Theater News

Gypsy to Close on May 30

| New York City |

April 21, 2004

The Broadway revival of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters, John Dossett, and Tammy Blanchard will close on May 30 after 33 previews and 451 regular performances.The Sam Mendes-directed show, which opened on May 5, 2003, was nominated for four Tony Awards but won none, though its cast recording did receive the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The production has had a somewhat troubled history: Peters missed a number of performances due to illness in the early part of the run and a closing notice was previously posted for February 28 but later rescinded.

In his review of Gypsy for TheaterMania, David Finkle wrote that “Individual scenes still have the ability to silence or rouse an audience, depending on what’s transpiring. Some sequences — like that first act finale, where Rose wails while Louise and Herbie quail, and that second act finale, where Rose finally shines the spotlight on herself — have the ability both to silence and rouse.”