More casting has been revealed for the upcoming Broadway revival of Gypsy, set to reopen the Majestic Theatre with performances beginning November 21. Opening night will be December 19.
As previously announced, the company will be led by six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Rose and Tony winner Danny Burstein as Herbie. Joining them will be The Notebook co-stars Joy Woods as Louise and Jordan Tyson as June. Also newly joining the company are Lesli Margherita as Tessie Tura, Lili Thomas as Miss Mazeppa, and Mylinda Hull as Miss Electra. Further casting, by Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths, is to be announced.
George C. Wolfe is directing the new revival of the Arthur Laurents-Stephen Sondheim-Jule Styne musical, which will feature choreography by Camille A. Brown. The creative team will also include music director and supervisor Andy Einhorn, 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, and makeup designer Michael Clifton. The production will also feature additional orchestrations and arrangements by Daryl Waters. Rick Steiger will be production stage manager.
Gypsy, based on the mostly fictional memoir of famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee, is one of Broadway's favorites to revive. Since premiering in 1959, the show has returned to Broadway in 1974, starring Angela Lansbury; 1989, starring Tyne Daly; 2003, starring Bernadette Peters; and 2008, starring Patti LuPone. 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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