Gypsy, starring Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone in the towering role of Rose, played from August 11th through August 13th at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago
For many years the theater community wondered why Tony Award wining actress Patti LuPone had never been cast as Mama Rose in the various revivals of the legendary musical GYPSY...Finally, the part and the actress were brought together at Ravinia's Music Festival and the results surpassed expectations
Legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim will no longer appear before the Ravinia Festival in Chicago's August 11th performance of Gypsy, starring Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone as Rose.
Full casting has been announced for Ravinia's Gypsy, running August 11th through 13th; in addition, Sondheim will appear for a pre-show discussion on August 11th
Leo Ash Evens is making his Ravinia Festival debut this August as Tulsa in Gypsy, alongside Patti LuPone. He has performed the role of Tulsa twice before, most recently in Houston, TX opposite Andrea McArdle. Evens made his international debut in Moscow, as Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street.
Full casting has been announced for the starry Flopz 2 and Cutz concerts on February 26th, with Laura Benanti, Max Von Essen, Natascia Diaz and Lisa Howard among those set to perform
But I'm a Cheerleader: The Musical with book and lyrics by Bill August in and music by Andrew Abrams, based on Lions Gate's 1998 cult film by Jamie Babbit and Brian Wayne Peterson, will have its world premiere as part of the second annual NY Musical Theatre Festival.