The run closed March 25, 1961
- Opened
- May 21, 1959
- Closed
- March 25, 1961
- Performances
- 702
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Broadway Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 24th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Gypsy 7 more that season
| 1903 | Garrick Theatre Original | 1 perf. |
| 1974 | Winter Garden Theatre Revival · Arthur Laurents | 120 perf. |
| 1989 | St James Theatre Revival · Bonnie Walker | 581 perf. |
| 2003 | Shubert Theatre Revival · Sam Mendes | 451 perf. |
| 2008 | St. James Theatre Revival · Arthur Laurents | 332 perf. |
| 2016 | Transfer Transfer | |
| 2024 | Majestic Theatre Revival · George C. Wolfe | 269 perf. |
Who was in it66 named
Kathryn Albertson
Marvin Arnold
John Borden
Bobby Brownell
Patsy Bruder
Gene Castle
Ricky Coll
Faith Dane
Marilyn D Honau
Don Emmons
Chotzi Foley
Erv Harmon
Billy Harris
Gloria Kristy
Jody Lane
Merle Letowt
Loney Lewis
Barbara London
Denise Mclaglen
Theda Nelson
Michael Parks
Joan Petlak
Richard Porter
Marsha Rivers
Willy Sumner
Carroll Jo Towers
Ian Tucker
Marie Wallace
George Zima
Jeffrey Allan
Billy Curtis
Linda Donovan
Dick Foster
Harvey Hohnecker
Mark Hunter
Michael Mann
Jay Roy
Charles White
Jeffrey Bolton
Ruth Brian
Patty Brownell
Barbara Creed
Jeanne Elyse
Irving Harmon
Irene Paris
Nick Previti
Julia Ross
June Squibb
19 of these 66 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 47 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters8 roles recorded
Ethel Merman Rose
Sandra Church Louise
Jack Klugman Herbie
Lane Bradbury June
Paul Wallace Tulsa
Maria Karnilova Tessie Tura
Faith Dane Mazeppa
Chotzi Foley Electra
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Jerome Robbins
- Choreographer
- Jerome Robbins
- Producer
- David Merrick & Leland Hayward
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
'That afternoon she performed the show with the fevered pitch of Ethel Merman in Gypsy, rather than as the vulnerable lady the character was meant to be.'
Speaker not recorded. The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia Rick Pender Rowman Littlefield Publishing Lanh, p. 187- A celebrated revival of the musical opened on Broadway in 1989, starring Tyne Daley. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 177
- At first there was hope that the Gypsy team of Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim would be reunited to write the score, but Sondheim wasn’t interested and Styne contacted Bob Merrill. Some of their songs, however, virtually replaced those used Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 199
- Some of their songs, however, virtually replaced those used in comparable situations in Gypsy— “I’m the Greatest Star” for “Some People,” “Don’t Rain on My Parade” for “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” and “The Music That Makes Me Dance” (which suggested Fanny Brice’s closely identified theme song, “My Man”) for “Rose’s… Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 231
- ayride (1944; 481 performances; with Gypsy’s sister June Havoc) and As the Girls Go (1948; 420 performances; the plot dealt with the first woman president, and Clark played the First Husband). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 70
- "Liza, the Darling’s maid, was played by Jacqueline Mayro, who had created the role of Baby June in the original Broadway production of Gypsy ." Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 416
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Gypsy at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.