Patti Lupone - 'Gypsy' Finale - 2008 Broadway

Patti Lupone (Madame Rose) and Laura Benanti (Louise) in the finale of 'Gypsy.'

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[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).

[maddddyalice]

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

[doctor52893]

Patti LuPone need I say more

[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.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

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

[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because it shows that she realises her mother will never change and that she is wasted away in her fantasies that are outdated and will never come true.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.

[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.

[Abridgedfan134]

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

[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?