Merle Louise, whose Broadway debut in the original cast of Gypsy launched a decades-long association with Stephen Sondheim that would include notable appearances in Company, Sweeney Todd and Into The ...

Merle made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Gypsy. She began her run in the ... She earned a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of The Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber ...

Associated Press file photo Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online ... Blanchard was granted parole after serving 85% of her original sentence, Pojmann said.

Louise landed the ensemble role of Thelma in the original 1959 Broadway production of Gypsy. She soon took on the featured role of Dainty June in the musical, both on Broadway and in the first ...