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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."
Following his advice during West Side Story, Sondheim’s mentor Oscar Hammerstein II convinced him to grab the opportunity and write for a star. Working on Gypsy , described as “a musical fable,” with Laurents’s concise, character-driven script and Styne’s ability to crank out tunes proved be a positive experience for all involved, and ...
Writers: Arthur Laurents Jule Styne Stephen Sondheim. Context. Gypsy is suggested by the 1957 book Gypsy: A Memoir, written by the famous burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee.
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.
May 28, 2019 · “GYPSY: A musical fable.” That disclaimer took the pressure off librettist Arthur Laurents to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. For that matter, we’ll never know how honest Gypsy Rose Lee was when writing her 1957 memoir on which the musical is based.
Gypsy first appeared in 1959 on Broadway under the title Gypsy: A Musical Fable. Subsequent revivals starred Angela Lansbury (1974), Tyne Daly (1989), Bernadette Peters (2003), and Patti...
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Gypsy . A Musical in 2 Acts, 17 Scenes. Book by Arthur Laurents. Suggested by the memoirs (of the same name) by Gypsy Rose Lee. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
