Editing Debbie Gibson (section)

==Theater==
Gibson debuted on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1992, playing [[Éponine|Éponine Thénardier]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]''. She then went to [[London]] and starred as Sandy Dombroski in ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]''—a role for which 800 other people tried out before producers chose Gibson—in a [[West End theatre|West End]] production.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111009083515/http://www.totallytheatre.com/buy_tickets/L344565018]</ref> The show broke box office sales records.<ref>{{IMDb name|0316933|Deborah Gibson}}</ref> The single version of "[[You're the One That I Want]]", a duet with [[Craig McLachlan]], taken from the original cast recording, reached number 13 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1993.

After returning to the United States, she appeared in the Broadway touring production, this time playing Rizzo. She played [[Fanny Brice]] in a revamped ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' tour.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deborahgibson/articles/story/5925476/just_dont_call_her_debbie |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081014043341/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deborahgibson/articles/story/5925476/just_dont_call_her_debbie |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 14, 2008 |title= Just Don't Call Her Debbie: For Deborah Gibson, anything is still possible |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= February 10, 1997}}</ref> She has had many successful theatre credits; she was among the many actresses who took the starring role of [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]] in the Broadway production of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]''. She replaced [[Kerry Butler]] in September 1997 and was in the show until June 1998, when Kim Huber then succeeded her.<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/gibson-to-be-new-belle-in-broadway-beauty-sept-24-com-71544?jwsource=cl Gibson To Be New Belle in Broadway Beauty, Sept. 24] Playbill, September 24, 1997</ref><ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/belle-tolls-for-kim-huber-shes-the-new-broadway-beauty-june-30-com-76291 Belle Tolls For Kim Huber: She's The New Broadway Beauty, June 30] Playbill, June 30, 1998</ref> She also starred in the critically lauded production of ''[[Gypsy: A Musical Fable|Gypsy]]'' (in a production staged at the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]]). Gibson starred as [[Gypsy Rose Lee|Louise Hovick]] opposite Broadway legend [[Betty Buckley]]. She participated in the national tour of ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', where she played the Narrator, and starred as [[Cinderella]] in the national tour of [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s [[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|musical]] with [[Eartha Kitt]] as the [[Fairy Godmother]].<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/the-shoe-fits-r-hs-cinderella-begins-tour-nov-28-in-fl-com-93475 The Shoe Fits: R&H's Cinderella Begins Tour Nov. 28 in FL] Playbill, November 28, 2000</ref> In October 2002, she starred as Velma Kelly in the [[Boston]] production of ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]''. In 2003, she played Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]''.<ref>[https://playbill.com/article/80s-pop-star-deborah-gibson-joins-cast-of-broadways-cabaret-feb-21-com-111680 '80s Pop Star Deborah Gibson Joins Cast of Broadway's Cabaret Feb. 21] Playbill, February 21, 2003</ref> From March to April 2004, she played the role of Marta in the UCLA Reprise! production of ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]''.

Gibson starred as [[Anna Leonowens]] in Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of the [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] musical ''[[The King and I]]'', which began October 17, 2008, in the Kavli Theatre at the [[Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza]] and ran through October 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121070.html |title=Deborah Gibson Will Be Anna in Cabrillo's King and I |work=Playbill |access-date=September 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228041649/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121070.html |archive-date=December 28, 2008  }}</ref>