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 Jarred1286
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3/14/2004 | posted: 6/28/2004 at 11:42:09 PM ET
http://www.broadwayworld.com/poll.cfm?pollid=8
hopefully the site will work.....anyway, I think its very interesting to read some of the posts on there.....personally speaking, comparing merman and peters....peters triumphs......this is a woman who can do 8 shows a week, do a very demanding run, and still come away with amazing power, breath control, and vibretto......from what i've heard, ROSE ruined mermans singing voice...a true performer would know how to handle herself and find ways to get through the role but still give a performance of a lifetime, NIGHTLY!!!
As the good lord says, Ya gotta take the rough with the smoothe, baby
"Would you like your pen back? "
-Bernadette Peters
|  leebee
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| posted: 6/29/2004 at 10:53:00 AM ET
Interesting comments there. I recall an NPR interview with Laurents in which he said quite flatly that he never liked Ethel Merman's performances. His biggest beef with her seemed to be that she never quite transcended her own Ethelness to become Rose - she was always Ethel Merman on stage, throwing out casual in-jokes with the other actors during the performances and such.
|  Christine-NYC
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| posted: 6/29/2004 at 1:12:03 PM ET
Arthur Laurents never seems to like anyone in the role of Mama Rose. I'm surprised any productions were ever done from the way he is. It's like a mother who never believes ANY woman is good enough for her son. He believes no woman is good enough to play Rose (although he is the one who wanted Bernadette...so good choice there at least)  lol
hahaha wow! I just read the comment I had posted on there. I can't believe it's been almost a year since I wrote that.
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| Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 6/29/2004 at 1:26:35 PM ET
Christine, do you mean Laurents ended up not liking Bernadette's performance? I just realized that I don't think I ever heard one way or the other.
|  Sister Rose
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Back when we were talking about the final performance and who was there (Chip and some of us thought we saw Laurents there), Bliss posted that Laurents had been a jerk during the run.
"Anyone who stays home is DEAD!"
|  Rose
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| posted: 6/29/2004 at 1:56:15 PM ET
I heard somewhere that he was nice to Tammy. Does anyone know if he was at the final performance?
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance."
|  Mandy
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8/14/2003 | posted: 6/29/2004 at 2:04:20 PM ET
Kate (bliss) said in her post about him that he was not at the final performance...
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"I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead!" BP
|  GraceAnne
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Laurents seems like such a schmuck (excuse my language). From interviews I have read with him, he seems to be this know-it-all, nasty egomaniac. Ugh. He probably liked the Angela Lansbury/Tyne Daly versions since he directed them.
| Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 6/29/2004 at 3:53:09 PM ET
It's true that you don't hear too many positive personal comments about Laurents. Harvey Fierstein, who worked with him on La Cage, was quoted as saying "Arthur Laurents is proof that only the good die young."
He's undeniably a very bitter person, yet Sondheim and Bernadette seem to get along with him okay (or at least, used to).
| Jarred1286
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3/14/2004 | posted: 6/29/2004 at 4:52:38 PM ET
Hmmm, i'd say give Broadway about 20 more years to revive GYPSY again...I think maybe arthur is bitter because HE wants to play Mamma Rose......
As the good lord says, Ya gotta take the rough with the smoothe, baby
"Would you like your pen back?"
-Bernadette Peters
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