From the 2015 revival of Gypsy at the Savoy Theatre in London, April 2015.
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@victordunson7194 жыл бұрын
Thank the audience for not clapping before she finished the song. This is one of those numbers where we need to hear every note.
@aaron018453 жыл бұрын
I think that's the difference between a British audience and an American one. :-)
@Trix8972 жыл бұрын
@@aaron01845 agreed. It’s situations like this when I’m embarrassed to be American. We have no class or sense of etiquette or decorum as a society. When I lived in Europe, it was too easy to spot the American tourists and I was appalled, even at the age of 13 at the time. Unfortunately, I can’t leave the US if I’m going to be able to continue to do the job that I love…or I would be planning to move back to Europe right now.
@gabbygabs9220 Жыл бұрын
@@Trix897 Not everyone who’s from America acts the same. You speak as if you’re any different..You do know it’s possible to appreciate another country’s way of living/customs/culture without dogging your own. You’re stomping on your own foot when you say this. It’s embarrassing.
@mannyluvsustinky Жыл бұрын
@@Trix897 In America audiences typically clap when its a preforms first or last show or its just that good of a preformance where they need to clap for the phenominal number they just heard.
@chloedaly52924 жыл бұрын
When I saw this live, I swear she held the breakdown silence for so long that my sister and I turned to one another like "is she still acting or does someone need to go help her". It was so intense!
@aaron018453 жыл бұрын
Same here. I was mesmerized. Not many performers can hold an audience in extended silence like that.
@debra132 жыл бұрын
It really was like that- almost scary!
@soliantu8153 жыл бұрын
Imelda plays the character just how I imagine she should - not as someone who could have ‘had it’, but someone who simply never could have. It’s bitter, spiteful, and raw - nothing pretty about it. And Imelda plays her as someone who is frumpy and even a tad awkward but desperately clinging to the idea they are desirable. Really a phenomenal performance.
@nickit76552 жыл бұрын
Yes. I’m reading Gypsy’s memoir now and I think Imelda represents Mama Rose well
@chickennoodlesoupbaby Жыл бұрын
True to reality
@FilmBunny1091X Жыл бұрын
Tbh- Her resemblance to the real life Rose, is so uncanny. I had to look up a picture of her and put her side-by-side with Imelda, and I was floored! I'm not saying this to poke fun whatsoever, I'm just stating an observation.
@ACinemafanatic Жыл бұрын
Kinda like angela Lansbury did so raw and unhinged
@WilliamPacholski9 ай бұрын
What a great summation, well said. And true!
@jackandthebeanstalk42535 жыл бұрын
Everyone who performs this does that very differently. This definitely shows a more spiteful side to Rose. Imelda does a good job in portraying an actual psychotic break.
@Nacho-Mamma2 жыл бұрын
Imelda is flat out THE BEST Madam Rose I have seen. Her performance of “Rose’s Turn” & the final scene is truly heartbreaking. When she grabs Louise and breaks down crying, I’m crying with her every time!
@ACinemafanatic Жыл бұрын
Her and Angela Lansbury are the best at playing rose angela had a similar approach very heartbreaking bitter and insane she was the first to play rose very unhinged and desperate and having a mental breakdown trying to stay in her fantasy.
@stegmanrichard Жыл бұрын
you need to see Angela Lansbury
@vasia7726 Жыл бұрын
@@stegmanrichardshe was good but Imelda was just breathtaking
@seantodd8875Ай бұрын
I feel pity for anyone who only knows her from Harry Potter. Imelda Staunton is an aboslute theatre goddess. Forget the screen. She was born to tread the boards.
@chicagocarless4 жыл бұрын
Best version I've EVER seen live, recorded, whatever, of this number. That was phenomenal.
@richardmayora12893 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for people who did not get to see Delores Gray. No peer.
@Trix8972 жыл бұрын
So few get that this is an abusive stage mom who pushed her kids to achieve the fame she thought she deserved but didn’t have the talent to obtain herself. Most actors who portray Rose see it as a lamentation instead of the psychotic break it’s supposed to be.
@ashleyregina6 ай бұрын
The long pause before, “Mama’s gotta let go” … I have never seen it played that way and oh my God, it’s EXACTLY how it should always be played. Having to let go deserves that kind of deliberation.
