Eric Ankrim does double duty as Prince Alfonse and gypsy boy Frederick in Village Theatre’s The Gypsy King. Photo courtesy John Pai.
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Eric Ankrim does double duty as Prince Alfonse and gypsy boy Frederick in Village Theatre’s The Gypsy King. Photo courtesy John Pai.
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Katherine Strohmaier (Anisette) and Eric Ankrim (Frederick) in The Gypsy King. Photo courtesy John Pai.
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Katherine Strohmaier (Anisette) and Eric Ankrim (Frederick) in The Gypsy King. Photo courtesy John Pai.
In the tradition of Once Upon a Mattress, Village Theatre’s The Gypsy King is a fractured fairy tale with all the familiar markings: a prince and a pauper who look uncannily alike; a dastardly villain deserving his own Disney character; countless one-liners (some good, some terrible); and a love story at its core. There isn’t anything particularly fresh or new about…
