The Making of Gypsy (The Great Broadway Musicals) (Paperback)

by Keith Garebian (Author)

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Garebian has packed the book with fascinating backstage stories: bizarre, hilarious, dramatic. -- The Globe and Mail --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Here's the story of the musical version of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee's life. Highlighted by 15 illustrations, Keith Garebian gives behind-the-scenes information about Ethel Merman and Angela Lansbury, both of whom portrayed the flamboyant "artist," and provides an in-depth analysis of the play's structure, words, and music.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Mosaic Press (NY) (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889626545
• ISBN-13: 978-0889626546
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #913,108 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 7, 1999

By	Scott E. Miller "author, director, composer" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a disappointing book. There's nothing new here at all, and it's a chore to get through this book even though it's awfully short. There are also a number of factual errors. Don't waste your money.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What's the point?, November 12, 2001

By	little-miss "little-miss" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Making of Gypsy (Classic Broadway Musicals) (Paperback)

Why bother with a book that has incorrect information. Mr. Garebian didn't bother to read most of the articles he cites in his bibliography or he simply didn't do the research. In GYPSY, there are four songs, which were new written for the musical, and the rest are "trunk" songs (pulled from Styne's repertoire). It's a fairly well known fact which ones are "trunk" sings & which ones aren't, and Mr. Garebian gets it wrong, wrong, wrong.

It's really too bad. The idea for the book is a nice one, but it's so poorly executed you wouldn't want to rely on any fact in this book without checking and rechecking it against other sources.