Once upon a time, a king had one son, and when he was old enough, he told his father he wished to marry the most beautiful woman in the world. "I'm going to travel the world until I find her," said ...

The residents of Springfield Missouri were charmed by a seemingly young, sickly girl named Gypsy Rose Blanchard. She couldn't walk, was bald, and supposedly had mental disabilities, but she adored ...

The enchanted hunchback and his Gypsy Princess. HISTORY It all starts with an explosion of joy in the camp of Gypsy, to announce the celebration of Carnival, while: Clopin, Firduse, Toso and Pandora ...

They say no minute goes by in the world without a melody of Emmerich Kálmán's, born 125 years ago, being heard either on stage, on television, on the radio, at a concert or gala. And most often, no ...

Having produced 26 operettas and musical comedies and employed 1,000 theater artists, Light Opera Works has just triumphantly turned 10. Friday they open their decennial season with the Chicago ...

Mimi Grenville contacted us in response to a recent history column on gypsies in Jacksonville. Grenville had an encounter with the itinerant group when she gave birth to one of her sons at St. Vincent ...

She read Noralee Frank's book, "Stripping Gypsy," which recounts the rise of Gypsy Rose Lee from humble beginnings with Mama Rose and sister June to burlesque queen, and watched videos of legendary ...

Emmerich Kalman s The Gypsy Princess has just about everything you can hope for in an opera: sex, deceit, romance, near-death experiences, and showgirls. Also, singing. And contrary to the popular ...