the role. Again, loudly. She was regarded by most others as quite excellent.