#mourning the fact that we'll never get a marin mazzie gypsy...

[broadwaydivastournament]

Here she is boys, here she is world. Here's Rose from Gypsy (8)

Tyne Daly (Broadway revival, 1989 - 42) Patti LuPone (Broadway revival, 2008 - 59) Tovah Feldshuh (Bristol, 2011 - 63) Bernadette Peters (Broadway revival, 2003 - 63) Carolee Carmello (Sacramento, 2018 - 56) Julia Murney (Cape Playhouse, 2017 - 48) (no audio) Beth Leavel (The Muny, 2018 - 63) Betty Buckley (Paper Mill Playhouse - 45)

The most coveted role for (non-soprano) women in musical theatre canon. Mama Rose, the ultimate stage mother, was originated by Ethel Merman in 1959. With Ethel's foghorn belt still audible in the distance even today, Rose has some of the most iconic solo numbers to ever grace musical theatre canon. Everyone has their personal favorite Rose, and everyone will fight to the death for her.

Other Rose's include: Angela Lansbury (Broadway, 1979), Imelda Staunton (West End, 2015), Bette Midler (Film, 1993), and Rosalind Russel (1962).