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    Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper
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    Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper

    Written by Gypsy Rose Lee

    Narrated by MEOW, MEOW

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    Gypsy Rose Lee’s memoir became a New York Times best seller in 1957, inspiring the 1959 hit musical, two movies, and three revivals. A fourth, directed by Arthur Laurents and starring Patti LuPone, lit up New York, winning top Broadway theatre awards, including three 2008 Tony Awards, as well as raves from critics and audiences.

    The memoir, which Gypsy began as a series of pieces for The New Yorker, contains an afterword by her son, Erik Lee Preminger. At turns touching and hilarious, Gypsy describes her childhood trouping across 1920s America through her rise to stardom as The Queen of Burlesque in 1930s New York — where gin came in bathtubs, gangsters were celebrities, and Walter Winchell was king.

    Gypsy’s story features outrageous characters — among them Broadway’s funny girl, Fanny Brice, who schooled Gypsy in how to be a star; gangster Waxy Gordon, who fixed her teeth; and her indomitable mother, Rose, who lived by her own version of the Golden Rule: “Do unto others...before they do you.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9781623172657
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    Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper
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    Gypsy Rose Lee

    Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970) was the most famous American burlesque performer of her day. Renowned as much for her witty repartee as her striptease act, she also appeared in 12 films and her own TV show. A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Lee published two novels and her memoir, Gypsy (1957), which became the inspiration for the hugely popular Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable and the 1962 film starring Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood.

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