Rose's Turn [Gypsy, 1974] - Angela Lansbury

[musclsk1]

Saw this production.....she was brilliant!

[jamjacxxx]

her voice is all wrong for this

[djjazzyjosh78]

I never knew she could sing til I was like 12 and she sang in Beauty in the Beast; the only thing I knew her from was Murder, She Wrote.

[AsiaMs]

Damn this is a fast tempo. But it kinda works because it feels like Mama Rose is becoming really unhinged. Angela Landsbury kicks ass.

[Fallster]

No, no! Just getting grumpy in my "old age"!

[Fallster]

I bow to the Divine Miss L!!!!

[princepeterwolf]

OMG...amazing amazing superb acting

[oliver91ist]

The ending is changed that's why the tempo is has upped in this version Rose and Gypsy don't make up instead we see Rose going mad 

[Fallster]

@oliver91ist You must not know this show well enough.........

[oliver91ist]

@Fallster I am sorry but I wasn't going to comment it but I was ill and so wasn't all there. I shall remove if you want me to?

[SeiraVonKarma]

she sings with her nose

[gerardleddy]

Angie was bored! That was the brilliance of the conductor. He followed her. She, like Rose, called the shots! She sang it according to her whim!

[pudgeuncle]

What's with the tempo? It's not this rapid fire on the recording.

[pudgeuncle]

Better than her Broadway run...when she did it at the Westchester Premier Theater...in the round, virtually no scenery..and all Lansbury. A volcanic star.

[harajukukevin6657]

That ending is painfully fast! Wow all I could imagine was the teapot from beauty and the beast

[gubbaska]

wow... upped that tempo, didn't they?

[gubbaska]

wow... upped that tempo, didn't they?

[theemaestro576]

@gubbaska yes, they upped the tempo in this production

[gubbaska]

wow... upped that tempo, didn't they?

[pjtheatreproductions]

I like it but its too fast

[MickeyT1129]

It just blows my mind that she does this and I grew up my whole life thinking of her as sweet little Mrs. Potts....

[pnrondeau100]

I was lucky enough to have seen Angela perform this role five times while it was on Broadway in 1974. I was a theatre major in college at the time. One night I was in standing room, and looked up to see her waiting to run down the aisle in Act I to shout, "Sing out, Louise!" Watching her change from Angela Lansbury to Momma Rose was breathtaking. Better than any acting class I ever took.

[onirannam]

@pnrondeau100 Like you, I had a standing room ticket at the Winter Garden on the right aisle. A short time into the Uncle Jocko scene I looked to my left and there she was...Angela Lansbury...standing right next to me. No sooner did I realize it was her, she darted down the aisle. Guess you don't forget things like that.

[thamestango]

I saw her live at the Picadilly Theatre in London... and she was amazing.. I remember her shimmying across the stage and soaring across the footlights..it was a long time ago, late seventies I think, but she was amazing.

[thamestango]

I saw her live at the Picadilly Theatre in London... and she was amazing.. I remember her shimmying across the stage and soaring acros the footlights..it was a long time ago, late seventies I think, but she was amazing.

[ChrisRandomSinger]

Ok, who the Hell disliked this video? That person should jump off a bridge right now!

[boynamedalexxx]

Oh...god. Just...jesus.

How do you praise a woman who's received all the praise in the world?

Even the over-used term fierce-as-fuck doesn't do this justice...lol.

This is just pure, true theatrical brilliance.

Her monologue transcends perfection...it's just gut-wrenchingly real.

And when she reaches the finale and "everything's comin' up Rose!", it's literally scary. You can really *feel* her losing her mind.

A frighteningly powerful performance. Even better than on the recording.

[DivaBehavior]

Sat on the edge of my seat with my mouth wide open for the whole video. Jesus, what a performance!

[jcbwssn]

@DivaBehavior YESSS! AMAZING!

[jameslingham]

ULTIMATE Rose's Turn!

[AtLastOnTheGround]

WHOA! WHOA WHOA WHOA! That's all I can say. THIS IS AMAZING! Thank you so much for posting this! I have been waiting for so long to find footage of Lansbury in this role!

[esidestory]

Genius.

[ChrisRandomSinger]

God, what a brilliant performance! I haven't even seen her whole performance, but from what I've seen and heard, she might be my favorite! I still think this is the most frantic, sad, disturbing, and terrifying Rose's Turn!

Thanks SO much for posting this!