Yorktown Stage Presents GYPSY, Starring Sally Mayes

From Yorktown Stage, Gypsy runs April 24-26, 2015, only one weekend, with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30 pm, a Saturday matinee performance at 1:00 pm and a Sunday matinee performance at 2:00 pm.

Yorktown Stage is located in the Yorktown Community Cultural Center, at 1974 Commerce Street (off Veterans Road) in Yorktown Heights, NY. Tickets are $26; seniors (63+) and students (12-22) $21; children (under 11) $19. Group discounts are available. For tickets visit our website www.yorktownstage.org, and select your own seats online. You may also call the box office 962-0606.

Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother." It 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 character of Louise is based on Lee, and the character of June is based on Lee's sister, the actress June Havoc.

Starring in the production is Tony Nominee Sally Mayes. On Broadway, Sally is perhaps best known for her performance in the Roundabout Theatre revival of She Loves Me for which she won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Off-Broadway, Sally appeared in Closer Than Ever and received another Outer Critics Circle nomination. The New York Times called her "a singer of incandescent ebullience, deliciously saucy." People Magazine described her as "the kind of rich theatrical voice that elevates a show tune." And Time Magazine says, "Sally Mayes renders songs as richly nuanced as one-act plays".

As always, NYC and local professionals will support Ms. Mayes. Sarah Beth White and Joel Chambers, both NYC professionals, will play Dainty June and Tulsa, respectively . And the comical trio of strippers, Tessie, Mazeppa and Electra will be played by Donna Fox (Stamford), Irene Howard (New Fairfield) and Deb Mengert (Peekskill).

The talented Yorktown Stage creative team returns: August Abatecola as director, Carrie Silvernail as choreographer, Barry Liebman as producer and Ricky Romano as musical director. "We are so thankful to present Sally Mayes to our patrons," said Producer Liebman. "She lives locally and is happy to lend her support for the success of regional and community theatre." Director Abatecola adds, "It is my distinct pleasure to direct Sally as she heads a production with so many gifted and talented actors." "As in the past, we have cast the best of Westchester's actors to complement the prominent NYC professionals.

Photo credit: Stephen Sorokoff

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