Gypsy

Mama Rose is a mother determined to make her daughter, June, a Broadway star through vaudeville. Rose focuses on her youngest daughter, leaving Louise, older and less talented than June. When June runs away to get married, Mama Rose turns to Louise. Louise, renamed Gypsy Rose Lee, becomes a burlesque star while Rose remains alone.

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General information
  • Style : Classical, Dance, Tragedy, Family
  • Theme : Money, Cabaret, Showbiz, Rivalry, Dream, Family, USA, Tap
  • year of creation : 1959
Music
  • Composer : Jule Styne
  • Lyricist :Stephen Sondheim
  • Librettist : Arthur Laurents
  • Author (other) : Gypsy Rose Lee
  • famous songs : "May We Entertain You?" "Some People" – Rose "Small World" "Baby June and Her Newsboys" "Little Lamb" "You'll Never Get Away From Me" "Dainty June and Her Farmboys" "Broadway" "If Momma Was Married" "All I Need Is the Girl" "Everything's Coming up Roses" "Madame Rose's Toreadorables" "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" "Rose's Turn"
  • Famous performers : Patti LuPone, Imelda Staunton, Bette Midler, Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Laura Benanti, Gemma Sutton, Tony Yazbeck, Alison Fraser, David Burtka.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : Inspired by the autobiography of stripper Gyspy Rose Lee.
  • Exists in film : A movie was made in 1962 by Mervyn LeRoy.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The musical has been performed more than 6 times in London and New York and has won awards each time. The 2008 revival in New York won 3 Tony and 3 Drama Desk Awards. In 2015 in London, she won 4 Oliver Awards
  • Number of years on display : 2
  • Number of performances : 702
Currently on stage