The orchestrations that drive the musicals Aug 19, 2008
Similarly, Sid Ramin's original orchestrations bring to life Jule Styne's score for "Gypsy," now playing with the full complement of 25 pieces at the St. James Theater. The size and sound of the "South Pacific" and "Gypsy" ensembles are far from today's Broadway norm of smaller, heavily amplified pit bands ... Audiences may not realize it, said the "Gypsy" music director, Patrick Vaccariello, "but the orchestration supports the journey of the entire piece.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A Look Inside 'Outside' Aug 17, 2008
There will be a panorama of alternative rock, indie pop, jam bands, conscious rap, progressive Latin and world-beat fusion - from the Southern roadhouse cool of the Drive-By Truckers to the extroverted acoustic guitar playing of Kaki King, from the chamber pop of Vienna Teng to the eclectic Gypsy madness of Andrew Bird. Perloff estimated that a quarter of the acts are from the Bay Area, including Primus and the Coup. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Madonna still dresses to her own beat Aug 15, 2008
Designer Riccardo Tisci has worked up two outfits: a frock coat in black stretch satin and a long cape worn over a black dress embellished with colored ribbons for a Gypsy-inspired outfit. Its hard to say if the Gypsy look will start another trend. (MSNBC -- Music)
Local artist receives fascinating commission Aug 14, 2008
According to Rhinevault this is a enduring symbol of Russian gypsy culture ... "In Europe gypsy music is still very popular and people come from far away to attend their concerts." ... The 49-year-old pop star has often toured with a certain group of gypsy musicians led by Russian Vadim Kolpakov. (Hyde Park Townsman, NY)
Superstition goes digital: Witchcraft via SMS? Aug 9, 2008
For that reason, he said, celebrity psychics like Javanese mystic Ki Joko Bodo, gypsy clairvoyant Mama Lauren and illusionist Deddy Corbuzier began to use text message services to advertise their divine abilities. "People still believe in these kinds of things," Sutadi told The Jakarta Post. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Oregon State Fair in Salem "Too Bi... Aug 8, 2008
The Historic Horse Show Stadium hosts a 11 day horse show with multi breeds, include Arabian, Miniature, Gypsy, Draft, Mustang, Donkey, American Saddlebred, Pinto, Mule and Tennessee Walking Horses. The fair also features two rodeos, team penning and draft horse shows. (Suite101.com)
8/9: Scandalesque Cabaret Show Aug 1, 2008
Chesley is trying to convey sexual availability, confidence and class, just as Dita Von Teese does and as Gypsy Rose Lee and Mae West did before her. She is trying to look provocative and alluring while wearing next to nothing, without calling to mind pole dancers, hip-hop video vixens, or Pamela Anderson. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Obama VP List 'Seems to be getting shorter'... Jul 31, 2008
Political Radar: Kaine: Obama's List 'Seems to Be Getting Shorter. Kaine: Obama's List 'Seems to Be Getting Shorter. (The Drudge Report)
Community network sites honoured Jul 26, 2008
A social networking site for young gypsy travellers has won an award for the social use of technology ... For its work helping young gypsy travellers communicate SavvyChavvy won the Community award ... The site, which is closed to those who are not travellers, is credited with helping to gypsys change the way their community is seen. (BBC News -- Technology)
Summer Nights at the Great Park Jul 23, 2008
"and, when the mood is right, a burlesque hoola-hooping fire performer." From Portland, Oregon -- home to Pink Martini and home to an astonishing level of creativity in recent years -- Vagabond Opera has created a place where "alienated classicists and romantic bohemians, Gypsy music, opera, klezmer and cabaret come-ons mingle like emigres trading aliases at an after-hours club. It's highly cultured, with a guttersnipe's knowing sneer" (Willamette Weekly). If this is your kind of crowd, then... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Critics' Picks Jul 13, 2008
Even lesser Russell is worth watching: the scarily repressed spinster of "Picnic," the educated woman drawn helplessly to Robert Montgomery's killer in "Night Must Fall." Russell's most legendary role, "Auntie Mame," is a bit stagebound for my tastes, but see how neatly she skirts camp in "Gypsy," where her underrated Mama Rose is revealed, finally, as a monster of narcissism -- and all the more touching for it. -- Louis Bayard. (Salon)
* Italy declares state of emergency in crumbling Pompeii Jul 6, 2008
Extraordinary commissioners are becoming a favorite device of Silvio Berlusconis third government, which has appointed one ad hoc administrator for the Naples refuse crisis and three more for what the Italian media terms the gypsy emergency. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Berlin tells Kosky to go for bold Jul 2, 2008
