Audra McDonald as GYPSY on Broadway - the Data Lounge [quote] Rose Thompson Hovick was an actual person, the mother of Gypsy Rose Lee and June Havoc And Alexander Hamilton was also an actual person, and look what a hit the Latino-American Lin-Manuel Miranda had when he played him on Broadway Your prediction that race will affect who sees this is unlikely to be correct
Who will next play Mama Rose when they inevitably revive Gypsy yet . . . "Gypsy" is one of my favorite musicals I've seen every Broadway production going back to Angela Lansbury's and also saw Betty Buckley do it at Papermill Playhouse I never need to see it ever again, and I couldn't care less who will do it the next time I am "Gypsy'ed" out
16 Of The Meanest Celebrities Ever (According To Reddit) - the Data Lounge Jamie Lee was presenting an award - I think it was with Ben Stiller They were remarking how her latest Halloween paycheque had topped the box office and it was the first film starring a female over the age of 55 to debut at the box office
What diva from yesteryear needs a biopic? - the Data Lounge OP while I would like to see a film adaptation, I've always thought it would be most appropriate for Ethel Merman to receive the bio-musical treatment like Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy, Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, etc
THEATRE GOSSIP #592: Audra Doesn’t Know Her Edition - the Data Lounge I get that some people don’t like it, but making Gypsy about race and success really worked for me Rose favors the light skinned June because she has a better chance at passing She replaces the black newsboys with white kids When her daughter figures out how to code switch and succeeds socially, it leaves Rose out in the cold
The Menendez Brothers case now UNDER REVIEW for the . . . - the Data Lounge I don't know if I see this any different than Gypsy Rose If their father did this to them and their mother knew and did nothing (which it seems like they're focusing on proving this time) then they at 18 and 21 would have fundamentally been screwed up
THEATRE GOSSIP #591: The Patti vs. Audra Edition - the Data Lounge Rose is a character we only know from the show nowadays Plus the show isn’t a point-by-point biography Sure you can cast a white actress in a traditionally black character role, but it’s very odd when the show is about being black and what black people have faced GYPSY is not about being white
THEATRE GOSSIP #576: The Tammy Faye is Swept Away Edition Madame Rose is poor, her sets would be practically cardboard and threadbare clothes Why would you think it should look like "The Queen of Versailles"? But precisely two scenes in GYPSY depict the vaudeville acts that Rose concocts in actual performance, maybe one or two other scenes show us those acts in rehearsal