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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Back in 2003, when the third revival of “Gypsy” opened on Broadway, the big behind-the-scenes news was a spat that broke out in previews between the show’s director, Sam Mendes, and Arthur Laurents’ ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Hold your hats and hallelujah, our leading musical tragedienne offers an ultra-dramatic Rose in George C. Wolfe’s Broadway revival. By ...
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 ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Near the end of “Gypsy,” the Tony-nominated actress sings a song that makes you rethink the show you’ve been watching. I talked to her about it. Credit...Graham Dickie/The New ...