Gypsy, followed by Carousel and West Side Story. "I've been asked to direct Fiddler On The Roof three times and I've turned it down three times," he adds. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Italy gives cultural diversity a lukewarm embrace Jun 25, 2008
Vigilantes attacked Gypsy encampments near Naples in May after reports of a 16-year-old Gypsy girl's trying to steal a baby. Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune)
Read Article » Jun 16, 2008
For all the newcomers, quite a few of the musical categories were split in a head-to-head battle between two old-fashioned revivals: "Gypsy" and Lincoln Center Theater's revival of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific." ... But Patti LuPone, who played Mama Rose in "Gypsy," took home the leading actress in a musical award with Boyd Gaines (winning his fourth Tony) and Laura Benanti taking featured actor and actress awards. (International Herald Tribune)
50 essential cds from around the world Jun 15, 2008
Eclectic is too narrow a word for the Montreal-based Lhasa de Sel's family gene pool and correspondingly rich musical blend of Mexican, gypsy, French and Spanish ingredients - all communicated through a sexy, husky voice ... Tagged 'funfair shamans', their French-African-Gypsy mix holds up a distorting mirror to the country's population. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
The real high-school musical Jun 12, 2008
Forget Zac Efron and his singing, dancing friends. These real, live high-school musical videos deserve a standing ovation. (Salon)
'August: Osage County' will capture best-play Tony Jun 11, 2008
Will win: Patti LuPone, "Gypsy." Should win: Patti LuPone, "Gypsy.". Only Hamlet is a bigger theater role than Rose, the ultimate stage mother in what is possibly the greatest of all American musicals. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
New plays and newcomers salvage Broadway season Jun 11, 2008
Along with "Gypsy," starring the indefatigable Patti LuPone, and a projection-savvy production of "Sunday in the Park With George," nostalgia never looked or sounded better. And, sure, there were disappointments. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Gypsies in Italy protest prejudice Jun 9, 2008
"This is the first time in six centuries that we are demanding our rights," said Santino Spinelli, another organizer, who is a popular Gypsy musician and a professor of Roma culture at the University of Trieste. "We are demanding to be integrated because we are citizens like any others.". (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
The revolutionary Jun 6, 2008
There are the cascading ruffles on dresses by Elbaz, who briefly designed for the Saint Laurent label, a not-so-subtle homage to Saint Laurent's gypsy looks of the mid-'70s. And, of course, Le Smoking, a women's tuxedo revived over the years in the collections of Elbaz, Giorgio Armani, Viktor & Rolf, Ralph Lauren and others. (International Herald Tribune)
Gypsy Billy Joe Saunders on the road to boxing fame Jun 6, 2008
"What he's achieved from his background is unbelievable. I can't think of another Romany gypsy who has done so well. "We are a proud community but we are often wrongly portrayed. The bare knuckle image is not what we're about. (International Herald Tribune)
Fashion goes hippie! Jun 2, 2008
The new twist to the gypsy tale is: wrap yourself in neons. Interestingly, hippies love hair accessories. (India Times, India)
Memorial to gays May 28, 2008
The effort to get a memorial built started in 1992, and a 1999 parliament decision to build the memorial to the Holocaust's 6 million Jewish victims also called for "commemorating in a worthy fashion the other victims of Nazis." In 2001 Jewish and Gypsy leaders backed a public appeal from Dworek's group for a monument to the gay victims. After lawmakers approved its construction, a jury picked the design by Dragset and Elmgreen in early 2006 out of 17 design proposals. (MSNBC -- International)
In 'Marguerite,' an all-too-dark musical May 27, 2008
On Broadway these days, it seems that the best reviews accompany those shows we may already know by heart: "South Pacific" and "Gypsy," both byproducts of a golden era that more than ever seems irretrievable today. London more than New York loves the jukebox tribute: How else to explain the West End longevity of "Buddy," a rock 'n' roll paean to the late Buddy Holly that barely eked out a single season on Broadway 18 years ago. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
People: Ashlee Simpson, Loni Anderson, Paulo Coelho May 20, 2008
