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Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother."
Gypsy is a 1962 American musical film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee.
Speculated by many (including NY Times critic Ben Brantley) to be the greatest of all American musicals, Gypsy tells the story of the dreams and efforts of one hungry, powerhouse of a woman to get her two daughters into show business. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoir of famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, entitled Gypsy: Memoirs ...
Mar 1, 2003 · It was called Gypsy: A Musical Fable. Taking off from the best-selling memoir of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy, published in 1957, the musical is a backstage saga transmogrified into myth.
But, he’s quick to point out, what made Gypsy Rose Lee a star in the early 20th century burlesque world and the subject of the 1959 musical “Gypsy” wasn’t her undressing, it was the...
Two books, actually. The screenplay for Gypsy is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which itself was adapted from Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee. The movie was remade for television as Gypsy (1993) in 1993. Edit.
Oct 9, 2024 · For those who do not know, Gypsy Rose Lee, was in fact a real person and she did have a sister, June, who after running away from Mama Rose, became June Havoc ( a movie star who did many films and was even on TV’s “General Hospital”), so there may be some real truths in this wonderful musical “fable”.
