Onstage: Gypsy

To many theater historians, Gypsy is the greatest show from the Golden Age of Musicals.

click to enlarge Gypsy at the Covedale
Gypsy at the Covedale

To many theater historians, Gypsy is the greatest show from the Golden Age of Musicals. They maintain that Rose, the domineering, unforgiving vaudeville-age stage mother, is one of the greatest of all theatrical roles. Cincinnati actress Sherry McCamley will take on all of Rose’s mad, self-centered glory as she pushes her daughters June, who must remain a baby when she’s nearly 20, and Louise, the tomboy who becomes stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, into show business — even as Mama gets left behind. 


Through May 4. $21-$24. Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Covedale, 513241-6550, cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.