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  1. 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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  2. May 27, 2020 · From 2018, the Chicago Tribune's Chris Jones raved this Jeff Award-winning production was “One of those rare Chicago theatre moments truly to savor.” with E....

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  3. Go behind the scenes of rehearsal with choreographer Kristyn Pope. Speculated by many (including "New York Times" critic Ben Brantley) to be the greatest of all American musicals, GYPSY tells...

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  4. Hear director Paul Kerryson talk about the production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable

  5. 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."

  6. 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.”

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  8. 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 ...

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