That’s what Playbill reports (drawing on an original report in the New York Post).

Apparently Streisand has the approval of Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book and has directed several productions of the show:

The Tony-winning director also said that Streisand is aware that she will need to tap into a darker side of herself to play the overbearing stage mother. “Barbra and I have had long talks on this very subject,” Laurents said. “She had a mother who she always thought was Mama Rose. I don’t want to get into the details, but the point is she knows. She’s got it in her. She’s going to be much more than people expect.”

Of course, the original Rose was Ethel Merman: other actresses who have performed the role on Broadway include Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone. Rosalind Russell starred in the original film version and Bette Midler played Rose in a TV production.

Gypsy, of course, was Lyric’s most recent spring production: our Rose was played by Donna Trainor.

Wonder no more: Playbill has the run-down.

Musicals include The Book of Mormon, by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, along with Avenue Q creator Robert Lopez; The People in the Picture, the story of three generations of women headed by a former star of the Yiddish stage in Poland; Catch Me If You Can, by composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), based on Steven Spielberg’s film about renowned con man Frank Abagnale, Jr. and his real-life Javert, FBI agent Carl Hanratty; a revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Harry Potter‘s Daniel Radcliffe; Anything Goes, last revived on Broadway 20 years ago; Sister Act, a stage adaptation of the Whoopi Goldberg film comedy; Wonderland, composer Frank Wildhorn’s modern twist on the classic Alice in Wonderland, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, based on the film of the same name about three pals on a trip in the outback.

Oh, yes, and Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark–assuming any actors survive rehearsal.