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Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.   

Gypsy is based on the1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother,Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother."  In particular, it follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships ofshow businesslife.  The character of Louise is based on Gypsy Rose Lee, and the character of June is based on Lees sister, the actress June Havoc.

The musical contains many songs that have became popular standards, including "Small World," "Everythings Coming up Roses", "Youll Never Get Away from Me," and "Let Me Entertain You." It is frequently considered one of the crowning achievements of the mid-20th centurys conventional musical theatre art form, often called the "book musical."

Gypsy has been referred to as the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers, and Frank Rich even goes so far as to call it the American musical theatres answer to King Lear. Theatre critic Clive Barneswrote that "Gypsy is one of the best of musicals...." He described the character of Rose as "one of the few truly complex characters in the American musical...."