Scoop: Talks Underway to Bring GYPSY Starring Imelda Staunton to Broadway!

The acclaimed West End run of GYPSY, starring Imelda Staunton (newly minted with a slew of awards, including a BWW: UK Award announced on Thursday) will come to a close on Sunday. Fear not though, as the show was filmed by the BBC for broadcast this Christmas (no US air-date yet, but talks are underway).

More good news, Baz Bamingboye reports in the UK Daily Mail that Broadway could indeed be next, writing "'We are actively pursuing and trying to work out the right way to go to New York with Imelda in Gypsy,' said Michael Harrison, who produced the show with David Ian. The Jonathan Kent production recouped its costs and made a profit for investors which (as we know) doesn't happen with every musical production." He also notes "

Writer Stephen Sondheim was sitting behind me at the Savoy last Saturday and said it was 'beyond doubt' that Staunton's Rose was one of the best he has seen."

The new West End Gypsy features Imelda Staunton as the indomitable Momma Rose, Lara Pulver as Louise, and Peter Davison as Herbie. The cast also features Dan Burton as Tulsa, Billy Hartman as Uncle Jocko, Jack Chissick as Mr Goldstone, Anita Louise Combe as Tessie Tura, Harry Dickman as Pop, Lucinda Shaw as Mother, Roger Dipper as L.A., Louise Gold as Mazeppa, Clare Halse as Majorie May, Tom Hodgkins as Mr Weber, Kieran Jae as Yonkers, Julie Legrand as Electra, Danielle Morris as Geraldine, Luke Street as Little Rock, Damien Poole as Kansas, Lauren Hall as Delores and Natalie Woods as Agnes. Ensemble members include Liz Ewing, Lauren Ingram, Tom Murphy and Phillip Catchpole.

A musical fable with book by Arthur Laurents, Gypsy has music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, choreography by Stephen Mear, designs byAnthony Ward, musical direction and orchestration by Nicholas Skilbeck, lighting by Mark Hendersonand sound by Paul Groothuis.

GYPSY is considered by many to be the greatest of the Broadway musicals. It tells the true story of ambitious showbiz mother Momma Rose, who treks across America with her daughters Baby June and Louise in search ofsuccess with their homespun vaudeville act. As times change, Momma Rose is forced to accept the demise of vaudeville and the rise of burlesque, as well as her daughters' quest for autonomy.

The first production to be seen in London for forty years in a strictly limited season, Gypsy opened at the Savoy Theatre on 15 April 2015 and is produced in the West End by Michael Harrison and David Ian.