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15:38 jane krakowski

Lets be honest. Thanks. But not good. Could not wait to see

53:30

She was a beast in this role!

Your a god-send Im trying to write a university essay about this musical and couldnt find any recordings elsewhere

1:52......the underscore....this is my theatrical magic. I love that kind of stuff.....it just builds and builds

Not Patti leaving out: “Hold your hats and hallelujah, Mama’s gonna show it to ya” 😩😩😩😭😭😭

PATTI: Because I was born too soon and started too late, that’s why! RANDOM DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE: Same. 💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣

Did Patti know that you were filming? If so, how did you escape with your life?

I have seen everybody in their great mother grandmother do gypsy I cannot see Patti LuPone I can't take it

TOO MUCH CAMPY BUSINESS INTRUDES. PLAY IT STRAIGHT LIKE ORIGINAL. SCREW THE AUDIENCE.

God those strings need some serious intonation training.

What theater was this?

Goated bway performance

Great performance, but too cynical to make an ounce of common sense. And very ugly. What 2nd night audience wants to put up with this?

skip!!!!! this is a mess Video stinks!!!!

We were learning about Aristotle in Theatre History, and my teacher just ever so casually mentioned that there was a musical adaptation of his play The Frogs by Stephen Sondheim and that people like Meryl Streep, Christopher Durang, and Sigourney Weaver were all in the original workshops at Yale. I was the only one in my class who was completely blown away by that fact and did a deep dive into this glorious musical. Their loss. Rest in Peace, you beautiful minded genius. We love you, Stephen Sondheim.

Where’s part two? I love Tyne Daly!

I can't believe this was such a big flop

I worked with Stephanie in Funny Girl Downey Civic Lite Opera Fall 1993......

She blew everyone away with her Mamma Rose.

🎉 utube come rain or come shine by john bavas

My first Mama Rose I saw, and still my favorite-and I saw Patti, Bernadette, Imelda, and Rosalind.

This is FANTASTIC!!! Tyne Daly is easily the most human and relateable of all the actresses who have played Mama Rose, which makes everything all the more heartbreaking.

I saw this production, Tyne was fabulous..the video is a pleasant reminder of this great evening of top notch theater.

I got to see an evening performance pre-Broadway in Boston and loved it so much I brought a friend to the matinee the following day! 👏💖👏

Where’s part 2?

TD has always had a natural easy and realistic way of delivering lines. Her performace here is just brilliant. Lupone: YUKK.... Peters: so so... Landsbury and Daly, win by a landslide

I saw this performance. I couldnt fully enjoy it because SO MANY of the audience members would anticipate laughs and generally disrupt the natural flow of the show, like they were at a Patti concert, not a show. It's not their fault or hers, the shoe was so popular by this time and so many people waited for her to do the role..but i was very perturbed.

I don't see the need to bring the Marx Brothers to this. Saw a good semi staged version at Carnegie Hall

Thank you thank you thank you 🎉

PBS very much wanted to record this production with Tyne Daly. but the owners were holding out for a big commercial production to bring them greater royal. Too bad.

12:56 ❤

I just love Tyne Daly in this role!

To me Angela Lansbury is the best Rose but Patti was pretty good but Angela had this tragic flair to her that made her very sympathetic and heartbreaking and when the final moment of roses turn comes it felt like she was actually having a mental breakdown and going insane with this maniacal glee added that made it so heartbreaking which is why she’s the first rose to win a tony award and add the psychological aspect to rose as well as the bitterness

The constant moving of the camera is really annoying. Either have the guts to video it or dont

What a treat to see Patti doing mama rose wish there was one of evita she is the best mama rose I have ever seen

Omg i saw this!

Why did gypsy laugh at the end what does it mean is she mocking her mothers “dream” or what?

I never believed I'd see this! This was my first non movie musical CD!

When "Whistle" originally opened 60 (!) years ago, the world was a considerably less cynical place and general audiences didn't appreciate either its mercilessly satirical humor or its deep and painful sincerity. This concert version manages to capture both. The great cast puts it across with aplomb! Arthur Laurents' book and Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics are damned-near perfect!

I saw this production on Broadway. I enjoyed it, but it had its faults. To begin with, I love Sarah Jessica Parker's work in Sex and the City (and also And Just Like That), so I am a fan. In this stage production, she was very good in the comedic parts of the role, but she wasn't a great singer. She did an acceptable job, but the show needed a fantastic singer. I assume they went with "a name" to sell tickets. This production ran for 188 performances from December 19, 1996 to June 1, 1997, so it was relatively short lived. It had 35 previews beginning on November 18, 1996, and this video of the show has a date stamp of December 18th. It was the last preview before the show officially opened the next day on the 19th. So, in total, the show was performed 223 times. I remember thinking Jane Krakowski would have been the better choice for Winnifred since she was terrific as Lady Larken. Here are some MAJOR differences I found in this 1996-1997 Broadway revival versus the original 1959 version: I see in this production they changed the questions to Princess # 12 to math equations. The original questions are so much funnier and clever. That was a poor alteration. The questions were: 1. Name three kings. 2. A four part question about a famous man often referred to as the Knight of the Red Cross: a. What was his name? b. What beast did he slay? c. How many rows of teeth did the beast have and what kind? d. What was the middle name of the daughter-in-law of the best friend of the blacksmith, who forged the sword that killed the beast? In Sensitivity, I remember I disliked what they did with the Wizard. He has lines to say; he responds to the Queen. In this production, he is mute. He also is dressed like a monk instead of a wizard. In The Swamps of Home, the female ensemble has been cut, leaving only their voices to be heard. In this production, Lady Larken advises Sir Harry that he should cheat to find out what the test will be. In the original version, the Jester, the Minstrel, and the King attempt to persuade him. In the Minstrel, the Jester, and I some verses of the song were cut. In Normandy, the King usually leaves almost immediately as the number begins. Here he stays for the whole thing as part of the trio. In Song of Love, the finale of act 1, Winnifred sings very different solos. She only utters a few notes in the original. Act 2 begins at 1 hour and 10 minutes. Act 2 begins with the number Quiet. This video doesn't contain it, but it is on the cast album, so it was in this production. Dauntless sings a song called Goodnight, Sweet Princess that is not from the original production. I was informed that the new song was written for this new production. The song is on the cast album's recording. In this production, the King finds out what the Queen's test is going to be. In the original, the King doesn't find out until everyone in the kingdom finds out. The Minstrel and the Jester plot to find out from the Wizard. In this production, the Queen only gives Winnifred a drink of warm milk and opium to help make her drowsy. In the original production, she also uses a revolving hypnotic mirror and incense made of poppy and mandragora. It is wonderful that you posted this video so fans of the show itself and fans of Sarah Jessica Parker can view it and enjoy it. Thank you!

29:42 caution ⚠️ strobing lights that could trigger anyone with epilepsy ⚠️

As a casual musical theatre lover I was unaware of The Frogs until recently. Then I saw Roger Bart in Back To The Future and found this while looking through his back catalogue. That opening to Act II pleased me greatly! 😂

I saw it at City Center. Although I was so high up, I could barely see what was going on on stage.

2:13:50 straight into the camera

Hear me out, a revival of this with Christian Borle as Dionysius, Ethan Slater as Xantias, and Andre DeShields as Pluto.