Angela Lansbury in 'Gypsy' (1974 B'way Revival)

[Twil1ght2000]

Wow - thanks so very much! Living on the West Coast, I've never had the chance to see her live - this is so wonderful!

[bdavis4life]

God. Why did i have to be born in the 80's? I would give anything, ANYTHING, to have seen this. Angela is amazing and brilliant in everything does. Seeing her 'Rose's Turn' gave me chills. Too bloody perfect.

[johnyzero2000]

Please say this version of Gypsy was recorded entirely on videotape so La Lansbury's performance is preserved!!!!

[junkholder]

The only time I ever got to see her live was in Beauty/Beast when she was Ms. Potts! AMAZING. People applauded half way through the song! She is so so loved! This would have been amazing to see live!

[MadameChristie]

Seeing Angela Lansbury do Rose's Turn would be a religious experience in and of itself, without the rest of the musical. The woman is GOD XD

[DavidGo249]

FIERCE



[jws1128]

I saw this production on closing night.

Every once in a while, all the aficionados in NYC get the same idea & this night was one of them.

At first, I don't think the cast realized. The audience truly apprieciated EVERYTHING.

buttt then they caught on to the type of house they were playing to and one fed off the other until a crescendo at Rose's Turn.

I truly felt the balcony shake as the fans cheered & stomped.

BRAVO !!! a night to never be forgotten.

[DorisDayFanatic]

OH MY GOD. I cannot get over the amazingness of this woman. She is so incredibly talented - the best Rose! There is no one like her!

[superduffman22]

ive seen so many rose's and angela is by far the best; my personal favorite rose. Every sing number she literally puts her all into it from the first to the last!!!!!!!!!!! Wat a great performer!

[allthatjazzspaz95]

What an actress. Angela IS Rose. She so delved into the character and made it her own -- definitely didn't copy Merman in any way.

[tomatoherb]

Sing out, Louise!

[BWAY62]

O. M. G. If only I could have seen this live. When I go to heaven this is one of the performances I will see over and over!

[tigerlili97]

No dislikes. That is how amazing this is.

[dlmorrow11]

I saw this three times and no matter what others may say, she was the BEST Rose!

[bennysg1rl]

One of my greatest chills-up-the-spine moments in theater: Angela Lansbury's first entrance--through the house--at the top of 'Gypsy' in Chicago, c. 1974. I had an aisle seat and I can still see her stride toward the stage, completely in command of herself and everyone else. I don't think I moved a muscle through the rest of the show--completely spellbound. For me, she set the bar not just for all the Roses, but for theater itself. Thank you so much for posting this gem.

[filmjedi]

This woman is why I'm an actor....

[filmmekker]

Why did no one think to film Merman doing this?

[dizzymiss395]

Angela Lansbury = Absolutely amazing!!

[beltingatgunpoint]

i would give the entire right side of my body to do a show with her.

[Goomgam]

I saw her on the pre-Broadway tour. I've always said I accepted Angela Lansbury as my personal savior in 1974 at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. I've seen every Broadway Rose except Ethel and Tyne, and Lansbury is the best. I don't believe I've ever seen a better musical performance in my life. The OKC hicks didn't like it, though, and after the last performance she told stage hands, "Get everything, boys. We are NEVER coming back."

[millvalleyrn]

The best Rose by far... the London cast recording is terrific.

[JordanGleeLover]

I have been looking for someone who sang a version of Rose's turn who wasn't Kurt, and when i found Angela lansbury, I was over joyed. I love this woman (especially in Sweeney Todd) And this is the best rose's turn i've ever seen preformed by a woman

[actingcowboy]

there is no way you can say angela is not amazing in anything she does! regardless of all other "rose's" they all bring something to the role i think! and they are all strong in certain ways and all great in their own way. I enjoy all their versions of this character for different reasons. part of it may be being an actor myself i enjoy watching different people interpret a role and what they can bring to it or see what i might like what another actress did in their version better!

[Chutson353]

I've heard that this was Sondheim's favorite rendition of the song - he felt Lansbury picked up on the "emotional breakdown" in song that this song was supposed to convey - I guess I just like the way the movie did it - it conveys the bitterness of lost opportunity but also shows you in a powerful way what Rose COULD have been - sondheim didn't like it "too much of a triumph" - but I think the movie shows that she could have been triumphant given the chance and in that way conveys the tragedy.

[Selendomono]

I wish I could have seen her PLAY THE PART... I mean this footage is all well and good but it's mostly singing. I want to see her do the dressing room scene and other good acting bits. Cure my young age!

[terrryc]

While it is good that angela was able to have a steady 'gig' with Murder, She Wrote, it was also a dreadful waste of a formidable talent...

