NEW YORK – You gotta get a gimmick. Thankfully, director George C. Wolfe didn’t adhere to the ecdysiasts’ advice. “Gypsy,” which opened Dec. 19 at the newly restored Majestic Theatre, is the smartest ...
She's the mother of all stage mothers: Rose, a single mom hellbent on turning her two young daughters into stars during the waning days of vaudeville. But in the musical "Gypsy," she gets top billing.
In the nineteen-thirties, Gypsy Rose Lee, perhaps the world’s most famous stripper, helped transform burlesque from a vulgar pastime to café-society entertainment, simply by acting refined. She made ...
The revival, directed by George C. Wolfe, will play its final performance on Aug. 17. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer The revival of Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald, will play its final Broadway ...
There aren’t enough dressing rooms on Broadway to contain all the expectations for the new Gypsy, George C. Wolfe’s revival starring the great Audra McDonald. Considered by theater buffs to be among ...
But now, after working on the show in a new production that she wryly calls “#BlackGypsy”? “I’m a superfan now.” Woods has been a fast-rising stage star ever since her New York debut (at 19 years old) ...
Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time, by critics and historians. Its central character, Mama Rose, is the ultimate stage mother and has been catnip for some of the finest musical theater ...
Based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the play begins in the 1920s in Seattle. A clamor of kids rehearse for Uncle Jocko’s (Jacob Ming-Trent) kid-focused vaudeville act. Baby June ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- In the Broadway world, it's a big deal that 'Gypsy' is back. The show officially returns to Broadway Thursday night at the Majestic Theater. Six-time Tony Award-winning actress ...
Three hours, with one intermission. At the Majestic Theatre, 245 W. 44th St. “Gypsy” is, by the estimation of many — including me — the greatest musical ever written. But you wouldn’t know it from the ...
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