Gypsy (1962 film) scratchy acetate discs and included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of the film's soundtrack. Marni Nixon had dubbed Natalie Wood's singing voice in "West Side Story" the previous year, but Wood did her own singing in "Gypsy." While Wood recorded a separate version of "Little Lamb" for the soundtrack album, in the film she sang the song "live" on the set. Other songs performed live were "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You" and the reprise of "Small World", both sung by Russell (not Kirk). Film historian Douglas McVay observed in his book "The Musical Film", "Fine as "West Side
Gypsy (musical) to "The New York Times" in 2003) about directing the revival, and Mendes said "he was surprised by the idea of casting Ms. Peters as Rose". Laurents notes of his suggestions on this production are in his 2009 book "Mainly on Directing 'Gypsy', 'West Side Story' and Other Musicals". In a 2004 interview Laurents said that Peters' portrayal of Rose was "brilliant, original, totally unlike any of the others" while criticizing Mendes for the "physical production" which Laurents said "was misconceived and hurt the show more than people realized." "Gypsy" had begun previews with a virtually bare stage, but by