Bernadette Peters "GYPSY" Stephen Sondheim / Jule Styne 2003 "Playbill" Magazine

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This is a rare May 31st, 2003 issue of "PLAYBILL", the "National Theatre Magazine" featuring BERNADETTE PETERS on the front cover. She was starring  in the
Broadway revival of the ARTHUR LAURENTS, JULE STYNE and STEPHEN SONDHEIM musical comedy "GYPSY" at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre in New York City. (The production opened
May 1st, 2003
and ran for 451 performances.) ..... The musical starred BERNADETTE PETERS as "Mama Rose" (the role originated by ETHEL MERMAN in 1959) and featured TAMMY BLANCHARD as "Louise" and JOHN DOSSETT as "Herbie". Others in the cast included BROOKS ASHMANSKAS, KATE BUDDEKE, DAVID BURTKA, JULIE HALSTON, HEATHER LEE, MICHAEL McCORMICK, MAUREEN MOORE, WILLIAM PARRY, KATE REINDERS, HEATHER TEPE, ADDISON TIMLIN, MATT BAUER, GRAHAM BOWEN, BENJAMIN BROOKS COHEN, MacINTYRE DIXON, JOEY DUDDING, WALLY DUNN, BRANDON ESPINOZA, TIM FEDERLE, EAMON FOLEY, JENNA GAVIGAN, SARAH JAYNE JENSEN, MOLLY GRANT KALLINS, DONTEE KIEHN, GINIFER KING, GINA LAMPARELLA, JULIE MARTELL, PAMELA REMLER, STEPHEN SCOTT SCARPULLA, CHANDRA LEE SCHWARTZ, ALEXANDRA STEVENS, CATHY TRIEN and JORDAN VISCOMI ..... CREDITS: Music by JULE STYNE ("Bells Are Ringing", "Darling of the Day", "Do Re Mi", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Funny Girl", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Hazel Flagg", "High Button Shoes", "Lorelei", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Sugar", "Prettybelle" and "Two on the Aisle"); Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS suggested by the memoirs of GYPSY ROSE LEE; Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM ("A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum", "West Side Story", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Sweeney Todd", "Pacific Overtures", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Sunday in the Park With George", "Into the Woods", "Passion", "Assassins", "Road Show", "The Frogs"); Sets and Costumes designed by ANTHONY WARD; Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS and JERRY MITCHELL; Directed by SAM MENDES; Produced by ROBERT FOX, RON KASTNER, ROGER MARINO, MICHAEL WATT and HARVEY WEINSTEIN
..... DETAILS: The 64 page magazine measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes an article on BERNADETTE PETERS (second and third scanned images) as well as articles on the revival of Eugene O'Neill's "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT" starring BRIAN DENNEHY and the late PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, the musical revue "THE LOOK OF LOVE: The Songs of BURT BACHARACH and HAL DAVID", the London production of "RAGTIME", Actors' Equity at 90 and KATE MULGREW starring as "Katharine Hepburn" in "TEA AT FIVE" as well as other London, Regional, Broadway and Off-Broadway news ..... CONDITION: With the exception of an address label on the back cover, this magazine is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.