Should Lupone move on from playing Rose in "Gypsy?" - Page 2
Should Lupone move on from playing Rose in "Gypsy?"
#25Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 12:39am
IMO patti was far too old for this role and still is.
move on.
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
#26Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 2:15am
is this producton still on? Last I heard about it was while the production was still on B'way. I figured the talk died after the B'way production closed at a loss.
I'd love to see her take it over. Sure, she's a little too old but I'd gladly see her again.
Princeton2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/08
#27Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 3:17am
Rumours have surfaced that it will play the Shaftesbury Theatre after Hairspray for a short season.
'London loves her.'
Where did you get that idea? Im english, and other than die hard theatre fans not many people will know who she is.
Updated On: 1/29/10 at 03:17 AM
#28Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 3:34amMaybe Les Miz? I have no idea; I didn't think she was very popular.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#29Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 10:11amContrary to the OP, I would die of joy if this happened.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
#30Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 11:42am
The 'London loves her' thought comes from the fact she was the first American actress to win an Olivier, for LES MIZ and CRADLE WILL ROCK. Also, audiences and critics were fans of her Norma in SUNSET BLVD, even if Frank Rich wasn't. And she also went over with a successful run of MASTER CLASS.
Granted that was all over 10 years ago, but it's safe to say she's had some considerable luck in her career over in London.
#31Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/29/10 at 11:54amShe may have been in some sucesfull productions here in London, but i wouldn't say London loves her. I'm pretty sure that like princeton said, not many people know who she is. She's hardly a star on these shores. If Gypsy was really gonna sell in London, Elaine Paige would be a much bigger draw than LuPone. Hell any minor celebrity in Britain would be more of a draw than LuPone!
Fanb
Featured Actor Joined: 12/4/09
#32Should Lupone move on from 'Gypsy?'
Posted: 1/30/10 at 10:02pmOne of the brightest stars of the American Musical Theater in one of the very best parts for a woman from the American Musical Theater cannon - Ah....Yeah. It would be a treat for British audiences to get to see LuPone in Gypsy. And if Laura Bennanti were to go as well, so much the better - I have never seen a better Gypsy Rose Lee.
