BROADWAY HEAVEN PATTI LUPONE IN GYPSYI am jelous of New Yorkers. LAst year I was jelous of people from the Chicago area. What they both have in common is the voice of Broadway Patti Lupone in Gypsy. Last Summer she was in Chicago playing MAMA ROSE and this year she is in New York playing Mama Rose. This is something I dreamed of seeing for as long as I can remember. When Gypsy was on Broadway a couple of years ago a friend of mine says Bernadette Peters was doing Patti Lupone as Mama Rose. To me that sounds funny but I wasn't there. However if hurricane KAtrina didn't hit me 2 years ago I would be in New york this year to see this limited run of Gypsy. Below is the press release for the production of GYPSY.
BOYD GAINES AND LAURA BENANTI JOIN PATTI LUPONE IN GYPSY JULY 9-29, 2007 Directed by Arthur Laurents New York , NY, June 1, 2007 –Laura Benanti will play Louise and three-time Tony-winner Boyd Gaines will play Herbie in GYPSY starring Patti LuPone, in the New York City Center’s Encores!
Summer Stars debut presentation directed by Arthur Laurents, running July 9 - 29 at New York City Center, W. 55 th Street between 6 th & 7 th Avenues. A July 14 press opening is planned.
Boyd Gaines has been nominated for a Tony Award for his current role in Broadway’s Journey’s End. He has won three previous Tony Awards for Contact, The Heidi Chronicles, and She Loves Me. His other Broadway credits include the recent Twelve Angry Men, The Show Off, Cabaret, Company, and he has made many off-Broadway, film and television appearances.
Laura Benanti made her Broadway debut in the cast of Swing!, and at the age of 19, played the lead opposite Richard Chamberlain in the Broadway revival of The Sound of Music. Last season, the New Jersey-born performer was again cast in the lead role in The Wedding Singer on Broadway.
Patti LuPone will play Rose, the quintessential stage mother, in this musical suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. One of the greatest musicals of all time, Gypsy is a musical fable with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The 1959 blockbuster, originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, features some of the biggest songs in Broadway history: “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Rose’s Turn” and “Some People.” The cast (as of June 1) also includes Leigh Ann Larkin, Tony Yazbeck, Marilyn Caskey, Alison Fraser, Nancy Opel, Bill Bateman, Jim Bracchitta, Sami Gayle, Bill Raymond, Brian Reddy and Emma Rowley. Patti LuPone's memorable New York performances include Mrs. Lovett in last season’s acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd, for which she received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical; Noises Off ; Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Master Class; Anything Goes (Drama Desk Award, Tony nomination, Best Actress in a Musical); The Cradle Will Rock; Nancy in Oliver!;Evita (Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Best Actress in a Musical); Working; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Best Featured Actress in a Musical). Ms. LuPone has appeared in the Encores! productions of Pal Joey and Cole Porter’s Can-Can, both directed by Lonny Price. She originally played Rose last summer in the Ravinia Festival 's concert production of Gypsy, also directed by Mr. Price.
Arthur Laurents’ first play, Home of the Brave, opened on Broadway in 1945 followed by The Time of the Cuckoo and A Clearing in the Woods. He also has written the books for several musicals, including West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle and Do I Hear a Waltz ?, which was based on his play The Time of the Cuckoo. Laurents has directed several Broadway productions as well, including the musicals I Can Get It for You Wholesale and La Cage Aux Folles, for which he won a Tony Award. Laurents has also written two novels, “The Way We Were,” and “The Turning Point,” both of which became successful films for which Laurents wrote the screenplays. He also wrote the screenplays for The Snake Pit, Anastasia and the
Alfred Hitchcock film Rope.
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