“The quintessential American musical.” 

– The Hollywood Reporter

“I've always had only one choice in the category of favorite musical. It is Gypsy...a wrenching fable about a tyrannical stage mother and the daughters she both champions and cripples - yet also a showcase for one classic Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim song and rousing Jerome Robbins vaudeville routine after another.” 

– Frank Rich, The New York Times

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“Styne’s score [is] one of the best for any show ever.” 

– Ben Brantley, The New York Times

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“Fabulous... a testament to the power of the integrated musical in that the book by Arthur Laurents, the music by Jule Styne and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim are all partners in a genuine coalition.” 

– Michael Billington, The Guardian

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“Gypsy, the 1959 fable of the last days of vaudeville, shines with a magnified transparency that lets you see right down to the naked core of characters so hungry for attention that it warps them.” 

– Ben Brantley, The New York Times

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“With its backstage shenanigans, dark-tinged striver's success story, and characters perpetually on the road, Gypsy is arguably, in thematic terms, the quintessential American musical.”

 – Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter