OK, Audra, Show Us What You Can Do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                       This is the day The Raving Queen visits "Gypsy" at the Majestic Theatre.  I refuse to call it "Audra/Gypsy," because as of now I think Patti LuPone and Laura Benanti's production was the best, and I have a feeling this will be, while not as disappointing as Bernadette Peters in 2003, pretty close.

                           Poor Joy Woods, in the photo above, looks scared and smothered.  She is on the right track.  But if this is how Audra thinks she is going to deliver "Everything' s Coming Up Roses," she is going to face backlash from Theater Queens such as I, who are obsessed with how "Gypsy" should be performed.  One false move, and I will send her six or more pages on how to play the role, just like Trish Hawkins did when Sarah Paulson played Hawkins' signature role of Sally Talley in a "Talley's Folley" revival, back in 2013.

                             Thirty-one years ago, in 1994, a fresh-faced Audra blew us away the minute she opened her mouth to sing 'Mister Snow' in "Carousel."  That face is not so fresh now, and taking on a role beyond her vocal capabilities has me questioning her judgement. Or her agent and managers.  This role is often called the "King Lear" of musical theater; because of its plot I would say itis more like "Medea." Will Audra do "Rose's Turn" in a dress covered with blood, like Medea?  Only time will tell, darlings, and I will be sure to tell you everything.

                                 Get set, Audra and Company!  The Raving Queen is on the way, and you had better do right by this show.

                                   You won't just get Patti LuPone-ed.  You will get Raving Queen-ed!

                                  Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!