Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
Acting
Midler's Rose is a freight train of delusion and desperation.
Writing
Sondheim's lyrics slice deeper than any dialogue could.
Production
Vaudeville decay captured in gloriously tacky detail.
Director
Emile Ardolino
Bette Midler
Rose Hovick
Cynthia Gibb
Louise Hovick / Gypsy Rose Lee
Elisabeth Moss
'Baby' Louise Hovick
Peter Riegert
Herbie Sommers
Jennifer Rae Beck
June Hovick
Lacey Chabert
'Baby' June Hovick
Ed Asner
Charles Thompson
Christine Ebersole
Tessie Tura
Linda Hart
Miss Mazeppa
Tony Shalhoub
Uncle Jocko
Michael Jeter
Mr. Goldstone
Andrea Martin
Miss Cratchitt
Rachel Sweet
Agnes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elisabeth Moss plays young Louise here, years before her own 'Mad Men' fame—she's been playing complicated women since childhood.
The real Gypsy Rose Lee became a celebrity intellectual, palling around with Sartre and Picasso—the film hints at this transformation but can't quite capture her radical reinvention.
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