Gypsy Revival, Starring Audra McDonald, Finishes Run August 17

The current Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Rose, plays its final performance August 17 at the Majestic Theatre. As of that final curtain, the revival will have played 28 previews and 269 regular performances.

The closing is an earlier one than originally expected. McDonald's stint in the show had been announced to be continuing through at least October 5, but the production moved up that closing last month. It's a surprising finish for a starry revival of a beloved musical, which has become a trophy for Broadway's most revered leading ladies. This production becomes the second shortest-running Broadway revival of the Jule Styne-Arthur Laurents-Stephen Sondheim musical, with only the 1974 revival starring Angela Lansbury (always planned to be a brief limited run), giving less performances since the 1959 original production. The seminal musical is a frequent face on the Main Stem, getting revivals in 1989 starring Tyne Daly, 2003 starring Bernadette Peters, and 2008 starring Patti LuPone, along with Lansbury's go.

Directed by George C. Wolfe, the staging opened at the Majestic Theatre December 19, 2024. With her 11th Tony nomination, McDonald made history this year as the most Tony-nominated performer of all time (along with her previous record of being the most Tony-awarded performer in Tony history, with six).

Along with 2025 Tony nominees McDonald as Rose, Danny Burstein as Herbie, and Joy Woods as Louise, the cast is led by Jordan Tyson as June, Kevin Csolak as Tulsa, Lesli Margherita as Tessie Tura, Lili Thomas as Miss Mazeppa, Mylinda Hull as Miss Electra, Jacob Ming-Trent as Uncle Jocko, Kyleigh Denae Vickers as Baby Louise, and Marley Lianne Gomes and Jade Smith as Baby June. Tryphena Wade is the standby for Rose.

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Gypsy, based on the mostly fictional memoir of famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee, features a book by Arthur Laurents and songs with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The work has been filmed three times: a 1962 feature film starring Rosalind Russell, a 1993 TV film starring Bette Midler, and a filmed stage performance of a 2015 London revival starring Imelda Staunton.

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Wolfe's creative team included choreographer 2025 Tony nominee Camille A. Brown; music director and supervisor Andy Einhorn, who also penned additional arrangements; scenic designer Santo Loquasto; costume designer Toni-Leslie James; lighting designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; sound designer Scott Lehrer; hair and wig designer Mia Neal; makeup designer Michael Clifton, and animal trainer William Berloni. Orchestrations are by Sid Ramin and Robert Ginzler, with dance music arrangements by John Kander, and additional orchestrations and arrangements by Daryl Waters. Rick Steiger is production stage manager.