1. The American Musical Gypsy A Musical
Advisor : Iris Hsin-chun Tuan
Student : Yellen Yuh-shiuan Leu
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Gypsy
Book by Arthur Laurents Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Music by Jule Styne
Suggested by the memoirs of burlesque stripper Gypsy Rose Lee,
this fast-paced “musical fable” set in the vaudeville circuit of the 1920s
and 1930s centers on the ruthless
attempt of a stage-mother-to-end-all-stage-mothers
to transform her daughters into stars.
Featuring an exceptionally strong score that includes such “hit” songs as
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Together, Wherever We Go,”
“Let Me Entertain You,” and “Small World”.
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Arthur Laurents
Born in 1918 in brooklyn
Discovered that “writing plays was happiness”
Drafted into the army before Pearl Habor.
Write books for the musicals Gypsy (1959)
Write the screenplays, also written for radio and television
honored by awards from many organizations
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Stephen Sondheim
One of America`s succsessful lyricists and composers
Born on March 22,1930,in New York
He wrote his first musical at 15
1950 graduated and started his career in show business
As a lyricist: Gypys (1959)
He was Oxford University`s first visitingprofessor of contemporary.
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Jule Styne
Composer,ranks as a major architect of the American musical theater.
Born on December 31,1905,in London`s East End.
Emigrated to the U.S in 1912
Had memorable songs for Broadway
Dead in 1994.
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Gypsy A Musical
Suggested by the memoirs of burlesque stripper
Gypsy Rose Lee.
Her memories,which focused on her
hardscabbled show-biz upbringing in the 1920s
and 1930s under the demanding eye of her
quintessential Stage Mother,bacme the musical
Comedy many vote for as the best of all.
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Gypsy A Musical
June
Has talent, elopes with Tulsa(A1S11:869)
“Momma can do one thing:
She can make herself belive anything she
makes up.”(A1S9:866)
Louise
“Momma,I am not June! I am not a blond!
I can`t do what she did.”(A2S1:871)
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Gypsy A Musical
ACT1 Scene 1~11
ACT2 Scene 1~6
Musical numbers
Climax: the transformation of duckling Louise into swan Gypsy
Metaphor
Ex Dreams.
The Stars and Stripes (A1S5:858)
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9. Running around the country like a Gypsy
1.Seattle
9.Detroit
4.12.NY
11.Boston
5.Buffalo
6.Omaha
10.Philadelphia
2.LA
3.Akron
8.Wichita
7.Texas
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10. Running around the country like a Gypsy
1.Seattle
9.Detroit
4.NY.12
11.Boston
5.Buffalo
6.Omaha
10.Philadelphia
2.LA
3.Akron
8.Wichita
7.Texas
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11. Topics For Critical Thinking And Writing
How sympathetic or unsympathetic do you find Rose to be?
Do you agree or disagree with the assertion that the ending of the play is sentimental? Could the play end with the conclusion of “Rose’s Turn”?
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12. Topics For Critical Thinking And Writing
Why do you think the transformation of Louise into Gypsy occurs so late in the play, in fact just before the end?
Discuss Herbie’s relationship with Rose. Why does he finally abandon her?
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13. Topics For Critical Thinking And Writing
In our postfeminist era how do you assess Rose’s prefeminist situation?
Gypsy is a theater work that seems to demand only one style of presentation. But use your imagination to conjure up alternative ways of staging it. Can you conceive of an inexpensive, minimalist production?
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14. The Play In Performance
Gypsy opened at the Broadway
Theater on May 21,1959,and closed on March 25,1961,after 702 performances.
Rosalind Rusell played Rose
Natalie Wood played Louise
In 1993 it became a television movie with Bette Midller.
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15. The Play In Performance Natalie Wood played Louise
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16. Louise`s birthday present A lamb (A1S6:860)
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Rose.
You know ,I had a dream last night.
It was a big poster of mother and
daughter—you know, like the cover of that ladies` magazine.
(A2S6:883)
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In 1993 it became
a television movie
with Bette Midller.
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Stephen Sondheim
Into the Woods (1989)
The play in performance
March,2006
At National
Chiang Kai-shek
Cultural Center
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