Word: mikados
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Victorian couple. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, are perfect in themselves, but when they are sung to Sir Arthur's music the result is the incomparable gaiety and freshness of a season that, alas, seems all too tardy in arriving--which reminds one that The Mikado is still wandering somewhere between New York and Boston, and that Spring is unofficial until Winthrop Ames has sent his latest revival to lead those bored with sophistication to the Plymouth...
...start in the theatrical industry, he said that when he was 14 years old he received his first job in the old Boston Theatre, when he appeared "the Orphan Scene". Some years later he opened his first theatre on Washington Street with an opera company playing "The Mikado" in a continuous performance. "We nearly killed the actors," he said, but then actors at that time often suffered. Many times they had no car fare or even money with which to buy food...
Deep thinkers depend on A Connecticut Yankee, Manhattan Mary, The Mikado, Good News, Hit the Deck, Funny Face...
...pretty knees and nonsense: Manhattan Mary, The Mikado, Hit the Deck, Funny Face, Good News, Connecticut Yankee...
Songs sifted with wit and wiggles: Manhattan Mary, Hit the Deck, A Connecticut Yankee, Funny Face, Chauve-Souris, Good News, The Mikado...