NEW YORK – You gotta get a gimmick. Thankfully, director George C. Wolfe didn’t adhere to the ecdysiasts’ advice. “Gypsy,” which opened Dec. 19 at the newly restored Majestic Theatre, is the smartest ...
Here she is, boys! Gypsy is back on Broadway and Audra McDonald is a Mama Rose for the ages. This new revival breathes new life into one of musical theater’s most iconic works. Based on the memoirs of ...
Based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the play begins in the 1920s in Seattle. A clamor of kids rehearse for Uncle Jocko’s (Jacob Ming-Trent) kid-focused vaudeville act. Baby June ...
Up In One Productions will present Gypsy, often considered the greatest American musical, live, onstage at The CENTER for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck. Loosely based on the memoirs of burlesque artist ...
Danny Burstein and Joy Woods also star in George C. Wolfe’s Broadway revival of the beloved showbiz story by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic The six ...
But now, after working on the show in a new production that she wryly calls “#BlackGypsy”? “I’m a superfan now.” Woods has been a fast-rising stage star ever since her New York debut (at 19 years old) ...
Mama Rose long has been known for her powerhouse belt and for being the scariest Bad Showbiz Mother, but not for moving the audience to tears. Audra McDonald, surely the best actress ever to play this ...
From the moment she emerges, stalking down the orchestra’s left aisle, exhorting to the stage, “Sing out, Louise,” Audra McDonald galvanizes our attention in the extraordinary new revival of the ...