Gypsy
Jule Styne
Gypsy, a musical fable
Musical in two acts.
Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Libretto by Arthur Laurents
Premiered at the Broadway Theater on May 21, 1959
Originally produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward
Original staging and choreography by Jerome Robbins
Production by the Philharmonie de Paris
Gypsy is presented by agreement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC
Infos
Mulhouse
La Filature
Strasbourg
Opéra
Gypsy is being performed as a replacement for Follies. If you have a ticket for Follies, it is valid for Gypsy on the same date and under the same conditions. For any questions, exchange requests, or refunds, please contact the box office in Strasbourg or Mulhouse.
Show with intermission
Cast
Mise en scène, costumes Laurent Pelly Traduction des dialogues Agathe Mélinand Chorégraphie Lionel Hoche Lumières Marco Giusti Scénographie Massimo Troncanetti Collaboration aux costumes Victoria Rastello Collaboration aux coiffures et maquillages Daniela Eschbacher Design sonore Unisson Design Décor sonore Aline Loustalot Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Artists
Rose Natalie Dessay Louise Neïma Naouri Distribution en cours
Presentation
In the Roaring Twenties in America, they are known as stage mothers. These women, whose own dreams have been thwarted, live out their fantasies of fame through their children: they are willing to make any sacrifice and any compromise to see their offspring triumph under the spotlight. Rose is one of them. She wants to turn her two daughters, the vivacious June and the shy Louise, into music hall stars, and doesn't hesitate to use her charms to find them a manager. With their vaudeville act, the little family travels the country, but the two girls grow up and their aspirations diverge. While June runs away with the handsome Tulsa, Louise, pushed by her mother, invents a character who will soon become legendary: Gypsy Rose Lee.
Freely adapted from the memoirs of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, famous across the Atlantic for elevating striptease to an art form, this ‘musical fable’ is one of the iconic works of the golden age of American musical theatre. Created at the Broadway Theatre in 1959, it marks the successful reunion of librettist Arthur Laurents and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, two years after West Side Story, with the fabulous composer Jule Styne. Laurent Pelly offers a dazzling production, imbued with the spirit of music hall, with an orchestra on stage and dialogues translated into French. He surrounds himself with a first-rate cast, led by his long-time collaborator Natalie Dessay alongside her daughter Neïma Naouri.
In English
Subtitles in French and German