Gypsy

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Broadway musical stage musical

Gypsy is a celebrated Broadway musical—later adapted into film and television—based on the memoirs of burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee, renowned for its powerful score and the iconic stage role of her domineering mother, Mama Rose.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical → stage musical →
adaptedAs	1962 film Gypsy → 1993 television film Gypsy → multiple television productions →
alsoKnownAs	Gypsy: A Musical Fable →
basedOn	Gypsy: A Memoir → memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee →
bookBy	Arthur Laurents →
centralTheme	ambition → parent-child relationships → show business →
choreographer	Jerome Robbins →
composer	Jule Styne →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Jerome Robbins →
hasGenre	biographical musical → drama → musical theatre →
hasIconicRole	Mama Rose →
language	English →
lyricist	Stephen Sondheim →
mainCharacter	Gypsy Rose Lee → June → Rose Hovick NERFINISHED →
notableCharacter	Mama Rose →
notableRevivalLocation	Broadway → West End →
notableSong	Everything’s Coming Up Roses → Let Me Entertain You → Rose’s Turn → Small World → Some People → Together, Wherever We Go → You’ll Never Get Away from Me →
originalBroadwayCity	New York City →
originalBroadwayOpeningDate	1959-05-21 →
originalProductionType	Broadway →
originalTheatre	Broadway Theatre →
producer	David Merrick → Leland Hayward →
recognizedAs	one of the greatest American musicals →
roleOfEthelMerman	Mama Rose →
setting	burlesque world → vaudeville circuit →
starred	Ethel Merman →
subjectMatter	life of Gypsy Rose Lee → relationship between stage mother and daughters →
timePeriodDepicted	1920s → 1930s →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Angela Lansbury → Bette Midler → Craig Zadan → Imelda Staunton ("Gypsy (2015 West End revival)") → Mervyn LeRoy → Neil Meron ("Gypsy (1993 television film)") → Sophie Cookson → Stephen Sondheim → Tyne Daly →	notableWork
Mervyn LeRoy → Sam Mendes →	directed
Gypsy ("1993 television film Gypsy") →	adaptedAs
Gypsy ("Gypsy: A Musical Fable") →	alsoKnownAs
Sophie Cookson →	appearedIn
Gypsy ("Gypsy: A Memoir") →	basedOn
June Havoc →	portrayedIn
Neil Meron ("Gypsy (1993 television film)") →	producerOf
Tyne Daly →	tonyAwardFor