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Christine-NYC
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posted: 5/2/2003 at 2:29:32 PM ET

THEATER REVIEW | 'GYPSY'
New Momma Takes Charge
By BEN BRANTLEY
Working against type and expectation, Bernadette Peters
delivered the surprise coup of many a Broadway season in
the revival of "Gypsy" at the Shubert Theater.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/02/arts/theater/02GYPS.html?th

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posted: 5/2/2003 at 2:35:17 PM ET

"the gentle, passive man whom she recruits to manage her daughters' act. You actually think, as you wouldn't have dared with Merman, that they must have a very pleasurable sex life."

LOL I could have gone without that image.

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posted: 5/2/2003 at 2:41:10 PM ET

Yes, but it is so important. My problem with other Gypsy's I have seen is that I have never bought Rose and Herbie as a couple. The show requires them to hook up almost immediately. If you don't sense an immediate fire then they come off more as potential friends with a lot in common. And there has to be a reason Herbie sticks around for so many years. We aren't talking about a year or two. Obviously he can't be in it just for the act. He has to really love Rose which means they need to be having a true, full relationship. To quote Gypsy: "To put it in vulgar terms", if they aren't getting it on on a fairly regular basis, he would have walked out when it was still Baby June headlining. Without sex and chemistry, Herbie sticking around would be very unrealistic.

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