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Gypsy, 2008

Opened March 27, 2008

Closed January 11, 2009

332 performances

St. James Theatre

Revival

Broadway

Gypsy
Laura Bittner from Manchester, CT, USA

Of the productions that opened in the 2000s, this had the 69th longest run.

Other stagings of Gypsy 7 more

1959
Broadway TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Jerome Robbins
702 performances
1974
Winter Garden TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Arthur Laurents
120 performances
1989
St James TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Bonnie Walker
581 performances
2003
Shubert TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Sam Mendes
451 performances
2016
OriginalLondon Original
2016
ProductionLondon
2024
Majestic TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by George C. Wolfe
269 performances

Who was in it34 named

Beckley Andrews
Jim Bracchitta
Nancy Renee Braun
Mindy Dougherty
Kyrian Friedenberg
Sarah Marie Hicks
Steve Konopelski
Matthew Lobenhofer
Nicole Mangi
Matty Price
Bill Raymond
Brian Reddy
Andy Richardson
Emma Rowley
Jessica Rush
Alicia Sable
John James Scacchetti
Geo Seery
Rider Quentin Stanton
Pearce Wegener
Mandy Bruno
Jacob Clemente
Meg Guzulescu
Jaclyn Taylor Ruggiero
Imelda Staunton as Rose
Lara Pulver as Louise

Creative team

Director
Arthur Laurents

Recordings 2 released while this run was on

2008
Gypsy: The 2008 Broadway Cast Recording Time–Life Music M19659, released 2008
United States
2008
Gypsy (2008 Broadway revival cast)
Gypsy (2008 Broadway revival cast) Time–Life Music 80020-D, released August 26, 2008
United States

16 more exist for other runs of this show: see Gypsy for all of them.

Around this production

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 Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The character of Louise is based on Lee, and the character of June is based on Lee's sister, the actress June Havoc. The musical contains many songs that became popular standards, including "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Rose's Turn", "Sm…

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