“Gypsy” Coming to Broadway
After a limited engagement this past summer at City Center, the inaugural production of the Encores! Summer Stars series, the acclaimed mounting of “Gypsy” starring Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone will arrive on Broadway in 2008.
According to a casting notice, the classic musical will open at a Broadway theatre-to-be-announced March 27, 2008. Rehearsals will begin Jan. 27, 2008. “Gypsy” co-creator Arthur Laurents, who helmed the City Center run, will direct on Broadway as well. The casting notice says that the entire cast of the Encores! production have been offered the chance to repeat their roles on Broadway, but only LuPone has currently been cast. Richard Frankel Productions is producing.
