‘Gypsy’ review: Audra McDonald’s Broadway revival is a badly staged letdown
McDonald plays Mama Rose — a k a Rose Hovick, the real overbearing stage mother of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. As far as Broadway roles go, the part has no peer. She’s been taken on by Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone. Not too shabby.