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Danielle Rizzitelli
ART 253
American Musical Theatre
Professor Martin
12 September 2016
Rose is a Model Mother
In the Broadway production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable, they perform the story based on
the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, but they feature the main character as her mother Rose Hovick.
This show highlights the hard work and determination Rose puts into providing her daughters,
Louise and June, with a future in show business. Rose is willing to do anything to supply her
daughters with a better future than she was given. She goes about this in a controversial way not
