Harbor Lights Changes Matinee Schedule for GYPSY

The Harbor Lights Theater Company (Harbor Lights), Staten Island's only professional Equity Theater Company, led by Founders and Artistic Directors Tamara Jenkins and Jay Montgomery, is pleased to announce a special Family Discount- bring a family of 4 and get one kid free - for the Saturday matinee performances of GYPSY on August 8th at 2 p.m. at the Historic St. George Theatre, Staten Island.

Harbor Lights is producing Gypsy, opening on August 7th and running two weekends through August 16th , in an exciting new partnership with the St. George Theatre. Cast includes not only Broadway veterans and Tony and Emmy nominees, but also many Staten Islanders.

Families at the matinee performance will be invited to stay after the show for a "talk back" with cast members as well as a "meet and greet" with the cast to follow the talk in the lobby of the theater.

"Part of our mission is to expose the beauty of live theater to audiences of all ages. We look for ways to encourage our patrons to enjoy our shows with the whole family. Our family discount promotion - KIDDAY - is one way to do that. Dedicating some time after the show for our younger audience to get up close and personal with theater professionals is a great experience all around and something Harbor Lights enjoys doing, " said Tamara Jenkins.

The Family Discount - ME+3 - for GYPSY matinees entitle a family of four to bring one kid free, 16 years old and under. Use the code - KIDDAY - through Ticketmaster or at the St. George Theatre Box Office to claim the Family Discount.

GYPSY stars Tony nominee Sally Mayes as 'Mama Rose' (She Loves Me, Pete 'n Keeley), Emmy nominee and local Staten Islander Kathy Brier (One Life to Live, Hairspray) as 'Electra,' local Broadway veteran Mimi Quillin (Sweet Charity, Ragtime), and Broadway veteran Patti Mariano (42nd Street, Full Monty, HLTC's Music Man) as 'Tessa Tura' and 'Mazeppa,' respectively.

Bill Castellino (Cagney, Storyville) directs and Mary Ann Lamb and Lisa Gajda will choreograph. Ms. Lamb is a Broadway legend, her image having appeared in the iconic Fosse and Chicago ad campaigns for nearly a decade. Together, Ms. Lamb and Ms. Gajda have appeared in dozens of Broadway shows.

Anthony Johnson will play 'Tulsa' (HLTC West Side Story,) Heidi Friese will play 'June,' and Michael Marotta will portray 'Herbie.' Samantha Bruce stars as 'Gypsy Rose Lee'.

With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choreography by Jerome Robbins, and book by Arthur Laurents, the play is based on Gypsy Rose Lee's 1957 memoir. Gypsy tells the story of Mama Rose, Lee's real life "backstage mother," and her daughter Louise, the character based on Lee, who finally, triumphantly emerges from Rose's shadow to become a star.

Casting an affectionate eye on show business life in the heyday of Vaudeville, Gypsy's score features one legendary standard after another - "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Together (Wherever We Go)," "All I Need Is the Girl," and "Let Me Entertain You," among them.

Tickets on sale from the St. George Theatre Box Office or Ticketmaster!

About The Harbor Lights Theatre Company

Harbor Lights is the first and only professional Equity Theater Company in Staten Island's history. Since founding Harbor Lights in 2010, Broadway veterans and Harbor Lights Founding Artistic Directors Tamara Jenkins and Jay Montgomery, have begun building a bridge from Broadway to Staten Island, bringing the nation's best to work with their community's finest. In four seasons of producing plays and musicals, Harbor Lights has presented over 75 Broadway professionals, including Tony, Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, Drama Desk, and Obie award-winning and - nominated artists, in sixteen productions at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens. www.hltc.org.

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