In 1998, Betty Buckley played the immortal stage-mother role of Mama Rose in the Papermill Playhouse of Gypsy, with Debbie Gibson as the title character. It was good (I saw it, naturally), with Buckley bringing her customary wells of emotion to the material. And it was going to transfer to Toronto ... More >>
Sixty-nine-year-old Barbra Streisand was all set to play Mama Rose in a movie of the ultimate show biz musical, Gypsy, but then you'll recall that author Arthur Laurents decided not to go ahead with it because theater's joy is its evanescence blah blah blah. And then I heard the project was ... More >>
It's a gay man's wet dream. Singer, Oscar winner, star, and Donna Karan wearer Barbra Streisand is in negotiations to play the fiercely tunnel-visioned Mama Rose in a movie of Gypsy, according to The Post's Michael Riedel. Normally I'd say "Enough with Gypsy!" but the chance to see Streisan ... More >>
Three musicals—two of them new, one from the '60s—all sing of crazy worlds
Not all the liquid refreshment was at the after-parties.
Too Briefly, Finian's Rainbow Brought Back Old Joys; Hair and West Side Story Still Offer Some
West Side Story returns to Broadway
At Splash, the showtunes must go on.
Uptown Saturday nights are more fabulous all the time. Meanwhile, back at the Tonys . . .
South Pacific, Gypsy, and Juno show how 1950s Broadway got 'serious'
Gypsy is younger than ever, but LuPone's Madam Rose is the maddest yet
To a time of spoofs and techno-barrages, Lucas and Guettel offer a romance for humans
The 45th Annual OBIE Awards
