Gypsy Rose Lee – författare

The dazzling, no-holds-barred memoir that inspired a Broadway legend—Gypsy is a true American original, told by the woman who lived it with wit, grit, and a rhinestoned wink.Before there was Mama Rose or Let Me Entertain You, there was Gypsy Rose Lee—a whip-smart, fearless, and gloriously complicated woman whose life on the road with her unstoppable stage mother and spotlight-stealing little sister became the stuff of showbiz legend.Now back in the spotlight thanks to the acclaimed Broadway revival starring Audra McDonald, Gypsy is Lee’s funny, subversive, and poignant memoir of growing up in the ragtag world of 1920s vaudeville and emerging, against the odds, as a singular star of 1930s burlesque.Told in her unmistakable voice—wry, stylish, and heartbreakingly observant—Gypsy reveals a vanished world of stage mothers, train-jumping troupes, and smoke-filled nightclubs, where gin was homemade and ambition was everything. Alongside rare photos and memorabilia from her own scrapbooks and an afterword by her son Erik Lee Preminger, this unforgettable memoir captures the real woman behind the myth: sharp, resilient, and always in command of her story.

Narrating the twisted tale of a backstage double murder, Gypsy Rose Lee, the queen of the striptease, provides a tantalising glimpse into the underworld of burlesque theatre in 1940s America. When one performer is found strangled with a G-string, no one is above suspicion. A host of clueless coppers face off against the theatre’s tough-talking guys and dolls, and when a second murder occurs, it’s clear that Gypsy and her cohorts will have to crack the case themselves. A dazzling and wisecracking murder mystery noir that was the basis of the 1943 film Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck.

Una divertidísima novela de misterio ambientada en un cabaret neoyorquino de de los años 40, que Antonio Banderas acaba de estrenar como musicalEl Old Opera no es precisamente el cabaret más glamuroso de Nueva York. Sin embargo, Lolita La Verne, la irritante prima donna, Alice Angel, la estríper de cara angelical que cecea al hablar, y la indomable Gipsy Rose, se dejan a diario la piel junto al resto de sus compañeras en caóticas sesiones de burlesque, rodeadas por una inquietante fauna de novios mafiosos, tramoyistas ermitaños o policías casi tan corruptos como babosos.Una no siempre armoniosa familia teatral que, sin embargo, cierra filas cuando dos bailarinas de la troupeaparecen estranguladas entre bambalinas con sus propios tangas.Los crímenes del burlesque es una originalísima novela de misterio escrita por Gypsy Rose Lee, famosa estríper y vedette de los años cuarenta. Con grandes dosis de humanidad y una innegable vis cómica, Lee retrata el mundo de la farándula de su época en esta irresistible comedia negra.