January 20, 2004
Dolphin
Show Presents ‘Gypsy’
EVANSTON, Ill.
--- Northwestern University’s 62nd Annual
Dolphin Show will present the musical “Gypsy.”
“Gypsy” will
be performed at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston campus
at 8 p.m. Jan. 23; 8 p.m. Jan. 24;
2 p.m. Jan. 25; 8 p.m. Jan. 30; and 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 31.
With music
by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy” is
a sexy, funny, upbeat and touching story that chronicles the real-life
transformation of the untalented and shy Louise Hovick into the
world’s highest-paid, highest-profile and most notorious
stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee.
“Gypsy” tells the story of the desperately manic
woman who made it all happen -- her mother. The mother of all stage
mothers, Mama Rose lies, flirts and steals to get her young and
talented daughter June into show business -- all the while saddled
with the burden of finding a place in June’s elaborate act
for her untalented older daughter Louise.
When June
elopes to escape her mother’s relentless ambition,
Rose becomes determined to get Louise’s name up in lights
-- even if it means forcing her into stripping and losing the only
man she’s ever truly loved.
The 2004 student production features a cast of 20 Northwestern
undergraduates and six child actors from the community, plus a
22-member business staff and a stage crew of nearly 40.
The Dolphin
Show began in 1939 as a swim carnival fundraiser. It has evolved
into the nation’s largest student-produced
musical. The annual production has been a theatrical stepping-stone
for such famous alumni as David Schwimmer, Ann Margret, Tony Randall
and Warren Beatty.
For more information, go to the 2004 Dolphin Show Web site at http://www.nudolphinshow.org/.
Single tickets are $22 for the general public; $18 for senior
citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $10 for students.
To order tickets by phone, call the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Ticket Office at (847) 467-4000.
Group discounts are available for groups of 15 or more. To order
group tickets, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office and ask for
Mark Soueidi. |