[bdavis4life]

@terrryc She chose MSW though. She chose television.

[Smile6784]

I saw her in London and wrote her a letter - and got a letter in return.

I still cherish it.

[mustang11387]

@ pudgeuncle So I just watched several versions of the Tyne Daly version and to be brutally honest the woman's performance was awful. And before you go off on me saying that I wasn't there, broadway is my way of life. And you're basically the only person I've ever heard say that she was the best. Angela Lansbury has proven time and again how versatile she is. How many stage actresses could go from Mame to Rose to Mrs. Lovett and actually win a Tony for all those characters? The woman is no less

[AdamEfimoff]

@mustang11387 Tyne can't sing but her acting from the video was just amazing.

[johnyzero2000]

So was the 1974 version of Gypsy videotaped in its entirety? Or was it just highlights of the show?

[showtunestarpower]

What a great great star in a great great performance. I'm so lucky to have seen her do this on stage. It's great to have such terrific close up video of Lansbury in action. Thank you!

[masonmcfadden]

I've been waiting to see footage of AL on stage since I was six years old. THANK YOU, YOUTUBE!!!!

[masonmcfadden]

I've been waiting to see footage of AL on stage since I was six years old. THANK YOU YOUTUBE!!!!

[fountainchain126]

The Lansbury revival should have been taped and released for purchase in my opinion, as should the LuPone 2008 revival of the show... These two productions were the greatest.

[pudgeuncle]

@fountainchain126 The Tyne Daly production was actually the best received by critics and rightfully so. Lansbury, God's gif to the stage, was too classy for the role, as powerful as she was. And LuPone's acting was great but her singing...sloppy to say the least. CBS made a major mistake by allowing Bette Midler to chew the scenery and pass over one of their biggest stars. Daly acted the role so magnifciently, without peer. 

[spmayer59]

Saw her do this live in Miami on tour @ TOPA in 1977. It still is probably the best theatrical experience I can remember growing up.

[BabyDillGerkin]

I was 12 and was VERY lucky to have seen this. Changed my life. The woman can do no wrong on a Broadway stage. GOD BLESS ANGELA.

Thank you for posting this great footage.

[pdavis213]

She is a goddess. Love love love.

[RichardSabellico]

Hey DivaBehavior, I was in the Lansbury Broadway and Pre-Broadway tour in 1974. I would love to know where you got this...love to get a copy myself. I am currently directing Vicki Lewis in "Gypsy" for the new North Shore if you are in that area, come around.

Richard Sabellico

[DivaBehavior]

@RichardSabellico

This is the only footage I have of AL in "Gypsy," and I downloaded it off of Youtube a couple years ago before it was taken down : /

But WOW! That's quite a story! Who did you play?

[sweeney60]

@RichardSabellico

you were? that is so cool.

Who did you play? What have done since?

[AdamEfimoff]

@RichardSabellico assistant to the director ??

[divaqueen]

Absolutely amazing!

[ReviewDude94]

I always wondered what Angela Lansbury thought of New York whilst she was living there in the 70s. Such a sweet lady in such a hellhole, right.

[ieatglue44]

I don't care...she blows Lupone out of the water. I wish I'd been alive to see this live. Just look at the phenomenal change in body language around 4:50. Inspirational. Broadway has seldom known better - if at all.

[aardvarkofdoom]

HArd to to believe that this is the same amazing woman who was Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast. SHe is by far thhe best |Roses Turn that ive heard. followed by Liza Minnelli and than Chris Colfer

[Rhasslairiel32]

Definitely my favorite Rose.

[killoa2002]

At the absolute least she gives 150% shes too incredible....love her.

[MadameChristie]

WOW...damn I was born ino the wrong generation XD

[Dippythedogable]

Who ever ownes this should send it to a museum like the moma.

[ChrisRandomSinger]

Just the best! I think she's one of my favorite Roses from what I've seen. She can act AND sing with the best of 'em! Her Rose's Turn is terrifying!

[AdamEfimoff]

she is not even amplified what a performance !

[AdamEfimoff]

she reminds us what is a tony worthy performance is all about she will get a long time achievement award next year you can bet on it and it will because of this show.

[cripbabe111]

wow, wow, WOW! sorry I missed her in this but I didn't move to NYC until the following year! I did catch La Lupone in 2008 and she was a knockout!

[MusicalMan516]

Rose's Turn was absolutely jaw-dropping! She packed in all of the emotion, the devistation, the mental breakdown that most other actresses only dream of being able to portray. Definitely one of the great Broadway performances of all time!!!!