@Gnostic722 жыл бұрын
For me, THIS is the BEST performance to date of ROSE’S TURN. Not too crazy… not too much a performance… but a PERFECT BALANCE of the two. Ms. Staunton knows her TEXT & her SUBTEXT… & her performance is VERY LAYERED & NUANCED which makes it the MORE interesting to watch.
@PBLE202 жыл бұрын
Saw her in London. Words don’t even begin to express the power , the feeling in the pit of your stomach, coming from this tiny little 5 foot unstoppable force! Met her at the stage door and told her she blew Ethel Merman out of the water! She’s so sweet and tiny I just wanted to hug her. AND SHE LET ME! 😀 I’m from the U.S. and since then I’ve watched everything I could possibly find on line that she’s ever done. She is absolutely awesome!
@lapponia77 Жыл бұрын
I have seen her in Follies, Sweeney Todd, Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods and Gypsy. Follies and Sweeney Todd were the greatest productions, but Mama Rose was her shining hour. I met her briefly at the stage door of the National before a performance of Follies. I was ordering a wheelchair taxi for my Mum, and she took time to talk to her. She was quiet, shy, and lovely - impossible to believe it was the same person who, a couple of hours later, gave a devastating performance of Losing My Mind. Thank you, Imelda xxx
@ashleyregina6 ай бұрын
Who did she play in Guys & Dolls?
@lapponia776 ай бұрын
@@ashleyregina Miss Adelaide
@thatssomike93035 жыл бұрын
she is breath taking! So glade I had the chance to see this show live
@db2005084 жыл бұрын
That's so Mike my god was she amazing. Her and patti were so different but I can’t choose.
@ACinemafanatic Жыл бұрын
@@db200508 try angela Lansbury as well she was pretty terrifying and was the first to do the mental side of rose
@Empoweredwoman12342 жыл бұрын
The best version ever. Apparently the real Rose hated both her girls until the day she died and there was no making up.
@lisaharmon56196 ай бұрын
Imelda Staunton is one of the great talents!!!! From playing Cook in Nanny MacPhee to Delores Umbridge to Rose! Pure talent!
@ALu-nq8rf6 ай бұрын
Ntm, Mrs. Lovett
@gasparmarino752 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic. A master class in how to "act" a song. You felt everything she was feeling as the song progressed. The essence of the character portrayed in a 5 minute solo.
@Empoweredwoman12346 ай бұрын
She and Patti Lupone are both equally the best in this role. Love it.
@nocount1 Жыл бұрын
Her take on this is so honest and nuanced. The acting through this number is spectacular!
@tonyspinnelli7303 жыл бұрын
I have seen Gypsy with Tyne Daly Bette Midler Bernadette Peters and Patti Lupone in my opinion Imelda Staunton is the best of all of them!!!!!
@ACinemafanatic9 ай бұрын
Angela Lansbury started it with the realistic and raw version of rose instead of belting it that’s why she’s the best in my opinion. She actually portrayed a nervous breakdown and was the first to do roses in London and even won a Tony for it
@BrendainPA4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic performance - absolutely breathtaking! Thank you so much for posting - this is a real treat! -Brenda in PA
@peteralfano42784 жыл бұрын
I saw this in London...great interpretation of Rose--very bitter and borderline nasty...but not so crazy about her "mama...mama.." in this...but great performance
@MikeA15206 Жыл бұрын
I love how polite Brits are! No cheating during the song,, letting her perform for them, they get they are part of the audience.
@TheMathias4567 ай бұрын
There was something about this portrayal that simply captures the angry bitterness and desolation that Rose possessed. You can hear it from the first line and subsequently throughout the song that she's genuinely enraged at her daughter's success and the growing realization that she simply never had it like her daughter did. Out of the versions I've heard, while Lupone was psychotic, Midler was enraged, Buckley was portraying a diva long past her prime and Lansbury was a large ham personified, Staunton is the only one who I truly feel sorry for and whom the music hits differently for.
@aaron018456 ай бұрын
Can't argue with that, although I will say I got the same from Buckley's performance. She also made you understand Rose's "born too early/started too late" obsession. I promise when Imelda stopped in the middle of this number and glared out at the audience for a full half minute in total silence it was absolutely electrifying.
@dontworry93722 жыл бұрын
WOW that finale there-she knocked it out of the park
@johnwhiting57474 жыл бұрын
I love it. It is convincing.
