Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (February 9, 1911 or 1914 - April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer, whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film "Gypsy".

Arthur Laurents (born July 14, 1918) is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, librettist and stage director.

Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 - July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were "On The Town", "High Button Shoes", "The King And I", "The Pajama Game", "Bells Are Ringing", "West Side Story", "Gypsy: A Musical Fable" and "Fiddler on the Roof".

John Kander , the composer half of the legendary songwriting team, Kander and Ebb that has produced Cabaret , Woman of the Year , The Act and the incomparable Chicago , was born in Kansas City, Missouri on March 18, 1927. Kander began studying music as a child and in his early career worked as a conductor and accompanying pianist for many productions. From 1955 through 1958, Kander was choral director and conductor for the Warwick Musical Theatre in Rhode Island.

John Dossett is an American actor and singer. Dossett's interest in a theatrical career began at Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Delaware, where he appeared in student productions and was involved with the school's radio station, WMPH. Dossett made his Broadway debut in 1979 in a short-lived musical entitled the "King of Schnorrers". In 1982 he joined the cast of "Fifth of July", …

Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont, USA) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. Cynthia got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her first film role in the 1980 movie "Stardust Memories".

Julianna Rose Mauriello (born May 26, 1991) is an American actress. She stars in "LazyTown" and has appeared in various Broadway musicals. Mauriello was born in Irvington, New York. She began her stage career in performances of "The Nutcracker", at SUNY Purchase, "Carousel", and "The Wiz". Her Broadway debut was in "Oklahoma!", from 2002-2003. From there, she moved to roles in "Gypsy: A Musical Fable", …

Julie Halston is an American actress and comedian. Halston's television credits include notable roles in "Sex and the City," where she played the character of "Bitsy von Muffling," "Law & Order," "My So-Called Life" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." She portrayed Tina Carmello on the CBS sitcom "The Class" between September 2006 and March 2007.

Maria Karnilova (August 3, 1920 - April 20, 2001) was a Tony Award- winning American actress. Born Maria Dovgolenko in Hartford, Connecticut, Karnilova made her Broadway debut in "Call Me Mister" in 1946. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the original 1964 production of "Fiddler on the Roof" starring Zero Mostel, …

Notorious as the ultimate stage mother, Rose Thompson Hovick, was the mother of two famous performing daughters: the inimitable burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee and the actress June Havoc. As a teenager, Rose Thompson married her first husband, Jack Hovick. She gave birth to Rose Louise Hovick in Seattle, Washington, in 1911. Two years later, she gave birth to her daughter June. Later in their careers, the two daughters would adopt their more famous stage names, …

Kate Reinders, born in Muskegon, Michigan, is an American musical theatre actress, who has performed as lead and understudy in several Broadway shows. She attended Western Michigan Christian High School, graduating in 1999. Reinders's Broadway debut was in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a swing and understudy for characters Amy Lawrence and Becky Thatcher. She next joined Into The Woods as an understudy for Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Milky White, and Rapunzel.

Jonathan Hadary (born October 11, 1948) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the 1976 Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's "Gemini". Critical acclaim for the off-Broadway production resulted in it transferring uptown, where it ran for 1819 performances.

Emile Ardolino (born May 9, 1943 in Queens, New York; died November 20, 1993) was an American film director and producer, best known for making films which featuring dancing and song, such as "Dirty Dancing" (1987) and "Sister Act" (1992). He also won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1983, for "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'. He began his career as an actor in off-Broadway productions, but soon moved to the production side of the business.

Patricia Castle Richardson (born February 23 1951 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA) is an American television and film actress best known for her role as Jill Taylor on "Home Improvement". She also starred in "The Parent Trap 3" as Cassie McGuire in 1989. Born to a Navy family, Richardson attended the Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas, Texas, and was a 1973 graduate of Southern Methodist University, where she was friends with classmate Beth Henley.

Jo Mielziner (1901-1976) was an American theatrical scenic, costume, and lighting designer born in Paris, France. He is considered one of the most influential theatre designers of the 20th century, designing the scenery and often the lighting for over 200 productions, many of which became American classics. His Broadway debut was in 1924 with "The Guardsman", in which he designed the scenery and lighting.

Addison Timlin (born June 29, 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American teen actress whose most recent movie character role is Amy from the 2005 film "Derailed" alongside co-stars Melissa George playing her mother and Clive Owen her father, where she played a 14 year old girl ill with type 1 diabetes. Addison began her career with the 2000/2001 National Tour of "Annie".

