Gypsy
All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play
A vibrant, emotionally complex musical about ambition, maternal obsession, and the cost of show business dreams, anchored by a fraught mother-daughter relationship.
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
Essence
Ensemble
Rosalind Russell
Rose Hovick
Natalie Wood
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
Karl Malden
Herbie Sommers
Paul Wallace
Tulsa
Betty Bruce
Tessie Tura
Parley Baer
Mr. Kringelein
Harry Shannon
Grandpa
Morgan Brittany
'Baby' June Hovick
Ann Jillian
'Dainty' June Havoc
Diane Pace
'Baby' Louise Hovick
Faith Dane
Miss Mazeppa
Roxanne Arlen
Miss Electra
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