which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?- Page 6

[glimpseofstocking]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#125

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:24pm

I love the Ruthie Henshall idea!

There wouldn't be lights bright enough!

[DickonDefysGravity]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#126

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:31pm

CHRISTINE ANDREAS

And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

[americanboy99]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#127

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:32pm

YUCK!

NO! NO! NO! NO!

[DickonDefysGravity]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#128

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:33pm

She'd be absolutely phenomenal.

And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

[Elphaba3]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#129

Posted: 7/17/07 at 12:22am

Christine Andreas? F*ck no. I'm getting nauseous at the thought of seeing her as Margaret on Sunday. Back on topic, these are my top choices for Rose:

Lorna Luft, Vicki Clark, Beth Leavel, Christine Ebersole.

[ggersten]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#130

Posted: 7/17/07 at 8:53am

boy is fame fleeting, 6 pages, and not one nomination of Idina Menzel.

Quick aside: Tyne Daly was so incredibly awesome when I saw her in D.C. just before moving to Broadway. Even today, that is the #1 performance of a musical I have ever seen.

On to the nominations game: I am most intrigued by Bebe Neuwirth. That controlled voice and tempo in speaking would make Everythings Coming Up Roses really explosive in contrast - if she can explode it out. Out of context, it's such a happy song. In Tyne's hands (and Midler's) it became scary - the expression of emotional dominance with the dread of what Rose is going to do to Louise with Rose's dream.

[MadelineKahnFan]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#131

Posted: 7/17/07 at 11:40am

Cyndi Lauper would be a perfect choice for Mamma Rose for the big screen.

[Dollypop]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#132

Posted: 7/17/07 at 11:43am

Barbara COok

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Unknown User]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#133

Posted: 7/17/07 at 12:22pm

of course you realize that barbara cook will be 80 this fall...

[G_Schlozinski2]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#134

Posted: 7/17/07 at 1:57pm

now here's an interesting question: if barbara cook played mama rose, which 62 year old actress would you get to play gypsy?

[ljay889]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#135

Posted: 7/17/07 at 1:59pm

^ Why do you have 2 accounts?

[G_Schlozinski2]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#136

Posted: 7/17/07 at 3:40pm

do i have two accounts?

... let me see...

eve, do we have two accounts?

what the f(*&) are you talking about, gertrude, and who's that guy with his head smashed on the floor?

i'm sure i don't know, eve... he looks like a brute! reminds me of the brewery!

oh, but he's kind of cute in a brutish way, don't you think?


Nope. I don't have two accounts.

I think...

[Dollypop]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#137

Posted: 7/17/07 at 4:39pm

Georgia Engel

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[G_Schlozinski2]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#138

Posted: 7/17/07 at 7:41pm

That's too funny, Dollypop.

I was thinking Ann-Margret, or Annette Funicello.

[Elphaba3]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#139

Posted: 7/18/07 at 1:44am

I think Stephanie J. Block would be great in 15 years. Could Patti Cohenour do it? I love her, but I'm not sure if she's the right type for Rose.

[broadwayplayer]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#140

Posted: 7/18/07 at 4:41pm

in maybe about 25-30 years I think Sutton Foster would be a great momma rose. I think she has the voicce for it and it would be great when she is old enough!

[theaterkid1015]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#141

Posted: 8/2/07 at 4:52pm

Not really a Broadway diva, but seriously, Meryl Streep. If it's a one night only concert, a benefit, or anything, I am DYING to see what she would do with this role. From what I've heard, her voice isn't as big as the role requires, but that's why Joan Lader exists.

I love the idea of Tonya Pinkins.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[theaterkid1015]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#142

Posted: 8/10/07 at 12:14pm

BUMP...

And, this is an idea that should have happened:

Dorothy Loudon as Rose. She could nail that comedy in her sleep and anyone with any doubts toward the dramatic end of the acting needs only look at Ballroom.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[chinto1984]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#143

Posted: 8/10/07 at 6:59pm

There is a Youtube of Andrea McArdle as Rose in a regional production. She has the voice for it but way too young.

[brooklynbecca]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#144

Posted: 8/10/07 at 7:53pm

Totally into Tonya Pinkins as Rose. I got chills just thinking about her singing "Rose's Turn."

I remember when Peters was doing it, I was taking one of Steve Nelson's (he's on the Broadway PBS miniseries documentary. He's brilliant when it comes to musicals) classes at NYU, and he said he thought no one was out there at the time who could play Mama Rose and do her justice. Someone mentioned Alix Korey and he then said something like, "Okay, no one except Alix Korey." I'd love to see her in the part. She'd rip it up.

I could also see Henshall being good.

[jewishboy]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#145

Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:05pm

I would rather see Mary Bond Davis as Rose than Tonya Pinkins (and I do love her).

[logan0215]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#146

Posted: 2/22/08 at 8:07am

Saw this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ficWFBo4XCY

today and automatically came back to BWW to search for a thread like this to nominate Lea. I had only seen her in concert versions and never seen her move and "act" out a song in costume.

She would be phenom.

[EponineAmneris]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#147

Posted: 2/22/08 at 8:11am

I have already seen my two faves: Bernie and La LuPone

But...

Victoria Clark
Christine Ebersole

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

[BrookArtsCenter]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#148

Posted: 2/22/08 at 9:37am

Mary Testa, definitely. She's got the pipes and she can act the Hell out of it.

I was lucky enough to play opposite her a million years ago and it would be a dream of mine to play her Herbie. But, of course, I have a better chance of winning the lottery...

-------------------- Brook Arts Center closed due to flooding from April 2007 Nor'easter. Watch www.brookarts.org for more info.

[cliffarico]

re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?#149

Posted: 2/22/08 at 10:55am

Patty Duke...
She played it in Washington a few years back and she received very good reviews...
I even heard a rumor that she was to replace Ms. Peters but the production closed....