SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 TONY AWARDS: DAY 9 & 10 - GYPSY/Rose with Lansbury, Daly & LuPone
Today we have a triple-feature and a double-dose day, with all three of the Tony-winning leading ladies who have won the Best Actress Tony Award for their take on Rose in GYPSY - as great a role in the musical theatre as Lear in KING LEAR is in the classical canon no question. Believe it or not, Ethel Merman - the once-thought-incomparable original Rose in GYPSY - did not take the prize for Best Actress, nor did Bern…