Gypsy Starring Patti Lupone Opens on Broadway
Thursday, March 27, 2008
It's one of those Big Event productions that the die-hard Broadway lovers live for: Patti Lupone in Gypsy. Ever since her turn as Eva Peron in Evita on Broadway, big-voiced Patti Lupone has been a favored diva, a modern Ethel Merman. And Gypsy, with its powerhouse creative team (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, Arthur Laurents, and Jerome Robbins), is a classic musical of Broadway's Golden Age. To bring Lupone and Gypsy together ... well, what could be better? The audience response has been tremendous, with people giving Ms. Lupone standing ovations at the end of her solo "Rose's Turn" (it's very rare to see a standing O during a show). With the show now open, the reviews are pouring in, and already the New York Times has given it a rave. Better get your tickets now!
Labels: Gypsy, Patti Lupone
posted by NytixBlogTeam at
11:13 PM
2 Comments:
Well, need to hear all about it. Gypsy is my all time favorite, first saw it when I was a teenager and that's a long, long time ago. Seen it with Ethel, Bernadette, and Tyne...how's Patti? The YouTube clip I've seen did nothing to impress me, but theater on the flat screen, especially bootlegged, never does come across.
Someone let me know what you thought of Patti and the production.
March 29, 2008 2:31 PM
Saw Gypsy Saturday night and it was amazing. Patti Lupone is amazing. She actually stopped the show and yelled at a person in the audience for taking pictures. It was wild and the audience went wild when the man was thrown out. But what a voice. I saw her in Sweeney Todd last year and I will see her in anything. She is the best! Saw Angela Landsbury in both parts and she was just as good.
January 12, 2009 4:28 PM
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