This year, The Wiz celebrates its 50th birthday; the show opened January 5, 1975, at the Majestic Theatre. And what better way to celebrate than with a new national tour? Before the national tour eases on down …

Review of the Saturday, February 8, 2025 matinee at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Starring Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein, Joy Woods, Jordan Tyson, Kevin Csolak, Lesli Margherita, Lili Thomas and Mylin…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

Lesli reveals all about the future of Tessie's Turn. Plus, an insider's perspective on the Majestic Theatre restoration, dropping in on the Phantom's box and hanging out with the GYPSY kids. Get tickets to GY…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

When Danny Burstein’s casting as Momma Rose’s loyal lover Herbie in Gypsy was announced, social media exploded with celebratory posts and comments. After more than three decades on Broadway, a Tony Award fo…

Cary Grant, actor ((1904–1986).Born 121 years ago today, Cary Grant is far from a forgotten figure. His excellent work as an actor could easily have faded from popular culture like many film stars of Hollywoo…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

Audra McDonald in a scene from George C. Wolfe’s production of “Gypsy” at the Majestic Theatre (Photo credit: Julia Cervantes) Mama Rose in the musical Gypsy, the 1959 collaboration of Arthur Laurents (bo…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

The curtain came down on the Broadway show “Left on Tenth” and it was time to walk the stars. Few Tony-honored artists have two shows playing on Broadway at the same time but animal trainer and behaviorist …

Which Broadway overtures stand out as ovation-worthy? The opinion might be a little bit biased at the Majestic Theatre, but when BroadwayWorld asked the question just last month, the resounding response from th…

The widely anticipated revival of “Gypsy “on Broadway has finally arrived, along with the reopening of the Majestic Theatre after a healthy renovation, requiring the theatre to be closed for nearly eighteen…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

You enter the Majestic Theatre to see GYPSY and expect to be overwhelmed by one artist who has received six...Continue Reading The post GYPSY: A TALE OF TWELVE TONYS appeared first on BroadwaySelect.

GYPSY, starring six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald as 'Mama' Rose Hovick, is officailly open at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre. BroadwayWorld has your inside look into the opening night afterparty!…

The revival, starring Audra McDonald, opens December 19 at the Majestic Theatre. playbill.com. Leaked footage from James Gunn's coming Superman ...

Broadway, Broadway how great you are. December 19 was a night for the history books. The Majestic Theatre, formerly (and maybe still) occupied by an opera-singing Phantom, is now home to six-time Tony winner A…

Gypsy is officially back on Broadway! The musical's latest revival, directed by George C. Wolfe, opened December 19 at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre, boasting six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as th…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

Majestic Theatre, New York Stephen Sondheim’s much-adored musical gets a dazzling new makeover with a bravura turn from the six-time Tony award winner As long as there have been child stars, there have been p…

Theatrely's Broadway review of the revival of Gypsy starring Audra McDonald and Joy Woods at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.

Curtain up! Light the lights! Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald takes on the role of a lifetime, playing 'Mama' Rose Hovick in the classic musical, Gypsy, opening tonight at the newly renovated Majestic…

Watch the trailer for the new Broadway revival of GYPSY, starring six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald as Rose, at the Majestic Theatre. Check out all new video footage from the production here! In addit…

Preston as Harold Hill selling a bill of goods to Barbara Cook as Marian in “The Music Man” (1957).Same age as me, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man is sixty-seven. My birthday is in March but every Decem…

The new Broadway revival of GYPSY, starring six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald as Rose, opens tonight at the Majestic Theatre. Check out all new video footage from the production here! 

The revival of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim's musical Gypsy is currently running at the Majestic Theatre. It stars six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Rose, Joy Woods as Louise, Jordan Tyson…

CBS Sunday Morning spoke with Audra McDonald and director George C. Wolfe about their production of Gypsy, currently running on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre, and the task of taking on a character like Mama…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now, in keeping w…

In the 65 years since she first charmed and horrified theatergoers, Momma Rose has become more of a legacy than a character. Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone are the …

It's a week of Broadway classics and long-running favorites on The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal! See what's in store on the latest episode.  See Audra McDonald, Broadway's latest legendary Momma Rose, ta…

Don't miss our Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale! Click HERE. It ends today!! The leaves have fallen, and colder breezes are here. It has even snowed some places! I enjoy the winter months. As a theater-goer, t…

Gypsy, the much-anticipated musical revival starring Audra McDonald, was at standing room only during its first week of previews at the Majestic Theatre, grossing $770,349 for only three performances. At that r…

Head inside The Majestic Theatre for Audra McDonald and the company of Gypsy’s 1st curtain call on Broadway. Filmed by @bwaySHO See you at the SHO! #audra #audragypsy

The revival of GYPSY beginning previews on Broadway tonight,  Thursday, November 21 at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre.  The production has released its official first look at Tony Award-winner Audra Mc…

The Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald as Momma Rose, begins performances at the renovated Majestic Theatre on November 21 ahead of an official opening night on December 19. “It's overwhelmin…

The revival will begin previews on Nov. 21 ahead of a Dec. 19 opening night at the Majestic Theatre

A reconfigured version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera will embark on a multi-year North American tour. The production will launch in November 2025 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, MD…

This week, The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is taking you from the open seas to the Hollywood streets to the Orpheum Circuit. Read more about what’s on tap. John Gallagher Jr. is setting sail in Swept Awa…

Two of this season's most anticipated shows are revivals, one a modern era classic, the other a Golden Age classic. Both shows have had previous revivals, but these both aim to be different than their predecess…

The GYPSY box office will open at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre on Thursday, October 10, at 10am (EST). Find out how to get exclusive seats and a signed window card!

