{"id":8326,"date":"2013-10-26T16:33:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T23:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2013-10-26T16:33:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T23:33:12","slug":"a-wealth-of-talent-performs-gypsy-at-ntc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/a-wealth-of-talent-performs-gypsy-at-ntc\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wealth of Talent Performs Gypsy at NTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gypsy by Arthur Laurents (book), Jule Styne (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) is a real winner!\u00a0 This Novato Theater Company production is brilliantly directed and choreographed by Blanca Florido assisted by Musical Director Andrew Klein and Producer Gary Gonser.<\/p>\n

Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous strip tease artist and focuses on her mother, Rose (Daniela Innocenti-Beem) whose name has become synonymous with \u201cthe ultimate show business mother.\u201d\u00a0 The play follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise her two daughters to perform onstage and casts an eye on the hardships of show business life.\u00a0 The character Louise (Gillian Eichenberger) is based on Lee and the character of June (Julianne Thompson) are based on Lee\u2019s sister, the actress Joan Havoc.<\/p>\n

There are 21 talented adult actors in Gypsy as well as 9 talented children.\u00a0 The real star of this great production is Daniela Innocenti-Beem, an Ethel Merman look alike as Mama Rose, who has fabulous stage presence.\u00a0 She is ably supported by her two daughters Louise and Baby June.\u00a0 Other outstanding performers are Ron Dailey as Pop playing three parts, Weber and Phil; Patrick Barr as Herbie, the girl\u2019s manager and Rose\u2019s lover; Burl Lampert in four roles including Uncle Jocko, Bougeron-Cochon and Mr. Goldstone; and Michael Lumb as Tulsa who elopes with Baby June.<\/p>\n

Set during the vaudeville era in the early 1920\u2019s, Gypsy is about Rose, the archetype of a stage mother, aggressive and domineering, pushing her children to perform.\u00a0 While June is an extroverted, talented child star, the older girl, Louise is shy.\u00a0 Rose travels the country with the two daughters and manager Herbie. While June and Louise wish their mother would settle down and marry Herbie, Rose continues to pursue dreams of stardom for her girls.\u00a0 But June deserts the act and marries Tulsa and Rose tries to turn shy Louise into a star. When the act is booked into a burlesque house by mistake, Louise is forced into the spotlight and Gypsy Rose Lee is born!<\/p>\n

This musical contains many songs that became popular including \u201cEverything\u2019s Coming Up Roses,\u201d \u201cTogether (Wherever We Go),\u201d \u201d Small World,\u201d and \u201cLet Me Entertain You.\u201d\u00a0 Gypsy has been called the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers.<\/p>\n

Gypsy runs October 18-November 10, 2013 at the Novato Theater Company, 5420 Nave Drive, Novato.\u00a0 Curtain times are Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. For tickets, call the box office at 415-883-4498 or go online at www.novatotheatercompany.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next at Novato Theater Company will be \u201cThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever,\u201d by Barbara Robinson, November 30-December 15, 2013.<\/p>\n

Flora Lynn Isaacson<\/p>\n

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Gypsy by Arthur Laurents (book), Jule Styne (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) is a real winner!\u00a0 This Novato Theater Company production is brilliantly directed and choreographed by Blanca Florido assisted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"