Patti Lupone - 'Gypsy' Finale - 2008 Broadway

[CaliCaliente00]

I wish I had seen this show on live. Damn, living in Italy SUCKS T__T

[Alexriraf]

@LittleMissBlondie130 and the mum's a nutcase. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess.

[LittleMissBlondie130]

the daughters a bitch.

[pmurraymusic]

There's no question that this choice of ending is a bitter pill to take, but, like others have said, it is most accurate. The drama of Louise/Gypsy's derisive laughter is that most daughters with overbearing mothers would probably do the same thing and mean nothing by it. It's the mother, like Patti here, who would blow it out of proportion & see it as a final moment of failure, even though it is clear that Benanti forgave her misgivings not moments before. That's show biz, and that's life.

[unclealand]

Some people are silly enough to believe Rose goes nuts at the end. She goes nuts and then to a party? Right.

[independantwoman]

this isn't such a bad ending to be honest that is probably how realistically louise/gypsy would react because it shows that she realises her mother will never change and that she is wasted away in her fantasies that are outdated and will never come true. To be honest its bittersweet but its more truthful and besides i think we aren't meant to totally sympathise with rose i mean she's complex but shes also self centered and fame hungry this just proves that its finally driven her mad.

[omnigeek13]

...i'm not sure how i feel at the end of this. is thats the way its supposed to be?

[DivaBehavior]

@omnigeek13

Are you familiar with the alternate ending? It's much less bleak. AtLastOnTheGround posted it (it's from the 1962 film with Ros Russell and Natalie Wood).

[omnigeek13]

@DivaBehavior i saw the film with rosalind, and the words were the same, but it was nowhere near this sad. its just like...it looked there might have been some possibility for a good ending, but it didnt happen. it felt li,ke for me, that Rose was hoping for something happy with her last line, and i was wanting it for her, but it didnt come...

know what i mean?

[Abridgedfan134]

@DivaBehavior Is't this the alternate ending, and the happy one the original

[aasjb4ever]

@DivaBehavior This IS the alternate ending, it's only been used in this production and (I think) Tyne Daly's? It must be a Laurents-ism.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

@aasjb4ever It was first used in the Broadway revival with Angela Lansbury

[MotownConnoisseur30]

Personally, this is a better ending than the original. Not everything in life is a happy ending and this ending perfectly portrays the dark side of life. It was originally done when Angela Lansbury was in the revival.

[maddddyalice]

Imagine if she'd saw you recording this. You have balls my friend.

[theredsister]

Fabulous. This was NOT the ending I saw in the orginal production, and I'm glad it wasn't. However, I'm happy to see this even if I'm a bit confused. The best part is the person who posted it is still alive and kicking. lol

[HayleyBlahBlah123]

hmmmm i wonder how this person got away with a camera???

[fountainchain126]

why does Gypsy laugh at her?

[dRICT]

@fountainchain126 She laughs because she thinks Rose's dream is absurd.

[Rapture1987]

@fountainchain126 She laughs at her because Rose STILL seems to want Louise to be an *EXTENSION* of her OWN self, even after Louise has become a superstar.

It should be "GYPSY, and her mother, Rose" as opposed to "MADAME ROSE....and her daughter Gypsy!" - Louise laughs derisively, realising that her mother hasn't really changed very much after all.

[Rapture1987]

Admittedly, there was a shift in this production's ending. In previous productions (and movies), I think the emphasis in that line was on: "Madame Rose, and her *DAUGHTER* Gypsy" - indicating that Rose was PROUD of her daughter at long last, and that the two were going to start bonding in a way they never had before.

This production had a fascinating TWIST by shifting the emphasis to: "MADAME ROSE, and her daughter Gypsy!" (Patti's delivery of the line made Gypsy seem like an AFTERTHOUGHT. :))

[lf1234]

Broadway's most exciting actress in Broadway's beefiest, juiciest role ever?!?! A match made in heaven!!!

[troupe4879]

i saw this a week before christmas last year and i cried when the overture started, when patti made her entrance, when act one ended, when she began to break down in the dressing room scene, and allllll through rose's turn until I left the theatre. I still cry every time i even watch these videos!

[aasjb4ever]

i saw this the day after christmas and she had a little santa hat with her lol

[powerfulpowerzz]

what date?

[doctor52893]

Patti LuPone need I say more