Three awards each went to the drama "August: Osage County" and the musicals "Gypsy" and "Passing Strange." "South Pacific" won for actor in a musical (Paulo Szot), director of a musical (Bartlett Sher), set design of a musical (Michael Yeargan) and sound design (Scott Lehrer). Kenny Chesney won entertainer of the year for a fourth straight time in Las Vegas, then promptly took issue with the way the Academy of Country Music awarded the honor: through fan votes. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
What To Do In Las Vegas, Nevada May 16, 2008
Gypsy Caravan Antiques / 1302 South 3rd Street/ 702 868 3302. Gypsy Caravan Antiques exists in several eccentrically decorated and colorfully painted early Las Vegas houses, which take up an entire neighborhood block. (Suite101.com)
An unlikely cast of contenders for Tonys May 14, 2008
"Gypsy" received seven nominations, including one for Arthur Laurents, 89, who wrote the book for the show in 1959 and directed this production. The critically reviled "Grease" was also nominated in this category, though, it should be said, it was one of only four eligible shows. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Summer programming: Quays of the Old Port of Montréal - Summer on the Quays... let the river capture your imagination! May 8, 2008
In August, the ever-popular Campbell Concerts feature two free shows: Gypsy and world music with Jtadi and salsa, jazz and traditional Latin American music with Ecos de Portoalegre. August 10 and 24, 7 p.m., place des Vestiges. (Canada Newswire)
Steampunk moves between 2 worlds May 8, 2008
They watch films like "The City of Lost Children" (with costumes designed by Jean Paul Gaultier), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "Brazil," Terry Gilliam's dystopian fantasy satirizing the modern industrial age; and they listen to melodeons and Gypsy strings mixed with industrial goth. They build lumbering contraptions like the steampunk treehouse, a rusted-out 40-foot sculpture assembled last year at the Burning Man festival in Nevada and unveiled last month at the Coachella music... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET May 8, 2008
GYPSY-STAGE (Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- NEW YORK: Although it's late in the game to be asking this, why isn't "Gypsy" named "Rose". The story is always about who plays Rose, from the original, Ethel Merman, through recent revivalists Tyne Daly and Bernadette Peters, to the performer who was long destined to play her, Patti LuPone. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers May 4 / May 5, 2008
THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS, Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly; 272 pages; $24): Venice policeman Guido Brunetti is haunted by the death of a young Gypsy girl. 8. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lowriders evolve into art May 2, 2008
Known in lowriding circles the world over as the Gypsy Rose for the intricately detailed 150 red roses covering its body, Mr. Valadez's 1964 Chevrolet Impala, with its velvet seats and its chandeliers, is a centerpiece of the Petersen Automotive Museum's La Vida Lowriding (The Lowriding Life) exhibition ... The Gypsy Rose is seen in the opening credits of the 1970s Freddie Prinze sitcom Chico and the Man; Mr. Valadez is at the wheel. (The Augusta Chronicle)
One Hundred Years of Solitude May 2, 2008
Like Cervantes's work, which is purportedly written by a Moor, Gabo's novel is presented as a palimpsest: a manuscript being drafted by a gypsy ... A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands, who introduced himself as Melquiades, put on a bold public demonstration of what he himself called the eighth wonder of the learned alchemists of Macedonia ... "Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Talented family plays something for everybody Apr 22, 2008
They got a standing ovation that led to an encore of B.J. leading a gypsy jazz thing that turned into a ``Yellow Submarine'' sing-along. Kalamazoo's Schlitz Creek opened. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Brazilians possessed by spirits as Umbanda religion grows Apr 22, 2008
Onlookers said she'd been possessed by the spirit of a gypsy. Since Umbanda began a century ago, millions of Brazilians have undergone similar possessions while practicing Brazil's most popular folk religion in neighborhood temples. (Anchorage Daily News)
'A Catered Affair' puts dignity back on menu Apr 18, 2008
With new revivals of classics such as Gypsy and South Pacific and original shows as diverse as last season's Spring Awakening and Grey Gardens and this year's Passing Strange and In the Heights, writers and directors are rejecting the glib satire and empty bombast that have cheapened commercial musical theater in recent decades ... Doyle, Bucchino and Fierstein have a fine interpreter in Faith Prince, whose Aggie emerges as a sort of antithesis to Gypsy's Mama Rose. (USA Today -- Life)
