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Gypsy is back on Broadway, starring Audra McDonald in the iconic role of Mama Rose. BroadwayWorld is looking back on some of ...

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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 ...

In the latest revival of Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne’s iconic musical, George C. Wolfe humanizes a ...

Its central character, Mama Rose, is the ultimate stage mother and has been catnip for some of the finest musical theater ...

Brown, easily takes its place among the long line of memorable Broadway Gypsys and their stars, Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury ... the flesh flasher never lets us down. Adding to the pleasure ...

As far as Broadway roles go, the part has no peer. She’s been taken on by Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone. Not too shabby. Joining their esteemed ...

Listen to cast albums from Merman to LuPone and you’ll see how Styne’s barnstorming anthems of showbiz ambition, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” as well as gentler numbers ...