Review: ‘Gypsy’ teases just enough for Theatre Arlington’s season opener
Cast photos of Theatre Arlington’s ‘Gypsy.’ (Courtesy) Theatre Arlington kicked off its 50th anniversary season with a classic.
TA opened the season last Friday with Gypsy: A Musical Fable. The classic stage mother story based on the true story of performer Gypsy Rose Lee was directed by TA’s Executive Producer Steven D.
Morris. Set in the 1920s days of burlesque and vaudeville, the story centers on Mama Rose (Brandy Raper) an ambitious stage mother who has three ex-husbands but she don’t need no man when looking after her star daughter June (Tenley Heugatter) and her not-so-much star daughter Louise (Nahiara Zoe Lopez).
As they navigate through variety shows and stages, Rose ultimately gives her focus to teenage June (Tilda Grace) while Louise (Presley Duyck) inherently becomes the family’s bystander.
