Helen Shaw reviews the revival of Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne’s musical, directed by George C. Wolfe, about Momma Rose and Gypsy Rose Lee.
Promise the audience something, then make ’em wait; that’s also the strategy of the fifth Broadway revival of the legendary musical “Gypsy,” from 1959, now at the Majestic. The key promise here lies in Audra McDonald, the once-in-a-generation soprano megastar and winner of six Tony Awards, who plays Rose, Gypsy’s ambitious juggernaut of a stage mother.
Traditionally, the mid-act “Baby June and Her Newsboys” number goes on long enough that the younger members of the ensemble are replaced by grownup performers. Here, as the actors execute Camille A. Brown’s vigorous choreography, Jordan Tyson tap-dances on as an older June, and Joy Woods enters as a teen-age Louise. But Wolfe also has Rose change the backup dancers from a cohort of Black children to a company of young white men.
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