NEW YORK – You gotta get a gimmick. Thankfully, director George C. Wolfe didn’t adhere to the ecdysiasts’ advice. “Gypsy,” which opened Dec. 19 at the newly restored Majestic Theatre, is the smartest ...

In the nineteen-thirties, Gypsy Rose Lee, perhaps the world’s most famous stripper, helped transform burlesque from a vulgar pastime to café-society entertainment, simply by acting refined. She made ...

Since making her Broadway debut in “Six: The Musical” three years ago, Joy Woods has established herself as one of the New York theater scene’s most versatile and reliable young stars. As many of her ...

Palo Alto players has opened its 95th season with a splendid production of a musical theater classic, “Gypsy.” With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents, this ...

Based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the play begins in the 1920s in Seattle. A clamor of kids rehearse for Uncle Jocko’s (Jacob Ming-Trent) kid-focused vaudeville act. Baby June ...

Gypsy Rose Lee was one of America's legendary entertainers. On this 100th anniversary of her birth, you may wonder just what makes her legacy endure. Rita Braver can explain: In 1943 she played ...