The Making of Gypsy
- ISBN-10
- 0889626545
- ISBN-13
- 9780889626546
- Pages
- 130
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mosaic Press
- Author
- Keith Garebian
Description
The difficulty for a modern star in Gypsy today is the competition with a ghost-Ethel Merman's, to be exact. It's no longer a case of making the role Mama Rose credible in all her volcano-force anomalies-of making her seem crazy yet funny, pitiful, and savage, sinner, and sinned against. She is downright interesting in her own right and in Arthur Laurent's writing, only a sub-par actress would fail to capitalize on that interest.
