syadler
Jun 15, 2008, 09:09 PM
Who starred in the original musical on broadway with the name of "Gypsy"?
Clough
Jun 17, 2008, 02:59 AM
From the following site: Gypsy: A Musical Fable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy:_A_Musical_Fable)
1959 Original Broadway productionThe original production opened on May 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21), 1959 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959), at The Broadway Theatre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Theatre), moved to the Imperial Theatre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Theatre), and ran for 702 performances after 2 previews. Produced by David Merrick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Merrick) it starred Ethel Merman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Merman), Jack Klugman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Klugman), Maria Karnilova (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Karnilova), and Sandra Church in the title role. Direction and choreography were by Jerome Robbins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Robbins); critic Frank Rich has referred to Robbins's work as one of the most influential stagings of a musical in American theatrical history.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy:_A_Musical_Fable#cite_note-rich-1) The original production received eight Tony Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Awards) nominations, including best musical, best musical actress, best featured actor, best featured actress, best scenic design, best costume design, and best direction of a musical, but failed to win any.