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| Gypsy - 2008 Original Broadway Cast | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 9 reviews)
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Category: Music
Artists: Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines
Publisher: Time Life Entertainment
Studio: Time Life Entertainment
Manufacturer: Time Life Entertainment
Label: Time Life Entertainment
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 610583243123
EAN: 0610583243123
ASIN: B001CHFM12
Release Date: August 26, 2008 (New: This Week)
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | May We Entertain You | | • | Some People | | • | Seattle to Los Angeles | | • | Small World | | • | Baby June and Her Newsboys/Let Me Entertain You | | • | Have an Eggroll, Mr. Goldstone | | • | Little Lamb | | • | You'll Never Get Away From Me | | • | Dainty June and Her Farmboys | | • | Broadway | | • | If Momma Was Married | | • | All I Need Is the Girl | | • | Everything's Coming Up Roses | | • | Entr'acte | | • | Together Wherever We Go | | • | You Gotta Get A Gimmick | | • | The Strip | | • | Rose's Turn | | • | Act II Curtain | | • | Exit Music | | • | Tomorrow's Mother's Day | | • | Small World/Momma's Talkin' Soft | | • | Nice She Ain't | | • | Smile, Girls | | • | Who Needs Him? | | • | Three Wishes For Christmas |
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Product Description
Curtain Up! The smash Broadway musical comes
to life in this all new cast recording! It's the
new 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring
Tony and Olivier Award-winner Patti LuPone as
the indomitable Momma Rose.This classic American musical by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim about a fractured family stars the larger-than-life, true Broadway diva LuPone heading the cast as the stage mother of all stage mothers, determined to make a star out of at least one of her children. Four-time Tony-winner Boyd Gaines is the
beleaguered Herbie, a gentlemanly candy
salesman and reluctant theatrical agent who
loves Rose, and Tony-winner Laura Benanti
is the wallflower-turned-world-famous-stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, one of Rose s two daughters.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 PATTI LUPONE CREATES THEATRICAL HISTORY: AN ESSENTIAL, VIBRANT RECORDING August 28, 2008
"Here she is boys...here she is world!" Here is Patti LuPone as Mama Rose in the musical theatre classic "Gypsy."
History has definitely proven that "Gypsy" can survive without Ethel Merman. Librettist/director Arthur Laurents seems to have the magic touch with this show. Laurents has directed three different productions of "Gypsy", and each time he has directed it, the actress playing Mama Rose: Angela Lansbury (1973-1974), Tyne Daly (1989), and now Patti LuPone (2008) has received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The 2008 Production also saw Boyd Gains (Herbie) and Laura Benanti (Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee) win Tony Awards as Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a musical, respectively.
But after Ethel Merman, Rosalind Russell (1962 film version), Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bette Midler (camping it up and desperately channeling Ethel Merman in a TV presentation) and Bernadette Peters have all taken individual turns as Mama Rose, you may well wonder... do we need another Cast Recording with Patti LuPone? The answer is a resounding "YES!!!!!" This recording is so fresh and vibrant, it seems that the show was just written today instead of nearly 50 years ago. Patti LuPone gives a ferocious performance as Mama Rose; justifying all the praise she has deservedly received and creating theatrical history in her own right.
And, unlike Mama Rose, Patti LuPone does not hog the spotlight here. Boyd Gaines makes a touching Herbie, and Laura Benanti, alternately heartbreaking and sultry-seductive, is a major revelation as the pushed aside daughter Louise who comes into her own as sophisticated stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
The CD booklet is packed with gorgeous color production photos. The CD boolet also includes a complete synopsis and the entire 50 year history of "Gypsy"; and entertaining liner notes by LuPone. This CD also includes seven songs cut from the show prior to Broadway. The one outstanding "cut" song is "Smile, Girls"-- which furthur reinforces Mama Rose's unwavering drive and optimism in the face of reality and disaster. LuPone's tour-de-force, go for broke performance of "Rose's Turn", the emotional and mental breakdown that Rose has long been on the brink of, will haunt you. This recording is absolutely essential for fans of Patti LuPone and the musical theatre masterpiece that is "Gypsy."
 I guess you had to be there August 28, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I know I'm going to get a lot of "unhelpful" comments, merely because people will disagree with my negative review of a recording of a performance that has already acquired legendary status, but I have to provide my honest reaction.
I was very excited by the announcement of the release of the CD because of the critical and popular acclaim this production had gotten. Unfortunately, I have not yet had the opportunity to get to New York to see it.
I was very disappointed, however, when I listened to the CD. While I have no doubt that Patti LuPone gave a tour de force performance, I suspect much of her success had to do with her physical presence. As recorded, I did not find her portrayal particularly convincing, thrilling or moving. "some People" does not hint at Rose's fierce determination; instead, it seems merely upbeat. "Everything's Coming Up Roses," which I think is one of the most terrifying moments in all musical theatre, seemed merely optimistic, rather than encompassing a borderline personality. Finally, "Rose's Turn" seemed overcooked. In contrast, howwever, Ms. LuPone was far more effective in the softer numbers and sounds perhaps the most seductive of all Roses in her numbers with or to Herbie.
