NELSONVILLE — More than 35 years after first performing in the show “Gypsy” in her hometown on Long Island, Jenn Fritchley has returned to take on the role of the infamous stage mom, Mama Rose, at the historic Stuart’s Opera House. What makes this role so special to her, though, is that this is the very role she watched her mom star in all those years ago.
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