![]() “We’re having a lot of fun doing our big number, ‘You Gotta Have a Gimmick.’”Īs for the other vocals, Callanan and Crouch are something to see and hear according to Zahn. “I have to give a shout-out to my fellow strippers,” said Zahn. LoriAnn Frieda is Tessie Tura and Hillary Parker is Mazeppa. Zahn, making her Capital Rep debut, is playing Electra, one of three strippers in the show who help turn Louise into Gypsy Rose Lee. Troy resident and Broadway veteran Freddy Rodriguez is also in the cast and doubling up as the show’s choreographer, assisted by Susan Caputo. Walton has been on Broadway in shows such as “City of Angels” and “Once Upon a Mattress,” while Crouch, a 2006 graduate of Syracuse University where she went on to get her MFA, has performed in Shanghai in “Zorro, the Musical,” and in Jerusalem in “Parade.”Īmong the Capital Region actors in the cast are Channel 13-WNYT news anchor Benita Zahn, Joe Phillips, Tony Pallone and Heather-Liz Copps. In Walton and Crouch, Callanan has two talented co-stars. ![]() It’s one of those theaters I used to dream about playing when I was a little girl growing up in Boston.” “I love that place, and Proctors was great. “I have to give a shout-out to Ambition,” she said. One of those joyous memories includes heading to Ambition Restaurant on Jay Street in Schenectady when she was in the national tour of “Mamma Mia” in July 2011 at Proctors, playing Rosie. “You’re a family on tour, and roaming around the country and trying to fulfill your dream is a lot like ‘Gypsy.’ Living on the road is tough, and I’ve had some of those life experiences the characters in ‘Gypsy’ have had. “I feel like my life the last few years has really helped me for this part,” said Callanan. Pugh (she did get on stage a handful of times), Callanan has done national tours of “Mamma Mia!,” “Damn Yankees,” “The Sound of Music,” and “Cinderella.” Getting a bit older opens up more parts for me.”Īlong with her one Broadway turn as an understudy for Mrs. I started out as a character actor, and I played a lot of nuns when I was younger, so I guess it wasn’t necessary for me to start so young. “I didn’t actually get involved in theater until after my college graduation. “My second job is as a cabaret singer, which I’ve done for more than 20 years, and I’ve sang for big bands and all kinds of bands,” she said. It’s filed under ‘you can’t make this up.’ It’s a great story.” It’s an unbelievable score by Styne and Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents adapted Gypsy Rose Lee’s own memoir. ![]() “This is the standard, in my opinion, that all musicals should be held up to. “I think it is the quintessential American musical,” said Callanan, who recently served as an understudy for Mrs. Russell and Midler both won Golden Globes for their performances. ![]() While it was overshadowed by Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” in 1959 and failed to win a Tony, it has continued to entertain lovers of musical theater with four successful Broadway revivals, a popular 1962 movie with Rosalind Russell, and a quality made-for-television production in 1993 with Bette Midler. It originally opened on Broadway in 1959 with Ethel Merman playing Mama Rose and was nominated for eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The story of an overbearing mother driven to see her two daughters succeed in show business, “Gypsy” was a collaboration of Jule Styne (music), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) and Arthur Laurents (book).
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