Gypsy - Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir became a New York Times bestseller in 1957, inspiring the
1959 hit musical, two movies, and three revivals. Now a fourth, directed by Arthur
Laurents and starring Patti LuPone, is lighting up New York, winning top Broadway
theatre awards, including three 2008 Tony Awards, as well as raves from critics and
audiences:

"No matter how long you live, you'll never see a more
exciting production."
-Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

"Watch out, New York! This GYPSY is a
wallop-packing show of raw power." -Ben Brantley, The New York Times

"Not your
ordinary theater experience. This is the best production
of the best damn musical
ever." -Liz Smith, Syndicated Columnist

The memoir, which Gypsy began as a series
of pieces for The New Yorker, contains photographs and newspaper clippings from her
personal scrapbooks and an afterword by her son, Erik Lee Preminger. At turns touching
and hilarious, Gypsy describes her childhood trouping across 1920s America through
her rise to stardom as The Queen of Burlesque in 1930s New York-where gin came in
bathtubs, gangsters were celebrities, and Walter Winchell was king.

Gypsy's story
features outrageous characters-among them Broadway's funny girl, Fanny Brice, who
schooled Gypsy in how to be a star; gangster Waxy Gordon, who fixed her teeth; and
her indomitable mother, Rose, who lived by her own version of the Golden Rule: "Do
unto others
before they do you."