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Kad said: "Gypsy has never been a smash hit show. Of the 5 productions thus far, none of them have cracked 2 years. LuPone and Lansbury didn’t even last a year, Peters made it just over a year, Daly was a year and a half, and the original production was a couple months shy of 2."

The Great Recession happened before Patti could make it to a year, we have to remember that.

 

What does it say? I'm pay-walled. 

It seems like Riedel and Laurents ruined the 2003 revival of Gypsy, the former was particularly cruel.

I watched the Imelda Staunton version- I feel like she got misdirected because she overdoes it a lot. She's a great actress though.

Sutton still comes across as too young persona-wise but you know, the real Rose was younger than she is now when she got her kids into all this so I feel like the role could be played by younger actresses generally. We see young stage moms on shows like Toddler and Tiaras and in real life. The role has been played by older actors/character types for the most part which I think is a great thing but there should be more variety in casting. 

starlightlocamotion said: "Truly think it is Nicole’s to lose. Audra has six Tony’s and (wrongly) has a lot of ill-will directed towards her from how her last Broadway gig went down among producers in the voting pool. Audra doesn’t need 7 IMO. Especially when Patti was so legendary in the role."

 

I'm not as frequent of a user on here so just to double-check, this is referencing Shuffle Along right?

 

Sutton doesn't need another win but she was really great in Violet. 

The New Orleans concept seems weird to me as the show has the characters touring from place to place. 

EDSOSLO858 said: "Chenoweth would be eligible in 2026, as The Queen of Versaillesis aiming for Broadway next season.

On buzz / hype alone, I’d say the ‘25 frontrunner is Nicole Scherzinger, but I guess we’ll see what happens!"

Boy, do I feel stupid, lol. But I hope that means Chenoweth can clear the field for 2026. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bx-p70VmH8  This is the definitive version of Gypsy.

''I decided at that moment that I was doing this piece. I turned down two other big Broadway shows because I think this show has something to say.'' https://www.vogue.com/article/kristin-chenoweth-queen-of-versailles-boston-first-look-interview 

I'm so excited to hear the full score of Queen of Versailles but I'm curious- what shows did Chenoweth turn down to do it?

It definitely has to do with the trend of popular music favoring higher and higher singing for both genders and composers don't write soprano roles anymore. 

RippedMan said: "Did they ever promote it on the talk shows?"

 

Yes and it sadly didn't work.

 

Just from listening to the album, I think we needed more duets between them but it's very hard to connect the dots or understand the vision of the piece without seeing the show or reading a plot summary. 

I wonder if this will get O'Hara her second Tony.