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Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris are set to star in a concert reading of Gypsy Rose Lee’s The Naked Genius to be offered on June 14 at Caroline’s on Broadway. The evening will serve as a benefit for the Mint Theatre Company.
The farce tells the story of a burlesque performer named Gypsy Rose Lee, who’s just published a memoir entitled I’ll Bare All, and her attempts to reconcile her desire for respectability with her burlesque roots. The reading will use the original script for the piece, rather than the Broadway version, which was doctored by its original director George S. Kaufman. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
The benefit will also feature a pre-show dinner with Erik Preminger, Lee’s son, and Anne Kaufman, daughter of the original show’s director and ghostwriter, as well as a post-performance desert reception with the cast.
For further information, visit: www.minttheater.org.
