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By the end of "Gypsy"(now in revival at the Shubert), the show's heroine, Louise (Tammy Blanchard), has triumphed over the odds that appeared to be stacked against her--lack of money, lack of encouragement, and the blind fidelity of her mother, Rose, to her other, seemingly more talented daughter, June (Kate Reinders). Under the stage name Gypsy Rose Lee, Louise has metamorphosed from a sweet, timid little girl into the most popular draw in burlesque. She has invented and perfected the strip-as-tease--turning it into an early form of performance art--and in doing so she has catapulted herself beyond the fading glitz of vaudeville, her mother's world, and beyond her mother ...