Paul Johnson goes deep . . . on the power of perception Apr 18, 2008
Paul Johnson goes deep. A beat writer's perspective. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Several cahin restaurants in Jacksonville score well for health Apr 18, 2008
A unique blend of restaurants have signed up for this year's Dining Out for Life event, from Zaitoon Mediterranean Grill to Plaza III Steakhouse to the Gypsy Cab Co. ... Locations: Zaitoon Mediterranean Grill, 13475 Atlantic Blvd.; Ragland's, 1023 Park St.; Matthew's Restaurant, 2107 Hendricks Ave.; Matthew's Market, 2103 San Marco Blvd.; The Tasting Room Wines and Tapas, 25 Cuna St. in St. Augustine; Plaza III Steakhouse, 225 E. Coastline Drive; Park Place Lounge, 931 King St.; Burrito Gallery,... (Florida Times-Union)
Plunging into the depths of the baja Apr 17, 2008
Lake Michigan Style & Culture - Shore Magazine. Wildlife Paradise Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:57 PM CDT. (Munster Times, IN)
NIACC announces line-up for 2008-2009 Performing Arts and Leadership Series Apr 17, 2008
As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond. Call 641-422-4188 for Overture Dinner reservations. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
A bloody era of Syria's history informs a writer's banned novel Apr 12, 2008
His second novel, "The Gypsy Notebooks," includes material about Syria's Baath Party. It was banned for four years, not by the government, but by the Union of Arab Writers, which "tries to be more royal than the king," he said, with a disparaging chuckle. (International Herald Tribune)
The death of Grigori Rasputin Apr 9, 2008
Of course she never would arrive and Prince Yusupov began to serve Rasputin the poisoned drinks and cakes but to his horror Rasputin just kept eating and drinking eventually requesting that gypsy songs be played. Prince Yusupov spoke with his accomplices and then returned with a revolver and shot Rasputin. (Suite101.com)
Music: 'Shine a Light': Rock 'n' roll as a Fountain of Youth Apr 9, 2008
He could be the world's happiest young older man: Peter Pan as a wizened Gypsy fortune-teller. For the Rolling Stones appear supremely alive inside their giant, self-created rock 'n' roll machine. (International Herald Tribune)
Borders are no barrier to a Festival with global vision Apr 3, 2008
By Brian Ferguson FROM whirling Turkish dervishes and fiery Hungarian gypsy music to all-female Iranian theatre, Polish opera and Israeli soldiers-turned-dancers, this year's Edinburgh International Festival certainly embraces a host of global cultures. The new director, Jonathan Mills, in his second year at the helm of the capital's showpiece, makes no apologies for the strong international flavour to his three-week programme. (Scotsman)
Officials Meeting Over Gypsy Camp Row Mar 25, 2008
Council officers are meeting later today to decide what to do about a gypsy camp that has sprung up near a Government minister's home. Gypsy camp near Jowell's home ... He said: "The council is supposed to be supplying sites for the gypsy community. Tessa Jowell lives near site "But no sites are being provided and there is nowhere for the community to go. (Sky News)
SF Gate: Entertainment: Music & Nightlife Mar 25, 2008
Gogol Bordello spreading the word about Gypsy culture. From Paul Simon to Vampire Weekend, many rock acts have found inspiration in African music. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Anthony Minghella: gentle genius Mar 23, 2008
As the car climbed upwards, passing hay carts and gypsy encampments, I could see why he had chosen this untouched, almost medieval place as the location for his film. Anthony had first been given Charles Frazier s novel Cold Mountain by Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient. (Times Online)
8 Irish bands we love Mar 17, 2008
Essential Listening: Planxty (1973) Mixing politics (Only Our Rivers Run Free), tradition (Raggle-Taggle Gypsy) eastern-European melodies (courtesy of bouzoukist Andy Irvine) and plenty of jigs, reels and ballads, Planxty's debut is the seminal Celtic album of the '70s. Great Big Sea. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Children in Paris Mar 16, 2008
Victor Hugo immortalized the big tower bell rung by a hunchback enamored of a gypsy girl. As I make my way up the time-worn stone steps, I wonder how I would avoid the lovesick Quasimodo if he were to suddenly appear scampering toward me from above. (Boston Globe)
Jennings finds soft spot Mar 15, 2008
She's (Alabama Gypsy Rose) just the coolest little thing in the whole world. Me and Drea have been together a really long time, so we're ready for this kind of a step. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Photographs unravel Turkey's ethnic tapestry Mar 15, 2008
