What is the name of the musical which features the song 'Djelem djelem' which was performed as a debut by Svetlana Tanasic and whose interpretation brought all the audience to their feet?
Gypsy (musical) Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. "Gypsy" is loosely based on the of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother." It follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The character of Louise is based on Lee, and the character of June is based on Lee's sister, the actress June Havoc.
Sambatiyon Sambatiyon, a kleynkunst company founded in Vilna, Poland in June 1926, was called by its founders a "Jewish literary-artistic revue theater." Sambatiyon's founder, Yitshkhok Nozhik, wrote: "Clumsy American produced operettas, which are mostly melodramas or complete tragedies with song and dance, no longer interest our audience. Also, our actors want to be free of the type of theater in which simultaneously act and sing and dance in the same role." An evening at revi-teater consisted of 10-12 one-act plays, skits, and songs, with an intermission.