Shirley MacLaine as Mama Rose?
I don't know why this thought has occurred to me, so I thought I'd ask here...Did Shirley MacLaine ever play Mama Rose in GYPSY or as she ever been offered the part? With her voice and stage/screen...
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I don't think Shirley has ever played Mama Rose but she may have been offered the role. Did she ever do a book musical on stage after The Pajama Game?
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I don't think MacLaine has the pipes to do the GYPSY score justice. Her singing voice sounded weak in SWEET CHARITY and CAN CAN, the 2 movie musicals she has starred in.
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She seems like such a natural to me. I have often wondered how she would have done if she had taken the Norma Desmond role in SB when ALW offered it to her back in 1990-91. She could have been...
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I saw Shirley perform live in concert about 20 years ago and she did "Rose's Turn" with dialogue to frame it. Absolutely wonderful. Now please close this thread since we all know damn well the film...
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Shirley -- back in the day -- would have been a spectacular Louise, even better than Natalie Wood, IMO.
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Wow...never thought of her as Louise. but now that you mention it....
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briban50 wrote:But wasn't she close to 30 yrs. old at the time?She's a few years older than Natalie Wood, and always had that 'young' look to her...I think she could have done it.
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Shirley had that youthful tomboy look that would have worked perfectly for Louise in the beginning...and then she certainly could have evolved into Louise the stripper. Plus, Shirley could really sing...
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Oh I do too,I think for me Shirley's best performance is in Some Came Running,she was amazing in that picture.
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Oh I do too,was meant for abfabbabs,at first. Then I saw Vern's response and I agree with his comment and I wouldn't be surprised either if she was considered for Louise.
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Im surprised we haven't heard anything over the years about Maclaine / GYPSY. Either role, the two would be a perfect fit over the years.
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MacLaine could now play one of the strippers, along with 90-year old Carol Channing and 120-year-old Lillian Gish. Is the latter still alive? In that case, she would make a magnificent geriatric Miss...
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