By Keith Tomasek, May 28, 2023In 2005 I had the good fortune to see the Shaw Festival’s production of “Gypsy,” directed by Jackie Maxwell and starring Nora McLellan. It was a wonderful production and I interviewed McLellan, who is at the Blythe Festival this season, on my podcast below. So I was a bit trepidatious when the current production of “Gypsy” at the Shaw Festival opened. Shaw may not have a Broadway-ready dance corps but it has given this “Gypsy” a fifteen piece orchestra, more musicians than grace some Broadway musicals. There are many virtues in “Gypsy” at the Shaw Festival, but Kate Hennig’s performance towers above them all.
