Photo Flash: First Look at Star of the Day's GYPSY at McCoole's

Broadway finds Main Street! Star of the Day launches an all-new 2015 Broadway Musical Series at McCoole's Arts & Events Place beginning with the popular Gypsy.

Gypsy is a classic! With its colorful story, beautiful music, and dazzling costumes the audiences will be entertained and excited for this brand new theater company taking over McCoole's Theater in Quakertown, PA. Gypsy, the 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents, is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Momma Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother." Gypsy follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The musical contains many songs that became popular standards, including "Small World," Everything's Coming up Roses, "You'll Never Get Away from Me," and "Let Me Entertain You."

Gypsy will star local favorites: Andrea Cartagena as Rose and Nina Elias as Louise. Ms. Cartagena is a long time theater veteran. Andrea Cartagena is involved in numerous productions as a performer, technician, stage manager, choreographer and director: some favorite past roles include; Joanne - Company, Jeanie - Hair, Mae Peterson - Bye Bye Birdie, Queen Aggravain- Once Upon A Mattress, Reno Sweeney - Anything Goes, Bloody Mary - South Pacific, Stella Deems - Follies, and Ethel Merman - Cole Through The Night an original Cole Porter musical which she toured nationally. Nina Elias has been a featured singer with Star of the Day since May 2012. Since then she's performed in a number of cabarets, headlined her own in 2013, and performed in the company's full-scale production of A...My Name is Alice and other revues and concerts. Other favorite roles in the Lehigh Valley theater scene include Little Beck Two Shoes in Urinetown at Civic Theatre of Allentown, Olive Ostrovsky in ...Spelling Bee, Amy in Company, and Housewife in Assassins.

Gypsy will be directed and choreographed by Kirsten Almeida. The creative team also includes Rich Lovallo (Musical Director), Rosemary Brewer (Costume Coordinator), Chris Hamm (Sound Designer) and Abigail Garrigan (Dance Captain).

Tickets for GYPSY are priced from $15-$25 and can be purchased at www.StaroftheDay.org. Performances are Fridays May 8 & 15 at 8PM, Saturdays May 9 & 16 at 8PM, and Sundays May 10 & 17 at 2PM. Early bird discount available through April 12, 2015 by using the code EARLYBIRD. Groups of 15 or more receive 10% off using GYPSYGROUP. Performances will be located at McCoole's Arts & Events Place, 10 S. Main Street, Quakertown, PA 18951. Parking is located on either side of the venue and across the intersection in the Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

Meet the Cast:Opening night post-show champagne reception tickets can be purchased for an additional $25.

Photo Credit: Marissa Brewer

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