Description:
From the team that brought Sweeney Todd to Live Arts comes a new spin on the ultimate backstage musical.
This legendary show has been called “American musical theater’s answer to King Lear“; its script has been described as “possibly the best book ever for a Broadway musical”; and in 1992 the New York Times wrote, “If Gypsy is not the greatest musical in theater annals, it’s one of the, maybe, three or four, right near the top. Believe it. That much cannot be overstated.”
So! Why Gypsy? Well, besides the above…
1. It IS one of the three greatest traditional musicals ever created (My Fair Lady and Guys and Dolls are the other two.)
2. It ends with a nervous breakdown.
3. It once-and-for-all dispels the myth that growing up in theater is a genesis devoutly to be wished.
4. Advice from aging strippers!
5. At some point in the evening a woman will step down center and belt a song guaranteed to peel the paint off the back wall of the theater.
6. A number written to be sung to a baby lamb.
7. Tapdancing till you’re loopy from the tapdancing.
8. Waiting for Sondheim to rhyme “we go” and “amigo”.
9. We reach the depths of despair. All is lost. The future is bleak. Mama Rose reaches down to the bottom of her soul/connivance and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”.
10. “Sing out, Louise!”
Here she is boys, here she is world…
A few fun design facts: That’s the real Gypsy Rose Lee featured in the poster. As well as, no joke, the real Momma Rose, AKA, Rose Thompson Hovick, Gypsy’s infamous mother.
Playwright:
Arthur Laurents, Jules Styne, Stephen SondheimDirector:
John Gibson, Music direction by Greg HarrisDates:
Friday, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:00 pmSaturday, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm
July 4th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I’m interested in purchasing 4 tickets to Gypsy either the week of 10/6 or 10/20.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I’d like to purchase 10 tickets for Gypsy on Saturday, Oct 24th.
September 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Is it possible to buy a gift certificate to live arts that another party can use for any show?
September 11th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Hi Tabatha — yes it is possible! I’m forwarding your message to our box office and if you’d also like to give our box office manager an email (boxoffice@livearts.org) he can sort everything out for you. Thanks!