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This weekend, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ “The Mikado?? went up at Agassiz Theater. “Mikado,” which tells a story of love, law, and decapitation, is among Gilbert and Sullivan’s 14 light operas of the late 19th century, one of the most popular operas ever written.“The Mikado?? is a biting satire lampooning British government and society. We know from the outset that the Japan presented is too much of a caricature for the play to be truly about Japan...
...Mikado?? is not particularly deep or meaningful, but it is highly enjoyable and a welcome dose of sheer silly fun. It’s a perfect antidote for cold weather and late-semester papers...
...Kurt Weill called “Johnny Johnson” at the Loeb Theater.Marshall writes that the whole affair “left HRG&SP with a seriously depleted base, as well as diminished patron support,” leading to subsequent productions of “The Mikado?? and “The Pirates of Penzance” that were respectively, as he puts it, “embarrassing” and “weak.”“At that point, the group was nearly broke and at an artistic nadir...
...variety of solos, duets, and trios from nine of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas. Jess G. Peritz ’06, one of last year’s leads, will be singing “Alone and Yet Alive” from “The Mikado??; father and son Steve W. Morris ’75 and Ben T. Morris ’09 will perform the duet “So Go to Him and Say to Him” from “Patience”; and D. Steve Garlick...
...wait long before the world of Harvard drama came knocking on her door, in the character of her sister. “My freshman fall, my older sister, who was a junior at the time, was producing the fall Gilbert and Sullivan show, which was ‘The Mikado??, and she basically told me that I was going to be in ‘The Mikado.’ Not knowing any other options, I said, ‘sure, that’s fine.’” It would take a few Gilbert...
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