2024年12月29日 · Ethel Merman starred in the original Broadway production of Gypsy, which opened on May 21, 1959, at The Broadway Theatre, before transferring to the Imperial Theatre. The production closed on...

2024年11月12日 · Ethel Merman. Sing out, Louise! Ethel Merman will forever be synonymous with Mama Rose as the first and perhaps the most famous Mama Rose of all time. She was known for her belt — and not wearing a microphone to project to the back of the theatre.

2011年5月12日 · The incomparable Ethel Merman in her final Broadway performance as Mama Rose in Gypsy on March 25, 1961.Enjoy!

A musical based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee was a project of producer David Merrick and actress Ethel Merman. Merrick had read a chapter of Lee's memoirs in Harper's Magazine and approached Lee to obtain the rights. Jerome Robbins was interested and wanted Leland Hayward as co-producer; Merman also wanted Hayward to produce her next show. [5]

1 天前 · From Ethel Merman to Audra McDonald, a Mama Rose fan shares her memories of seeing the musical masterpiece on Broadway---It's been a while since we published one of our Theatre Lovers essays, but at Gypsy with Audra McDonald, I began chatting with my seatmate, who saw Ethel Merman in the musical back in the day! We couldn't resist sharing her ...

2019年5月20日 · Ethel Merman originated Rose Hovick and made the role indelibly her own. After huge success starring on Broadway and in Hollywood in Anything Goes, Call Me Madam, and Annie Get Your Gun, Merman needed another big hit, and the creative team delivered with what is arguably Merman’s greatest role.

2013年7月11日 · The musical, which featured music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents, gave Merman the role of a lifetime, Rose Hovick, the mother of the celebrated burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee.

The role of rose was played by Broadway icon Bernadette Peters, and despite initial scepticism as to her casting, she received excellent notices, with many saying she had finally taken the role away from the Ethel Merman model.

2008年4月13日 · Ever since she made her first appearance in the brassy, larger-than-life performance of Ethel Merman in 1959, Gypsy's Mama Rose has been a touchstone of musical theater.

From Ethel to Tyne to Betty to Patti, The Many Faces of Gypsy's Infamous Mama Rose We take a look back at the divas who took on the epic role of Rose to celebrate the critically acclaimed...