I almost didn't bother today. After porig through the minutia of news stories I simply could only find one article that in any way appealled, in fact I almost decided to drop the news this week and stuff it into next weeks batch (although I've made that mistake before) but then it occurred to me this is not something that can wait and it certainly shouldn't be sharing billing with any other movie.
Gypsy
Barbra Streisand (pictured below in 1962, around the time the original film is released) is planning to star, and potentially direct, in a new big screen version of the classic Jule Styne musical. Described by critics as the greatest American musical it's essentially the biographer of dancer/singer Gypsy Rose Lee and the complicated relationship with her pushy stage mother Rose, as well as detailing the hardships of show business in the dying days of vaudeville.
With the current vogue for Burlesque (even though the movie of that name flopped) it seems like a perfect time to remake a movie - it's been nearly 50 years since Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood immortalised the roles on screen, and few could argue with the potential for Barbra knocking out "Everything's coming up Roses". In fact the role of Rose could be an interesting part for the notoriously tough Barbra one that would play on her image.
Andrew at Encore Entertainment has written a very nice piece about Barbra's directorial talents focussing on Prince of Tides which can be read here.
Finally have a listen to Ethel Merman knocking it out of the park from the original Broadway recording:
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