Frank S. Perkins was an American song composer best known for the song "Stars Fell on Alabama" (with lyrics by Mitchell Parish). Perkins was also the composer of the score for "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" and conducted orchestras for films, including the 1962 adaptation of Gypsy

Ann Jillian (born Ann Jura Nauseda on January 29, 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American actress born to Roman Catholic Lithuanian immigrant parents. Jillian has been acting since 1961 when she played "Little Bo Peep" in the Disney film, "Babes In Toyland". She appeared in the Rosalind Russell- Natalie Wood 1962 movie version of "Gypsy". She later became a regular on the 1960s sitcom "Hazel", …

Rob Marshall (born October 17 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is an American theater and film director, and choreographer. He is a 6-time Tony nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner whose most noted work includes the 2002 film "Chicago" and the 1998 Broadway revival of "Cabaret".

Orry-Kelly was the professional name of John Orry Kelly (December 31, 1897 - February 27, 1964), a prolific Hollywood costume designer. Born in Kiama, New South Wales in Australia, he grew up to study art there, becoming a tailor's apprentice and window dresser in Sydney. He journeyed to New York to pursue an acting career. He shared an apartment there with Charlie Spangles and Cary Grant.

Benay Venuta (January 27, 1911 - September 1, 1995) was an American actress, singer and dancer. Born Benvenuta Rose Crooke in San Francisco, Venuta attended finishing school in Geneva and lived in London where she worked as a dancer before returning to the States. She made her first screen appearance in the silent "Trail of '98" in 1928. She also appeared in "Annie Get Your Gun", "Call Me Mister", and "Bullets Over Broadway".

Alice Playten (born August 28 1947) is an American actress. Born Alice Plotkin in New York City, Playten began her career in 1959 in the Broadway musical "Gypsy". Additional Broadway credits include "Oliver!", "Henry, Sweet Henry", "Hello, Dolly!", "Rumors", "Seussical", and "Caroline, or Change". Her many off-Broadway credits include "The Last Sweet Days of Isaac", "Up from Paradise", …

Robert Fox (born 23 March 1952) is a successful English theatre and film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film, "The Hours". He was born the third son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He is a younger brother of actors Edward Fox and James Fox. He is also a paternal half-brother of actor Daniel Chatto and a brother-in-law of Lady Sarah Chatto. The actress Emilia Fox is his niece. His grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale.

Lisa Peluso (born July 29, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soap opera actress. Her first big break came at the age of nine, when she starred in the Broadway production of "Gypsy" with Angela Lansbury. At age 12, she played Linda, the younger sister of John Travolta's Tony, …

Pat Colgate is currently the artistic director of the Placer Theatre Ballet dance company which she founded, and designs all costumes and choreography for each original ballet staged there. Pat Colgate trained in ballet in Boston, USA, and became a member of the Boston Ballet. From there, she trained with American Ballet Theatre school (ABT) in New York City at the age of 15. She has performed with the Boston Ballet, Boston Opera Company, and the New York City Rockettes.

Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. He has produced many of the original cast recordings of the Sondheim musicals, in addition to the original cast recordings of La Cage aux Folles, Irene and the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette. An accomplished pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, he is also a Grammy Award winning classical recording producer.

Lionel Hicks began his career aged 15 as a drummer for such bands as UFO, Kid Wicked and Gene Loves Jezebel. After two decades of drumming, Lionel moved into music production, and his considerable music production credits include USM (United States of Mind), Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Teaser, Lady Luck, Kid Wicked, all of the Balance of Power albums and Tamrah Aeryn. Lionel cross migrated into film production in 2004, …

Gerald Freedman (born June 25 1927) is an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean. Born in Lorain, Ohio, Freedman was educated at Northwestern University, where he received both BA and MA degrees. He began his career as assistant director of such projects as "Bells Are Ringing", "West Side Story", and "Gypsy". His first credit as a Broadway director was the 1961 musical "The Gay Life".

Anita Gillette (Born August 16 1936) is a Tony Award-nominated American actress, most notable for her work on Broadway and as a celebrity guest on various game shows. Born Anita Leubben in Baltimore, Maryland, Gillette studied at the Peabody Conservatory and made her Broadway debut in "Gypsy" in 1959. Additional Broadway credits include "Carnival!", "All American", "Mr.

LaGaylia Frazier or just "LaGaylia" which is her artist name, is an American singer, who moved to and settled in Sweden. She was born in 1962 in Florida, USA. She is the daughter of musician Hal Frazier. During her childhood years, she was an infant prodigy in the art of piano, and everything looked set for a lifetime career within the world of piano concertos, until her music teacher suggested she'd try vocal training.