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Mother Load.(Theater review)
"God is love, but get it in writing." So said the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, who knew a lot about conditional love. She grew up Rose Louise Hovick, the fetching but untalented elder daughter of a stagestruck Seattle divorcee, Rose Hovick, who was hellbent on turning her two girls into vaudeville stars. The 1959 musical "Gypsy" (at the St. James, under the deft direction of Arthur Laurents, who also wrote the book) burnishes primarily the legend of the hard-driving Momma Rose--not that of her late-blooming daughter, who is nevertheless best remembered by this terrific show (music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) and by the sendup of her autodidactic ...
- Finnegan puts a kick in Momma Rose's story.(Time Out!)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Vitello, Barbara September 16, 2005 700+ words
...actress as the mother of all stage mothers, Momma Rose. Famed 1920s stripper Gypsy Rose Lee inspired the title of this bitter and sweet...supporting player into glamorous headliner Gypsy Rose Lee, Louise becomes a burlesque star, while jealous...
- OCEAN LAKES HIGH SENIOR GETS CHANCE TO SHINE IN ``GYPSY''.(VIRGINIA BEACH...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Edwards, Gary July 14, 1996 700+ words
...memoir of Gypsy Rose Lee's life. The...made by her mother Momma Rose, played by Shauna...stage parent. Momma Rose pushed her two...You know Gypsy Rose Lee never exposed herself...Shauna Kelln plays Momma Rose. The musical opens...
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- Reference information from: The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana Tad Tuleja January 1, 1994 700+ words
00-00-0000 Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy Rose Lee See Gypsy Rose LEE.
- Golly, that's Gypsy Rose Lee's 15-pound gown! (Hollywood Costume Museum)
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Glover, Kara July 29, 1991 700+ words
Golly, that's Gypsy Rose Lee's 15-pound gown! The costume consists of a beige frock covered...it would fall to the ground when the stripper wearing it, Gypsy Rose Lee, disrobed. At the far end of the room is a case filled with accessories...
- With her perfect figure and slow, sensual routine, Gypsy Rose Lee was the most...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Mulkerrins, Jane April 22, 2003 700+ words
...bow, the crowd was transfixed and a star was born: Gypsy Rose Lee, destined to be the most famous stripper in the world. Next...forced to become a stripper by her exploitative mother. Gypsy Rose Lee was born Rose Louise Hovick in Seattle in 1914, but was known...
- Rose Lee Appointed President of Saint-Gobain Crystals.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 4, 2008 700+ words
HIRAM, Ohio, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacques Aschenbroich, CEO of Saint-Gobain Corporation announced today that Rose Lee has been appointed president of Saint-Gobain Crystals. Lee will commence her new role effective September 1, 2008. Lee...
- It happened in Brooklyn.(February House: The Story of W.H. Auden, Carson...
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Stone, Martha E. July 1, 2005 700+ words
...McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Wartime America by Sherill Tippins Houghton...wife of the automobile manufacturer). And, yes, Gypsy Rose Lee, who added a great deal of vivacity to the house and learned...
- Rose Lee Perry.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot August 4, 2009 700+ words
VIRGINIA BEACH - Rose Lee Perry, 86, died Aug. 1, 2009. A funeral will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Upper Room on the Rock COGIC. Beach Funeral Services Inc. is in charge.