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PTM
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6/26/2003 | posted: 7/24/2003 at 10:39:04 PM ET
There's a 6 page spread on Gypsy in the August issue of Entertainment Design. The focus is of course on the show's design elements with interesting bits on the look and feel Mendes wanted for the production. Some of the changes in Peters' costumes that those of you lucky enough to visit the show throughout its preview period witnessed are also addressed. Ward said that they originally thought that Rose would spend all of her money on the act and they wanted her to look like a "real working mother" but then they decided that might not be correct and her nine costumes were redesigned.
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|  Christine-NYC
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| posted: 7/24/2003 at 11:19:54 PM ET
I always see the character of Rose as someone who would dress the part.
Yes, she was a stage mother who put everything she had into the act; but, she also knew that to be a success you had to dress the part first.
She was an outgoing woman, and that needs to show in her style as well as her mannersims. I really didn't like the costumes during previews. They seemed more like something a housewife would wear...not a woman trying to make hers and her children names known in show business. They're so much better now without being overdone. 
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6/7/2003 | posted: 8/4/2003 at 12:51:20 PM ET
PTM: thanks so much for telling us about this article. I just downloaded it from its web site, and quickly read some of it. Quite fascinating-so much thought goes into what we see on stage; this reminds me to be more observant.
(I also read in one of the back issues about Annie Get Your Gun.)
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6/26/2003 | posted: 8/5/2003 at 1:47:42 AM ET
Your welcome Jean. The actual publication has several full cover photos, but I don't think any of them are ones that haven't been seen elsewhere. The nice thing about these photos though are the size. The publication is oversize like the first few months of the old Theater Week magazine.
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