Audra McDonald stars as Mama Rose in George C. Wolfe's Tony Award® nominated revival of GYPSY.
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"McDonald is the star such a Rose hoped for. Doing a psychological striptease, showing more of the character’s rage than her predecessors, she is stupendously affecting. So, if a bit intermittently, is the show"
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"McDonald’s take on Momma Rose is all her own from her very first line to her triumphant final song."
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"She’s [Audra McDonald] a revelation. So, too, is the rest of George C. Wolfe’s deeply intelligent and beautifully mounted production, which comes as a happy surprise."
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"Though Wolfe hasn’t double underlined it in his production, the reality of McDonald as the first Black Rose on Broadway also finds full manifestation in the complex knot of hurt, defiance, and rage that is her 'Rose’s Turn'."
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"Ms. McDonald’s lifts this staging to majestic heights."
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"McDonald certainly makes a good a case as anyone ever has for Rose"
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"She is both a force and a reflection of what the world offers women"
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"McDonald...and Wolfe deliver what may be the most heartstopping 'Gypsy' you’ll ever see."
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