Glimpses of a Lost Gypsy

By Mark Eisman

Directed by Jan Levine Thal

A bittersweet comedy about love and loss. Although its setting is present-day, it references the heyday of the Broadway musical, a time of great musical numbers and happy endings. The characters are charming: A blind newspaper vendor who "sees" every woman as the woman he loved when he lost his sight. A bickering brother and sister who run a photo shop and "see" stories in the photos that could pose legal problems. A dancer who has grown old and moved into a different life from the one she envisioned. And the constant memory of a young, vibrant gypsy (a dancer who moves from show to show, always in the chorus)-- invisible to the other characters but 100 percent present for the audience. A dancing duo rounds out the cast, evoking the glamor of classic Broadway musicals. Together the ensemble weaves a story that is at once unique and universal about how we understand love, remember love, and find love, even after years of loneliness. It is a full-length play with one fifteen-minute intermission.

Produced by Positive Aging Theatre at the Madison Senior Center -- 330 W. Mifflin St., Madison, and Meriter Main Gate -- 333 W. Main St., Madison

Performances: March 16, 17, 18, 2005, two evenings, one afternoon

Madison Senior Center
dinner and preview -- Wednesday, March 16. Dinner at 6pm / $3, Show at 7pm /$2
Dinner reservations must be made by March 14

Meriter Main Gate
Thursday, March 17, 2 pm / $3
Friday, March 18, 7pm / $3

both sites wheelchair accessible
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