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The Merry Widow

May 4, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Widow

Opera (1905)
Music by Franz Lehár
Sung in German, English, French,
Italian, Russian and Serbian
with projected translations
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center/
Shubert Theatre
April 29 – May 8, 2016

A multilingual account of the popular operetta and waltzathon, reset a bit forward from the original to just before World War I.

H.M.S. Pinafore

March 8, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Dana Omar

Operetta (1878)
by W.S. Gilbert and
Arthur Sullivan
Co-Adapted by Sean Graney,
Andra Velis Simon and Matt Kahler
Directed by Sean Graney
Music Directed by
Andra Velis Simon
Oberon at American Repertory Theater
in association with The Hypocrites
Oberon Theater, Arrow Street,
Harvard Square, Cambridge
March 8 – 20, 2016

Gilbert and Sulli-fun to the max, with lots of original material, but done up and recharged in all sorts of ways, entertaining and musically tight.

The Pirates of Penzance

May 22, 2013 by admin Leave a Comment

1919 production

Operetta (1879)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
New adaptation by Sean Graney, Kevin O’Donnell
A production by The Hypocrites
American Repertory Theatre
Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
May 10 – June 2, 2013

A infectiously rambunctious version of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, abbreviated, but still seeming full, and done with musicality and stageworthiness by a troupe wielding guitars, banjos, ukeleles, spoons, washboards, and lots of beach balls.

The Mikado

September 19, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Timothy John Smith as The Mikado

Operetta
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
September 7 – October 13, 2012

The Gilbert and Sullivan hit based on Japanese themes, colorfully done in an intimate setting, with lots of topical lyrics inserted into the original.

Candide

September 21, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Candide Engraving

Music by Leonard Bernstein Adapted and Directed by Mary Zimmerman Musical Direction by Doug Peck Choreography by Deniel Pelzig Sets Designed by Daniel Ostling Costumes Designed by Mara Blumenfeld Huntington Theatre Company Boston, MA With Larry Yando (Pangloss and others), Geoff Packard (Candide), Lauren Molina (Cunegonde), Erik Lochtefeld (Maximilian and others), McCaela Donovan (Pacquette and […]

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