Here she is boys

There are few joys as intense as witnessing a musical where everything falls into place. This is exactly what happened when I revisited Gypsy last week. About the show I don't have much to add to my colleague Adam Feldman's breathless review: Go see it. I did have some thoughts about the issue of typecasting, particularly as it pertains to the character of Mama Rose; they're over at the SundayArts blog.