Perhaps part of my problem with Ms. LuPone's performance from a purely vocal perspective is that her typical mannerisms are particular annoying in this recording. It's one thing to distort the rhythmic line of a song when singing it out of context, but in the context of the show -- and particularly in concerted numbers in which the rest of the performers are singing on the beat -- I found it VERY distracting.
In every other respect, however, I thoroughly enjoy, respect and appreciate this recording. Boyd Gaines, Leigh Ann Larkin and, particularly, the fabulous Laura Benanti are all excellent. In fact, Ms. Benanti proves the opposite of Ms. LuPone in that her acting is totally present in just her voice. When you HEAR her acquiring the confidence she needs to become Gypsy in "The Strip," it will bring a tear to your eye. And "Gotta Get a Gimmick" is performed in a manner that makes you feel like you are actually there watching Mazeppa, Electra and Tessie.
This will lift you out of your seat! August 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
We spent big bucks to fly to NYC for the day from South Carolina to see Patti in Gypsy. We paid for premium seats, 4th row center, and we were in heaven for the better part of three hours. As LuPone emailed me in response to a congratulory letter I mailed her at the theatre, " Thank you for your wonderful letter. I'm sorry for all your toubles in the airport, but I'm glad you saw this production
with this cast. I'm a very proud member of it. Love, Patti " Our "trouble" is that weather closed the airport and we spent the night in baggage claim. But the show was the high point of our long history of theatre-going. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the gold standard of Broadway musicals, and the CD brings that excitement home--literally! I pray that someone has the sense to capture this cast on DVD before it's too late. I'd buy it in a flash!
Gypsy~ All You Need Is THIS CD!! August 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have heard many cast recordings of Gypsy and I have to say that this CD was amazing.
Patti Lupone is really giving the performance of a life time and her songs soar right off the CD. She belts out "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and, in my opinion has the best version of "Rose's Turn" ever. Her antics in acting show on the CD through the funny, sad, and dare I say even crazy parts of the show.
Boyd Gains is pitch perfect as the lovable Herbie, matching Lupone's vocals in Small World, and bringing comedy to the part in "Mr. Goldstone" and "Together Wherever We Go."
Laura Benanti is amazing as Gypsy/Louise, her "Little Lamb" is lovely. Her transfer to Gypsy Rose Lee is great and "The Strip" is one of my favorite songs.
The entire cast is amazing, include Leigh Ann Larkin as Dainty June.
I would highly recommend this CD!
PATTIS' TURN August 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Roses' Turn" is one of the greatest 11 0' clock numbers ever written for the stage and 50 years ago when Ethel Merman stormed Broadway in "Gypsy" she grabbed the song in a strangle-hold and never let it go.......until now. Patti Lupone roars through this nervous breakdown set to music like a diesel train until the track (pun intended) threatens to lift off the CD. Ms Lupone is simply amazing.
She also belts the first act finale "Everything's Coming Up Roses" with her almost psychotic determination to make Louise the neglected and seemingly untalented daughter into a star after June the perceived star runs off with a dancer from their vaudeville act to escape the clutches of Mama Rose. This song as performed is one of the scariest songs about optimism.
Rose also shows a softer side with "Small World" but even here she has ulterior motives as she seduces poor hapless Herbie a candy salesman into becoming the manager of her rag-tag vaudeville troupe. Boyd Gaines is excellent as spineless Herbie until he grows a backbone and leaves Rose when she pushes Louise into becoming a stripper.
Laura Benanti who I liked in "Nine" and "The Wedding Singer" sings the poignant "Little Lamb" where all she wants for her birthday is to know how old she is (Mama Rose purposely never counted the years).
The score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim is loaded with other goodies such as "You'll Never Get Away From Me" "If Momma Was Married" "Together, Wherever We Go" "You Gotta Have a Gimmick" and "Let Me Entertain You" which is a appropriate cornball song Rose uses and uses and uses for her hilariously awful vaudeville routine for Dainty June and Louise. There is also a number "Mr Goldstone" where Mr Sondheim uses his clever lyric writing and in the course of a two-minute song manages to pair up the word stone with every kind of stone he could think of eg: grindstone, milestone, rhinestone, millstone and gallstone.
Does anyone really need another "Gypsy" for their musical theatre library? Yes you do when it's Patti Lupone And does Ms Lupone wrest the crown from the great Merman? Well...lets just say the crown now sits a little lop-sided but whomever you prefer, the dynamic Patti Lupone will not dissapoint you.
One little theatrical anecdote: It has always been rumored that when "Gypsy" was being rehearsed, Ethel Merman was threatened by the talents of the young actress who played the title role. She exercised her diva will and had the creators tone down her role. This accounts for the fact that Gypsy is nearly a supporting role. This incident was the inspiration for Jacquelin Sussans "Valley of the Dolls" where Patty Duke as Neely O'Hara was an up and coming broadway musical performer and is fired when Susan Hayward as Helen Lawson the star is worried that the young upstart may outshine her.
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