You Gotta Get a Gimmick (song)

"You Gotta Get a Gimmick" is a song from the 1959 musical Gypsy, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

TheatreMania describes the song plot as a "threesome of hilariously costumed veteran burlesque dancers...who teach Louise the ropes of stripping."

New City Stage describes it as "endearingly bawdy."Time Out Chicago said the song is "this production’s hands-down highlight...in which three burlesque vets pull out all the stops." Stage and Cinema wrote the song was performed by the "show-stopping, scene-stealing...Tessie Tura, Mazeppa and Electra, the stripper specialists in 'You Gotta Get a Gimmick,'" adding, "It's the ultimate tribute to Darwinian adaptation, the secret of showbiz survival and even success." CurtainUp said the song is "show-stopping" and "outrageously funny." TheatreMania called the song "scene-stealing." NipperTown described it as a "novelty song."Spokesman named it a "showstopper."

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