Even one of the most acclaimed shows on Broadway — the Audra McDonald-headlined “Gypsy — couldn’t shake the Tony curse.
Producers officially confirmed Wednesday night that the musical would shutter August 17.
Directed by George C. Wolfe and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, the production opened in December and is the sixth Broadway musical to announce its closing since the 2025 Tony Awards were handed out in June. Nominated for five Tony Awards, including the Best Musical Revival prize, “Gypsy” shockingly won none, not even for six-time winner McDonald.
Co-starring Danny Burstein and Joy Woods, the show will have played 28 previews and 269 regular performances by the time its final curtain drops next month at the Majestic Theater.
Julieta Cervantes
Danny Burstein, Joy Woods and Audra McDonald in ‘Gypsy.’ (Julieta Cervantes)
“Gypsy” features a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
“[Director] George C. Wolfe’s exquisite production of Gypsy managed to both capture the full integrity of the original, without changing a word, and at the same time brought a historic new level of depth with his casting the magnificent Audra McDonald,” Laurents Estate rep David Saint said in the announcement.
“He shed a complex light of racial awareness on this quintessential American story, one that would make Arthur, the lifelong advocate for social justice, extremely proud.”
In his glowing review noting the first time Broadway has seen a predominantly Black cast for “Gypsy,” New York Daily News drama critic Chris Jones wrote: “Wolfe has managed to make a major statement in that he has directed a “Gypsy” for everybody and has extended the show outwards from its initial context and milieu, much as one might take a King Lear or a Hamlet out of England or Denmark.”
