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...play in which the characters’ primary goal is to escape with their heads attached to their bodies, “The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu” is a surprisingly lighthearted affair. Of course, it’s a Gilbert and Sullivan affair, so serious dramatics would be out of place. The essence of “G&S” is lighthearted entertainment with a side of spectacle, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ (HRGSP) rendition of it—running through Dec. 15 at the Agassiz Theatre—delivers...
...commitment to service, morality and leadership. Blattler, a resident of Brookline, Mass., has a resume that includes a Harvard record and an Ivy League championship in pole vaulting, a place in the pit orchestra playing violin for Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” and summer research trips to Namibia for her concentration, earth and planetary sciences. “I do get sleep,” she said. “I manage to balance everything pretty well.” Her roommate, Sarah E. Gross ’08, was less...
...ably accompanied on the piano by Derrick L. Wang ’06. Matthew V. Anderson ‘03 gave a great vocal performance on “A Wandr’ing Minstrel I” from Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” Anderson later returned with Catherine L. Vaughan ‘08 for Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing.” In “Croon-Spoon,” from Marc Blitzstein’s “Cradle Will Rock...
...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 and Sullivan productions, however, for her to find her true calling within the organization and trade Victorian costume for backstage black...
...classic story that appeals to the faithful fan base the G&S Players have built in the Cambridge-Boston area. Often, their shows—especially bigger ones such as last fall’s “Pirates of Penzance,” “The Mikado,” and “HMS Pinafore”— sell out.“Families come back year after year, bringing their kids who then bring their kids,” HRG&SP president Melissa E. Goldman ’06, writes in an e-mail...