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December 28, 2015 2:03 PM

Gypsy Live from the Savoy Theatre (BBC Drama Documentary 2015) SL YouTube
posted by roomthreeseventeen (7 comments total)

I should note that they seem to have cut some of the songs, including "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Rose's Turn."
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 2:15 PM on December 28, 2015

It looks like it's available without the cuts on the BBC website, here, but you have to be in the UK to watch it. Or know how to fake it.
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 2:21 PM on December 28, 2015

Thanks for this! I will watch it soon.

I've listened to the cast recording, and it sounds really interesting. Imelda Staunton is the only person I've ever heard sing Rose without completely imposing her own personality on the character. She sounds like she could be Mama Rose, not Ethel Mama Rose, or Patti Mama Rose, or Angela, Tyne, Bernadette or Bette Mama Rose.
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 2:28 PM on December 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

I should note that they seem to have cut some of the songs, including "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Rose's Turn."

WTF WTF WTF!?! Gypsy is perfection, how can cut a single second of it and live with yourself, let alone huge swaths of it ?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:39 PM on December 28, 2015

WTF WTF WTF!?! Gypsy is perfection, how can cut a single second of it and live with yourself, let alone huge swaths of it ?

To make you buy a plane ticket.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 4:42 PM on December 28, 2015

Oh my gosh, I just finished watching the version on the BBC website....that was amazing. Gypsy is in my top ten favorite musicals and Imelda was just astonishing in it. This was just a treat! Thank you for posting it!
posted by Bibliogeek at 5:59 AM on December 29, 2015

It looks like the full version is now on youtube.
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 7:18 AM on December 30, 2015