Opening Night: Gypsy

Opening night of the quintessential showbiz musical Gypsy featuring Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti and Boyd Gaines

[@TimothyRobert93]

How in the world do they make Laura Benanti look so plain on stage, when she's so gorgeous

[@Wendy-je9zf]

everyone raving about Patti LuPone is a mood

[@joshietoshie]

Can we agree this is one of the best revivals of all time

[@Budcat101]

saw this production with Patti. Never have I seen such a Rose´s turn...the entire audience was holding its breath and simply "blew up" at the last note BTW: I saw Ethel Berman in this show in Chicago. She wore her street clothes and seldom got off a stool

[@Judill]

This production was AMAZING. One of the best Broadway shows I've ever seen.

[@CaliCaliente00]

I wish I had an effing time machine to go back to 2008 and see the show...I live in Italy and it was impossible for me to go :( I also wish they published the official video recordings of the show, though it's not the same as seeing it live T.T I love Patti *-*

[@kallierivers2008]

I saw this when I was 7... not sure if it was appropriate, but im so glad my mom dragged me to it!

[@andypsynfyn]

The new London Cast recording with Imelda Staunton is actually stunning.. I've seen quite a few Gypsy Roses.. but so far she sounds far and away the best.. seeing the show later this month! Everything's Coming Up Roses is awesome..

[@unclealand]

Imelda Staunton was good, but not better, than the rest of them. Powerful, yes, but nothing different or fresh. Rose needs to go away a while and come back in five or six years with someone who can bring new life into her. Angela Lansbury did it.

[@richardmayora5310]

@@unclealand Staunton's Rose was one note for the entire show except for one early scene where she was seductive with Herbie. She was full throttle and it gave the sense of sameness for the remainder of the night because she had nowhere to go. Her voice was strong but not not very pleasing to the ear.

[@crocostimpy]

Check out the black & white footage of Angela Lansbury in Gypsy from 1974. Wow!

[@sunnytyler001]

I wish they had picked Langsbury for the Gypsy movie.

[@dorit33]

What happened to Leigh Ann Larkin? I can't find her on social media... her voice is insane!! So amazing!

[@chocolatesouljah]

She recently (August) 2017 wrapped up as Sally Bowles in the recent Broadway tour of "Cabaret>"

[@richardmayora5310]

After Gypsy she was in the awful revival of A Little Night Music with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Larkin was not a very good Petra.

[@Bailey2006a]

Brilliant performance . A very close second to the great Merman!

[@richardmayora5310]

Did you see Delores Gray?

[@KELLSONIC]

"I think it's more then a musical, I think it's a play with music" Maybe I am over thinking this but there is something about that statement I find a little off putting.

[@pudgeuncle]

Why? Many musical books are weak because they get tampered with too much when a show isn't working. GYPSY's book is a rock solid play...that can't be said for most shows.

[@SilverArro]

Even amongst musicals that have good books Gypsy stands out. It is arguably the best book in the musical theater canon. The fact that it also manages to have a superb score on top of that is the reason it's such a legendary show. That, and the fact that Mama Rose is one of the best roles ever written for a woman.

[@chocolatesouljah]

I teach musical theatre and I agree that the phrase is off putting. I get the goal but it's not as smart as is intending to be.

[@Chaneloweenz]

Who's here after the news of the revival with Audra this fall?

[@xzukosisx15]

grrrr...why can't i find any videos of Tony Yazbeck as Tulsa :(

[@TamannaDas]

Replying to you 8 years late but: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIPUk36OjK5go6M

[@FunGal1691]

Is there like a filmed version of this?

[@aurorastory1459]

Yeah one from the 60s and one from the 90s

[@TamannaDas]

@@aurorastory1459 and one of London revival with Imelda Staunton

[@Dan_G.R.S.]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKa2dJSMoMumsJY 2 years later, but yes

[@GeoStrum3]

I think Patti actually portrays how the real Rose was.

[@etdecuritiba]

4:22

[@junesnowwire4185]

Put my ass in gear

[@jansmiths8629]

alwys found her harsh, hard, mad bout sumthin... saw her pre bway in evita.

[@Bailey2006a]

jan smiths LuPone was a great Gypsy. Unforgettable tour de force...she was born to play this role .

[@stuartlee6622]

I'm Gypsy'd out. Now I hear there's a black Gypsy in the works with that comedian (she thinks) Wanda Dykes. ENOUGH!