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Published on 5/13/08
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Tickets: $42–$252
Wow. Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim’s 1959 masterpiece, based on the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, is the kind of Broadway classic that makes hyperbole come true. Directed by Laurents himself in this revival, it has the vim, guts and humor of a golden-age musical, artfully darkened by irony and psychological shading. It has a superb supporting cast, led by the impeccable Laura Benanti as Louise, the tomboy turned sexpot, and Boyd Gaines as Herbie, her doormat of an agent. And above all it has the astonishing Patti LuPone—in the performance of a lifetime—as Rose, the ferociously ambitious stage mother who domineers Gypsy from start to finish. Rose is the King Lear of musical-theater roles, and LuPone inhabits it with breathtaking fullness and intensity.—AF
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