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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." It follows the dreams and efforts of ...
Natalie Wood as Gypsy Rose Lee Rosalind Russell as "Mama Rose" Hovick. Gypsy is a 1962 American musical film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee.
Mary Florence Denton (great-aunt) Sandra Church (born January 13, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance as the original Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy (1959), [1] for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also co-starred with Marlon Brando in The Ugly American (1963).
Rose Thompson Hovick. Relatives. June Havoc (sister) Gypsy Rose Lee in Los Angeles, c. 1937. Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical ...
On choosing Karen L. Robu to portray Mama Rose, Music Theatre Wichita’s artistic director Brian J. Marcum says: ““If I had not cast her, there would have been mutiny in this town.”
Everything's Coming Up Roses. " Everything's Coming Up Roses " is a song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, written initially for the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy. Introduced in the show's inaugural production by Ethel Merman, "Everything's Coming Up Roses" became one of Merman's signature songs.
Jule Styne (/ ˈ dʒ uː l i / JOO-lee; [1] born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) [2] was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl.
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