Tony Award®-Winning Gypsy Entertains at the Renaissance
October 26th, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Barbara Byrd, Marketing Manager
Call: 419-522-2726, ext. 22
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MANSFIELD, OHIO. The Renaissance Performing Arts Association, Taylor Metal Products, and the Mansfield News Journal proudly present GYPSY as the second offering in the Renaissance Broadway Series with two performances on Saturday, November 3 at 3PM and 7:30PM. Tickets are on sale at the Renaissance Box Office, Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm, by calling 419-522-2726 and online at www.rparts.org. Tickets are $40, $38 and $34. The new Renaissance $10 ticket offer applies to this show. $10 tickets (all seats in the back row of the balcony) may be purchased beginning two hours before the performance, in person at the Renaissance Box Office, and there is a four ticket limit per person.
GYPSY is the story of the quintessential stage mother, her dreams for herself and her daughters, and the daughter who dared live her own dream. Based on the memoirs of entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee, GYPSY tells the story of Rose, an overbearing stage mother who is determined to make her girls the stars of vaudeville. Rose overwhelmingly favors her younger daughter, June, who headlines the act, while Louise is relegated to the chorus. Rose's attention eventually turns to her older daughter, but it is Louise herself who discovers her own talent, and becomes a bigger star than Rose ever dreamed possible. Set against the freewheeling days of vaudeville and burlesque, GYPSY explores ambition, jealousy, family relationships, and the bittersweet loss of innocence.
GYPSY was written by three virtuosos of American musical theater: Arthur Laurents (book), Jule Styne (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics). The original production, starring Ethel Merman as Mama Rose and directed by Jerome Robbins, was an instant hit when it opened at the Broadway Theatre in 1959. Subsequent revivals garnered a total of three Tony Awards® and featured such talents as Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, and Bernadette Peters in the role of Mama Rose.
GYPSY features some of the biggest songs in Broadway history, including Everything's Coming Up Roses, Let Me Entertain You, Rose's Turn, Some People, and Together, Wherever We Go.
Gypsy is presented by the Renaissance Performing Arts Association, Taylor Metal Products, and the Mansfield News Journal.