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ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "BrodyFosse or ljay, you might know this, as I don't have MAINLY ON DIRECTING accessible at the moment:

What was the origin of Laurents directing the 1973 London production of GYPSY? Did the production originate with him always wanting to direct the show and then he brought on Stritch/Lansbury?

Same with the 1989 Tyne Daly revival –– how did Laurents and Tyne get involved? Was it Barry & Fran's idea to revive it, Arthur came with it, and they settled on Tyne?"

Tyne Daly speaks about her casting in GYPSY in this YouTube clip.  Barry Brown (producer) and Arthur Laurents (director) did the Lansbury GYPSY. They wanted to do it again, but it was contingent on finding a suitable name for Rose. Daly says Brown first approached Liza Minnelli and Bette Midler, who weren't interested in doing the role on stage. They then saw Tyne Daly - a huge television star at the time - sing a dramatic song on Dolly Parton's short lived variety show and thought she'd be perfect.  Tyne speaks about working extensively with Julie Styne and Arthur Laurents on creating her performance, and still, the revival did an extensive national tour before coming to NYC, primarily to make money, and secondly to ensure Tyne was up to giving a Broadway calibre performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGYwiggLN8

Jamie Lloyd does everything in his power to distract us from the actual quality of the material, which is one of the reasons why his production is so brilliant.

If the name of a show is causing people to stop and ask what its about on a subway, it's doing it's job.  If they are asking 'what is a gay jamboree?" the title is doing its job.  

 

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Apparently, Part One will be 2 hours and 22 minutes long.
https://x.com/wickednewshub/status/1831990006233112688"

And remember close to 10 minutes of this will be final credits.

Fordham2015 said: "TaffyDavenport said: "MezzA101 said: "Nicole Scherzinger Opens Up About Being 'Discarded' by Her Industry

https://people.com/nicole-scherzinger-discusses-road-to-broadway-sunset-boulevard-exclusive-8697990"

Listen, I'm excited to see her in Sunset, but she takes herself way too seriously. Really weird vibes from the things she says.

Agreed, "the greatest thing to never happen to Broadway?" Someone has a high opinion of herself.

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Oh for heavens sake- she’s attempting humour. Some of you take things way to seriously 

The "grandiose" Morrible of the stage production would have read as total camp on film. Performances and moments have to be modulated to be appropriate for the medium of film. You would have preferred she scream the line like "No Wire Hangers Ever?" I think we should hold judgement on individual line readings until we see the actual scene.

Certainly this production can't be compared to other, more traditional stagings. If you are looking to be 'surprised' by the directorial take on the material, this may indeed be the incarnation for you.

I suspect that in addition to its expected straight play categoriy wins, STEREOPHONIC has a more than good shot at winning score, so from that perspective it makes sense to have it perform.

The casting notice expressly says they are looking to cast Herbie with a Caucasian actor. 

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Looking at the digital program for the show --

Robert Cary & Jonathan Tolins have adapted the book for this production. How does it compare to previous versions?Have they made any changes, textually or subtextually, related to Conrad's race? (this being smalltown America in the 50s...)

I think I caught a change of Kim's age in one of the song previews (21, instead of 15, which is smart and necessary).

Also looks like they do not include any of the "optional" licensed songs (the title song from the movie, Let's Settle Down, and A Mother Doesn't Matter Any More)."

Changing Kim’s age to 21 from 15 or 16  is ridiculous and would completely change the show. It’s about “kids.”  Please tell me they haven’t tried to make this very 50s show woke.

Audra already has six Tony Awards and though I’m excited to see her do GYPSY, I also think there will be those who (like Bernadette) think she is miscast. I don’t think she is a slam dunk Tony winner for this. 

Jamie Lloyd’s version is magnificent. And Sarah used to belt. Look up her filmed performance of Song and Dance on YouTube. 

chrishuyen said: "I'm curious if they'll continue working on the show (which certainly received mixed reviews). I'm sure they'll have the usual preview period followed by an opening, but if they don't get the responses they want at that point would they continue to make tweaks throughout the run?"

Are you asking if the show will open at New World with no changes from what was seen at Playwrights Horizons?  Highly unlikely 

What the hell does Gypsy have to do with New Orleans?

Broadway Flash said: "Audra wants a new book adaptation. The estatewill allow it $$$"

Yes = paid for by all the $$$ made by OHIO STATE MURDERS