Thank you for giving us life during this time and this lovely interview
@ritaandrunt57673 жыл бұрын
Agreed this is amazing to see during times like this
@jd3422 Жыл бұрын
This is terrific - a fabulous display of the talent behind it all: Stephen Sondheim
@cleoarbel10 ай бұрын
Bernadette is phenomenal in this role
@IDontWantThisStupidHandle3 жыл бұрын
That's true, her version of Gypsy is THE definitive version (for me) -- as are all her interpretations of any musical.
@user-sh4mv3tc3rКүн бұрын
She was painful
@IDontWantThisStupidHandle3 жыл бұрын
My God, could you imagine this happening today? The sick woman would be jailed and fined into bankruptcy...
@tatoepotatoe74752 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about?
@orion883510 ай бұрын
Peter's was rather terrible as Rose. It doesn't matter what the real Rose looked like ( i.e. smaller build and more feminine) the score is a mack truck vulgar pushy fish wife type. Merman was definitive. Lansbury was weirdly effective if just as miscast. Welcome to the star syatem . It becomes blind frankly.
@trex15633 жыл бұрын
Bless. She's a soubrette, she just wasn't physically and vocally built for this role......
@Yaaassssssssss2 жыл бұрын
There could be more than one mama rose, my mom is small but just as intense
@gabrieltaylor2589 Жыл бұрын
According to June Havoc, Bernadette was the most like the real Mamma Rose out of all the actresses to play her. The real Rose was petite and a man trap, not the armored tank of a woman portrayed by Merman, Daly, LuPone, etc. Arthur Laurents also said the entire reason they did this revival was to cast someone as Rose who more accurately portrayed her as she actually existed.
@trex1563 Жыл бұрын
@@gabrieltaylor2589 Perhaps, but Rose Havoc didn't have to sing that Jule Styne score or Arthur Laurent's interpretation of her. It's artistic license. Laurents may have said that at the time (whilst in a feud with LuPone) but he mounted the LuPone Gypsy specifically to banish memories of a production he was famously scathing of.
@gabrieltaylor2589 Жыл бұрын
If you read Arthur’s book, “Mainly on Directing” his issue was with Sam Mendes and the technical aspects of the production. He never had any issues with Bernadette or her performance and praised her. So his mounting of the LuPone version was based on his feud with Sam. Even The NY Times review stated Bernadette was the only actress to ever break the Merman blueprint and do a totally unique interpretation which let’s be honest is the entire point of a revival. Doing it the same way over and over again with people copying Ethel Merman’s performance is reductive.
@orion883510 ай бұрын
Peter's was rather terrible as Rose. It doesn't matter what the real Rose looked like ( i.e. smaller build and more feminine) the score is a mack truck vulgar pushy fish wife type. Merman was definitive. Lansbury was weirdly effective if just as miscast.
@fkd19632 жыл бұрын
Great performer but she was miscast
@gabrieltaylor2589 Жыл бұрын
According to June Havoc, Bernadette was the most like the real Mamma Rose out of all the actresses to play her. The real Rose was petite and a man trap, not the armored tank of a woman portrayed by Merman, Daly, LuPone, etc. Arthur Laurents also said the entire reason they did this revival was to cast someone as Rose who more accurately portrayed her as she actually existed.