It kind of makes sense that so many people are drawing comparisons betweenThe Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play that opened this week at the Broadhurst Theatre; and Gypsy, the classic Jule Styne…

Featured casting is complete for the Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald as Momma Rose. Directed by five-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe with choreography by four-time Tony nominee Camille A.…

The new production will begin previews on Nov. 21 and open on Dec. 19 at the Majestic Theatre. 

Joy Woods and Jordan Tyson, Middle and Young Allie in Broadway’s The Notebook, will reunite as sisters Louise as June, respectively, in the upcoming revival of Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald as Momma Rose.…

Watch as GYPSY leading lady Audra McDonald ushers in the reopening of the Majestic. Get tickets to GYPSY: https://www.broadway.com/shows/gypsy/

When Audra McDonald made her Broadway debut in The Secret Garden at the St. James Theatre in 1992, her across-the-street neighbor, The Phantom of the Opera, was already four years into its run at the Majestic …

Tony Award winner Danny Burstein has joined six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald in the upcoming revival of Gypsy in the role of the mild-mannered former talent agent Herbie. Performances will begin N…

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage…

Check out footage of the reopening of the newly-restored Majestic Theatre!

 The Shubert Organization hosted a reveal of the newly restored Majestic Theatre  on Monday, September 9 after a 16-month restoration process. Check out photos of the newly restored theatre here!

After being home to The Phantom of the Opera for 35 years, the Majestic Theatre is reopening with Gypsy starring Audra McDonald! Hear the orchestra from the upcoming episode now. #shorts

... Majestic Theatre on Broadway. The Gypsy Broadway Revival Orchestra Plays the Show's Overture. 978 views · 6 hours ago ...more. Playbill. 213K.

The best of Broadway gathered on 44th Street to celebrate the reopening of the iconic Majestic Theatre from the Shubert Organization and the upcoming revival of Gypsy starring Audra McDonald.Check out photos f…

Andy Einhorn leads the Gypsy orchestra in a special performance of the show's overture at the newly reopened Majestic Theatre on Broadway.

Join @bwaySHO as we get a first look at the Majestic Theatre ahead of Audra McDonald’s iconic return to the stage in GYPSY. Farewell to Phantom of the Opera. See you at the SHO! #Gypsy #audramcdonald #maj…

Audra McDonald and the Gypsy orchestra have reopened the Majestic Theatre! Get a first listen to the overture from the upcoming revival.

Where did summer go? Personally, I'm happy for the fall - it'll get cooler, the leaves will turn, and the new Broadway season will be in full swing! As always, though, before we look ahead, we like to take stoc…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Welcome to BWW's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favor…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The new documentary film, The Show Must Go On, premiered last night in front of a live audience at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre, home of The Phantom of the Opera, the longest r…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Fantasies unwound last night at the Majestic Theatre, where the longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated its 30th Annive…

Check out pics of the new Majestic Theatre marquee for Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Phantom of the Opera continues to haunt the Majestic Theatre eight times a week. In celebration of the musical and its continuing hold over the hearts and minds of audiences ac…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Broadway is on its way back, and everything's as if we never said goodbye. Earlier this week, stars showed up at the Majestic Theatre for the first red carpet since the Broadway s…

 Broadway Jeopardy! Game 8 OK, Broadway trivia fans! Time for another round of America's favorite game show a la JK's TheatreScene, and as you'll see we are going for the heart of the theater district this…

New York, NY – Broadway is set to welcome a new revival of the classic musical Gypsy, with the iconic

By: David Sheward May 29, 2024: The rumors have been confirmed. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will tackle the King Lear of musical theater roles when she plays Mama Rose in the fifth Broadway revival o…

Gypsy, the musical by Jule Styne, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim, will be revived on Broadway with six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald starring as Momma Rose. The production will be directed by fiv…

Hear McDonald sing from the score in a video preview from the revival, set to open in December.

Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall in one of musical theater’s greatest roles: “Mama” Rose of Gypsy. The revival will be directed by George C. Wolfe, with choreogr…

Audra McDonald will reopen Broadway’s Majestic Theatre with a new production of Gypsy. McDonald will play Rose, one of the top roles in musical theater, which has been played by the likes of Ethel Merman, Ang…

Painted black for all 35 years of The Phantom of the Opera's historic run, the iconic marquee has now been restored to its former glory.

Robert Morse as Jerry/Daphne and Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine in “Sugar” (1972). Photo by Martha Swope.April 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Fifty-two years ago tonight, the first m…

75 years ago, Rodgers and Hammerstein's fifth musical as a pair, South Pacific, opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. It ran for almost five years and 1925 performances.

The cast of the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Photo by Matthew Murphy. North Park Lexus San Antonio & Dominion Broadway in San Antonio at the Majestic Theatre, has announced the 2024-202…

by Nat Hrvatin. @NatHrvatin. NEW YORK - Several sources have reported seeing a mysterious figure lurking under The Majestic Theatre’s...

 Is the Theater Back to its Pre-pandemic Pleasures? By Elyse Sommer There are indeed signals for optimism that the worst of the pandemic is over, at least in the theater.    Long shuttered Broadway venues ha…

As part of the load-out of the Broadway production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – the all-time longest-running show in Broadway history, which recently concluded its record-breaking run after an unprecedente…

Be on the lookout for The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater news program, on your local TV station. Featured this week: - Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek sits down with …

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ended its history-making run April 16 at the Majestic Theatre.