@dianaaljadeff29832 жыл бұрын
I saw this performance live in 2015 in London.Unforfettable
@SymphonyBrahms Жыл бұрын
A brilliant performance.
@VILA19633 жыл бұрын
Bravo! She can do.anything (Virgínia Wolf, Sweeney Todd, Follies, etc......)
@tonyspinnelli7303 жыл бұрын
I said the same!!!! She is pure perfection!!!!
@Gnostic722 жыл бұрын
And Into The Woods!!!
@mirandakeigher8193 жыл бұрын
Chills.
@madeleineclaire2224 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna be the Harry Potter reference you didn’t want ruining the comment section. just wait... almost there... I will not tell lies, this was so amazing.
@SymphonyBrahms3 жыл бұрын
And she even hates children!
@carr07602 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. That is all.
@MaxRyan7773 жыл бұрын
Very good. Very angry... I've seen so many "Roses" Bernadette, Patti, Donna, Bette but not Imelda. And still my absolute FAV was Tyne Daily. Ripped your heart out, powerhouse voice and PERFECTLY cast. IMO
@redpandaluver85612 жыл бұрын
Is there somewhere I can find the Tyne Daily singing of this song? I've never heard of them, but your recommendation makes me interested to hear them!
@MaxRyan7772 жыл бұрын
@@redpandaluver8561 YES! Here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXSvlWhradiNp5o
@redpandaluver85612 жыл бұрын
@@MaxRyan777 Thank you!
@confessionhorrorbaby5 жыл бұрын
Awesome clip! So cool to see this.
@ACinemafanatic Жыл бұрын
Imelda and Angela Lansbury are the best roses for me honorable mention to Bette midler as well she was brassy as rose
@jeremiahgabriel57092 жыл бұрын
After watching this, and hearing the rasp in her voice, I wanna hear her sing *Hard Hearted Hannah* because I think it would be brilliant.
@karietothepowerofbooks52054 жыл бұрын
Love her so much. Anyone know where I can get a full version of this?
@edward3114 жыл бұрын
Its available on dvd in the UK and also on Blu ray in the USA
@nickit76552 жыл бұрын
You can buy it or rent it on KZbin
@damondorsey6819Ай бұрын
So this is what Umbridge has been up to since being released from Azkaban 😅
@runkles2 жыл бұрын
God!
@johnkroll21513 жыл бұрын
Seems to be channeling Thelma Ritter
@chicagocarless2 жыл бұрын
I mean…I can see it.
@marcosvalenca2 жыл бұрын
Did Ritter sing?! Not that Imelda is a good singer, but she can sing.
@lsin5704 жыл бұрын
That key change was more painful than the one they made Roz Russell before Lisa Kirk took over and saved the number.
@imtired16963 жыл бұрын
The key is so low though....
@Lindacbugg2 жыл бұрын
You act as though changing the key of a song isn't done all the time. Watch any old movie musical with a scene of someone singing for an audition & you'll find the accompanist asking what key they want it in. Or commenting how it's in the wrong key for the singer.
@stegmanrichard Жыл бұрын
No
@vasia7726 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@tonyparadise78014 жыл бұрын
She is a very good actress, but I feel a bit overrated. She has already done this, Follies, and next Hello Dolly! There has to others in the UK, just as good or even better. I'm not a fan!
@chicagocarless4 жыл бұрын
So, she's not allowed to have a career then or what?
@victordunson7194 жыл бұрын
Opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one and some stink.
@sweeney603 жыл бұрын
She’s been a figure in English musical since the 80s! She’s not going anywhere.
@marcuspd75023 жыл бұрын
I’m not a fan either. She always comes across as an angry bulldog. Her performances are always super aggressive, loud and have zero nuance. Mama Rose is supposed to be sexy and seductive in the opening verses of this song, and she just comes across like an angry old lady. I’m disappointed that she’s playing the Queen in the final two seasons of the crown. She’s going to make her so harsh and angry.
@carr07602 жыл бұрын
@@marcuspd7502 guess what? Different directors and different actors make different choices for a character! No one has played Rose exactly the same way. Just because someone else made it sexy doesn't mean everyone has to. She's meant to be having a literal breakdown in this scene, and Staunton does that brilliantly.