[TenoreLirico]

This is wonderful footage! She has such a strong energy in her performance. It's not hard to see why she won the Tony for this performance at all.

[lcyfn69]

This footage is incredible. I LOVE the end of Rose's Turn where the speed up the tempo to give you an idea of how much Rose is losing it and her world is crashing in around her. I saw AL in Duece and I got goosebumps when she walked out on stage. To be in the same room with her and see her do what she does best is amazing. I MUST see Night Music. So sad I missed her in Blithe Spirit.

[artofpoetry]

My god...and she did this every night? Amazing stamina, putting her all into EVERY. SINGLE. SONG.

[pudgeuncle]

@artofpoetry The run was only 120 performances on Broadway and she would not extend because of the toll it was taking. She did tour with the show as well.

[chandrajane]

It's amazing because she doesn't play her as a woman who wishes she had talent. She plays a woman who is wildly talented that could have been a huge star but didn't have the opportunity until it was too late for her. Even more tragic in the final number!

[carolynkerr]

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but what I remember was that it took a minute to realize she was breaking character by bowing at the end of Rose's Turn. You didn't realize what was really going on until the applause stopped and she kept bowing. "We" were in her head.

[fiddleriddler]

I thought the bowing *was* in character -- like Rose imagines she hears applause and bows, hence Louise walks out clapping seeing her mother pretending to be in front of audience.

[BWAY62]

I'm totally devestaded by her "Rose's Turn". Please someone find a complete performance of this. But even with this little bit I can die and go to heaven.

[AngelaLansburyFan]

I saw Angela 3 times in London, 3 times in NYC and 4 times in L.A. She is the very best of all the Roses hands down. She stopped the show in London and got a 15 minute standing ovation on opening night, sorry to say I wasn't there that night.

[DivaBehavior]

Do my eyes deceive me... Or is that a picture of you WITH La Lansbury?! If it is, you are one of the luckiest people. Ever. To have been in the present of that goddess!

[DannyHiggs]

Gypsy is one of my father's favorite shows. He saw Angie in the role and said she's the best he's ever seen, because aside from being conniving and underhanded, she was manipulative and completely calculated (which of course is what she was famous for, and perfected with Nellie Lovett).

[bramoditrionfar]

She's different from Merman, but just as valid. What a wonderful artist!

[rbobby918]

I saw Miss Lansbury 26 times as Mama Rose! I've seen all the other Rose's since, and she is the classiest, most human Rose ever. I must say Miss Lupone gave her a good run though. Where on earth did you find this footage? Amazing!

[DivaBehavior]

26 times?! LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY! Lansbury's just amazing. I'm planning on seeing her as Mme. Armfeldt in "A Little Night Music" in a month or so. So excited.

The vid was on Youtube, and I downloaded it before it (inevitably) got taken down.

What did you think of Betty Buckley and Bernadette?

[cfronck]

I believe this may be the only bootleg on YouTube for Gypsy at this time. Therefore, I was wondering if these were the only clips u have or if there are more somewhere that wont show in the search.

[DivaBehavior]

There are many bootlegs for Gypsy on here. I've posted 4 others, and there are some of Patti doing "Some People", Bernadette doing "Coming Up Roses," and there's a LOT of Tyne.

[cfronck]

I know that there are many clips of GYPSY. Howver, what I meant was "clips of the 1973-1974 production".

[DivaBehavior]

This is the only one I know of -- And that really sucks. Because Angela's performance should have been better documented and preserved!

[honggiangvogia]

Can't say if Angela's better than her or not, but I can defenitively say she's better than Bernadette Peters, Patti Lupone and Tyne Daly (worst Mama Rose ever, in my opinion).

No, not just "better", she's on top all of them. The woman is a legend. And why she's never made a Dame Commander still beyond me.

[pudgeuncle]

@honggiangvogia Your profile says that you were not old enough to have seen Tyne Daly so I am curious as to why you think you are entitled to an opinion of her performance? I am old enough to have seen all the Roses except Merman [who was no actress] and I would rank Daly as THE best. She is the best actress of the lot and the ONLY one to subsume her actor personality to create a real character. Why on earth do you think you have the right to make your inane statement?

[pudgeuncle]

@honggiangvogia PS It is a FACT that Ms. Daly was sick with a flu when that awful recording was made, as was the rest of New York City, including myself. And if you think that you could judge a role like this one from a recording or You Tube clips, then you are sadly mistaken. Everyone is NOT entitled to their opinion. Everyone is entitled to an informed opinion and not their own set of facts.

[yougottagetagimmick]

She brought a certain class to this role that nobody else did.

Love her!

[TheDman422]

THE best Mama Rose.

[DivaBehavior]

Angela is so FIERCE!