A gypsy in a flower print shirt plays the saxophone. A woman from the Black Sea stands in a doorway, her fingers touching her collarbone. (International Herald Tribune)
The story of borshch Mar 15, 2008
She was like a Gypsy, very beautiful, with full lips, dark eyes. They fell in love with her at the first glance and stole her. (Guardian Unlimited)
Happy Birthday, Fox Mar 7, 2008
The gypsy-punk band's lead singer Eugene Hutz kept the stage momentum going with his energetic singing and hyper-kinetic stage moves ... The famed Gucci clothesline announced it was basing its men's 2008 fall collection on the Gogol Bordello front man's edgy, gypsy-based stage outfits ... Hutz and Gogol Bordello are now getting ready to break away from the band's signature gypsy punk sounds. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Read an exclusive extract of The Angel of Grozny Mar 3, 2008
He ends up in a fight with the gypsy boys and is thrown out of the roving pack. Once again he sleeps alone down by the riverbank with the dogs around him. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
`Penelope': This Little Piggy's Adorable Feb 27, 2008
An ancestor in the patrician Wilhern family gravely wrongs a servant girl, bringing down a gypsy curse that all female heirs to the clan will be born with the face of a pig. The only cure to their affliction: To earn the love of one of their own. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Stepping out of Judy's shadow Feb 15, 2008
Luft has starred in many Broadway musicals, including Neil Simon's Promises, Promises when she was 19, Snoopy, Little Shop Of Horrors, Mame, Gypsy and Guys & Dolls. Recently she featured in White Christmas: The Musical at the Edinburgh Playhouse co-starring Australia's Craig McLachlan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gonna dance and shimmy all night... Feb 15, 2008
The tribal style, on the other hand, "draws from everything" and is "more gypsy" with music, tassels and coins, Scott-Smith said. The Bellydance Club offers three levels of cabaret classes and two of tribal. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Berlin rocks, and that's just for starters Feb 8, 2008
Notably - and again, the red carpet will sparkle here - Madonna makes her directorial debut in Panorama with a feature, Filth And Wisdom, starring RichardE.Grant and the emergent star of gypsy punk Eugene Hutz. There is even the odd blockbuster, albeit of an arthouse stamp. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Death penalty decision goes to jurors Jan 30, 2008
"Those boys didn't see this photo. They saw their dad basically butchered and slaughtered on the floor."That's how they will forever remember their dad," the prosecutor said.Gallon talked to jurors about the defense case they heard that, the prosecutor said, seemed to blame Yonko's father, mother, his Gypsy culture or bad people in his life for whatever criminal acts he did."It's everyone else's fault," Gallon said. "It was his choice ... "But Yonko's attorney sees it another way and asked... (North County Times)
Reporters on the Job Jan 30, 2008
Romanian Gypsy contestants react to being chosen for the finals of a beauty and traditional dance competition in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda/AP. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
No fuss, no fanfare for Spain's own Madeleine Jan 27, 2008
Contrasts with media treatment of McCann case highlighted in disappearance of young gypsy girl ... Mari Luz comes from a Gypsy family, which has prompted speculation that prejudice may be behind the relative lack of media attention given to the story. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Come dancing Jan 26, 2008
(The dialogue between Atwater and Lola at a sordid, bohemian party is reminiscent of conversations with Gypsy in the masterwork, and the style has the kind of minimalism that was later made a craft by Beckett and Pinter. The break comes not so much in subject matter, but in the writing style, which had become much more reflective. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Places to go and things to do Jan 25, 2008
TRAILSIDE INN, Route 11, Factoryville: Thursdays, Gypsy Park. VFW HALL, Main Street, Dupont: Sunday, John Stevens leshot. (Scranton Times, PA)
Jurors hear about Gypsy culture in death penalty trial Jan 19, 2008
By: JOHN HALL - Staff Writer Testimony comes from Tony Yonko's brother and an expert in the Gypsy history and lifestyle. FRENCH VALLEY -- Jurors deciding the fate of a Lake Elsinore man convicted of murder and now facing the death penalty heard testimony about his Gypsy culture Friday as the defense continues to try to convince the panel to spare their client's life ... The afternoon testimony came from a professor of anthropology at UC Riverside who has studied Gypsy culture for some 40 years,... (North County Times)
