Word: operettas
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...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan players enact their namesakes’ most famous comic operetta. This tale of dewey-eyed maidens, bungling policemen and soft-hearted pirates is a known crowd-pleaser. Directed by Ashley A.P. Horan ’05 and Mark P. Musico ’07. Reserved Seating. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, evenings: regular $12/$10, students & seniors $8/$6, matinees: regular $10/$8, students & seniors $6/$4, Thursday $4 with a Harvard Student I.D. Friday, Saturday and Thursday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Agassiz Theater...
...operetta of action, adventure, comedy and love is ready to take shore at Harvard’s Agassiz Theater. In nine performances spanning from Thursday, Dec. 2 to Saturday, Dec. 11, the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S) Players hope to pillage, plunder, sing and act their way into the hearts of pirates and fair maidens alike with their latest performance, The Pirates of Penzance...
...will still see and hear the original script and score of The Pirates of Penzance. Horan noted that “most people will probably not be expecting many of the things that happen on stage. I think most Harvard students will be pleasantly surprised at just how funny operetta can be when done in the right...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players are at it again—this time bringing to life one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s brilliant comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, that follows the hilarious story of one pirate as he attempts to give up the pirate life. Matinee Tickets $4. Night show tickets $8-12. Showing through Dec. 11. 8 p.m., Agassiz Theater...
...series, which recently has concentrated on 50s and 60s musicals that are a familiar part of the Broadway repertory, must think about expanding its horizons. Of course I mean backward. Last year's revival of Sigmund Romberg's "New Moon" showed that operetta can comfortably nest in the Encores! bosom. How about a true faux operetta: "Hollywood Pinafore," George S. Kaufman's tweaking of "H.M.S. Pinafore" into a satire on the movie business? (It ran briefly on Broadway in 1946 and was not heard again until it surfaced six years ago in Discover the Lost Musicals.) Those Kern musicals that...