Reacquaint yourself with the musical theater world's ultimate "stage mother from hell" when Music Theater Works presents the 1959 Broadway classic Gypsy. The ambitious musical features a rousing score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, with a savvy script by Arthur Laurents based upon the memoirs of famed 20th century burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy plays seven performances only between Saturday, Aug. 19, through Sunday, Aug. 27, at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston. Tickets are $34-$96, though tickets are half-price for audiences ages 25 and younger; call 847-920-5630 or visit MusicTheaterWorks.com.
Caption: Mary Robin Roth plays the domineering stage mother Rose in Music Theater Works' new production of Gypsy at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston. Photo by Rich Foreman