THE BASICS: GYPSY: A MUSICAL FABLE is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Starring a real-life mother-daughter duo, Tony nominee Jodi Benson ...

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 ...

Back in 2003, when the third revival of “Gypsy” opened on Broadway, the big behind-the-scenes news was a spat that broke out in previews between the show’s director, Sam Mendes, and Arthur Laurents’ ...

Three hours, with one intermission. At the Majestic Theatre, 245 W. 44th St. “Gypsy” is, by the estimation of many — including me — the greatest musical ever written. But you wouldn’t know it from the ...

Wolfe doubles down on the whitewashing theme when Rose gets the hell out of Seattle following “Some People,” the first scorcher of Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim’s epic score. The mother of all stage ...