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The groundbreaking 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Arthur Laurents. Based on memoirs of striptease artist Gyps...
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Gypsy, A Musical Fable at Venice Theatre. Go behind the scenes of rehearsal with choreographer Kristyn Pope. Speculated by many (including "New York Times" critic Ben Brantley) to be the...
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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."
Hear director Paul Kerryson talk about the production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Gypsy is famous for helping launch lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s career, and features a book by Arthur Laurents that is widely considered to be one of the classic examples of a traditional “book musical.”
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.
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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 the show came together quickly over just a few months in late 1958. It debuted successfully in May 1959 and had a nearly two-year run of 702 ...
