The opening scene of GYPSY reminds me so much of the opening scene of this film.
I think GYPSY could be a prequel to WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE if June had never ran off with Tulsa and Louise had been a movie star instead of a stripper.
In all seriousness, the film is great and should stay a movie, not a stage piece.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"