Lyric Stage will present GYPSY featuring a 39-piece orchestra. For tickets visit here or call the box office @ 972-252-2787
Before there was "Toddlers and Tiaras," there was Mama Rose.
Lyric Stage opens its 19th season with GYPSY the story of Rose Hovick, the mother of all stage mothers, and her relentless pursuit of stardom for her two daughters. This production of GYPSY will be the first since the 1959 original Broadway production to be performed with a FULL, 39-PIECE ORCHESTRA playing
Sid Ramin and
Robert Ginzler's original orchestrations.
GYPSY has be celebrated as the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers, including
Ben Brantley and
Frank Rich of The New York Times. Rich called GYPSY American musical theatre's answer to King Lear. The show, with music by
Jule Styne, lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim and book by
Arthur Laurents, is loosely-based on the memoirs of legendary striptease artist,
Gypsy Rose Lee. The score contains many popular standards, including "Everything's Coming up Roses," "Some People" and "Let Me Entertain You."
The production runs September 9-18, 2011 in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall. Performaces are September 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17 @ 8:00 PM and September 12 & 18 @ 2:30 PM. Tickets can be ORDERD ONLINE by clicking here or by calling the box office @ 972-252-2787.
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