“Gypsy” is, by the estimation of many — including me — the greatest musical ever written. But you wouldn’t know it from the slow and unsteady revival starring Audra McDonald that opened Thursday at ...

Back in 2003, when the third revival of “Gypsy” opened on Broadway, the big behind-the-scenes news was a spat that broke out in previews between the show’s director, Sam Mendes, and Arthur Laurents’ ...

Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time, by critics and historians. Its central character, Mama Rose, is the ultimate stage mother and has been catnip for some of the finest musical theater ...

Mama Rose long has been known for her powerhouse belt and for being the scariest Bad Showbiz Mother, but not for moving the audience to tears. Audra McDonald, surely the best actress ever to play this ...

Here she is, boys! Gypsy is back on Broadway and Audra McDonald is a Mama Rose for the ages. This new revival breathes new life into one of musical theater’s most iconic works. Based on the memoirs of ...

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 kind of revival: one that excavates ...

Audra McDonald scintillates — and terrifies — as the mama with a heart of sticks, stones, and gold bricks. Well, it’s back. Again. And, as directed by George C. Wolfe and choreographed by Camille A.

Audra McDonald is sharing some insights into how she thinks about the character of Mama Rose. The Tony-winning performer will be taking on the iconic role in Gypsy beginning in November and McDonald ...

Hunkered down in a West Side restaurant the other night, the writer and director George C. Wolfe and the choreographer Camille A. Brown reminisced about how they’d met. Wolfe, who is a puckish seventy ...

In multiple outstanding reviews of the newly revived Broadway musical Gypsy, six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald has been applauded for her outstanding performance as the main character Mama ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In the Broadway world, it's a big deal that 'Gypsy' is back. The show officially returns to Broadway Thursday night at the Majestic Theater. Six-time Tony Award-winning actress ...