Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bangs down the curtain on much the best part of the show. Though this jive and boogie-woogie romp may have Gilbert & Sullivan spinning in their graves, they can't be spinning any faster than things do on the stage while Pinafore holds it. Thereafter the show gets grounded, along with the showboat. The plot trails off, without even leaving footprints, in all directions; the people go through a lot of boisterous but baffling antics; a dream fantasia nominally involving Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial By Jury gets wedged somewhere into the proceedings...
Martin Bookspan '47 remains as Program Manager, a post he has held for some time. Gerald F. Genn '48 replaces William E. Sullivan '45 in the position of Business Manager, with Sullivan also graduating in June. Charles A. Shaw of the V-12 unit is also retiring because of approaching commencement, and William F. Clark '48 will fill his post as Production Director...
...Iolanthe" must rank high on any Savoyard's list of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Packed with good tunes and breathtaking lyrics, it is also a social satire at times as bitter and biting as the early novels of Evelyn Waugh. In short, "Iolanthe" is as difficult to perform successfully as it is easy to make entertaining...
...connection with the Glee Club's forthcoming production of "Iolanthe," the Harvard Theatre Collection will feature Gilbert and Sullivan material in its show cases for the next several weeks...
Musicals may come and go, but Gilbert and Sullivan are good forever and Vinton Freedley seems to have discovered the fact. The program for "Memphis Bound" lists Don Walker and Clay Warnick as authors of the lyrics and music for Mr. Freedley's latest production, "with a grateful nod to W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan." Sir Arthur and Mr. Gilbert deserve more than a grateful...