NYC's Blue Hill Troupe Will Present Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited to ... - Playbill.com

NYC's Blue Hill Troupe Will Present Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited to ...
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By Michael Gioia Blue Hill Troupe, the New York City musical theatre group that donates its net proceeds to charity, will present a new edition of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's Utopia Limited April 20-28 at El Teatro of El Museo del Barrio in ...

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Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera 'Thespis' opens Feb. 4 in Tarpon Springs - Tampabay.com


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Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera 'Thespis' opens Feb. 4 in Tarpon Springs
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Thespis premiered in London in 1871; it was the first of 14 collaborations between Victorian-era composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist WS Gilbert. "The musical score was never published," Grame said. "The reason for that remains unknown.

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'Gondoliers' review: splendid music, color - San Francisco Chronicle

'Gondoliers' review: splendid music, color
San Francisco Chronicle
By the time they got around to creating "The Gondoliers," the last great success of their partnership, WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were at loggerheads. Sullivan was chafing to compose something grander and more serious than the partnership could ...

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The Bat Segundo Show: Stephen Fry - Reluctant Habits


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The Bat Segundo Show: Stephen Fry
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... animals and sex, the Phoenicians and writing, cuneiform and the alphabet, hip-hop, Fry's rapping talent, forgetting to delight in the beauty of language, Wodehousian language rhythms and music, connections between Wodehouse, Cicero, and WS Gilbert, ...

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'Pirates of Penzance' takes stage at MCCC's Kelsey Theatre - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com


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'Pirates of Penzance' takes stage at MCCC's Kelsey Theatre
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
The musicals of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan often had subtitles, and their fifth collaboration, “Pirates of Penzance,” is no exception. The subtitle, “The Slave of Duty,” provides one of the major plot devices of this delightful musical comedy.

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Lees: The guy with the 'long, red fingernails' and other tales from The Mikado - Vancouver Sun

Lees: The guy with the 'long, red fingernails' and other tales from The Mikado
Vancouver Sun
Straight from Titipu This story could be straight out of Titipu, the imaginary Japanese town where the Victorian theatrical partnership of librettist WS Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan set one of their most popular works, The Mikado.

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From the archives: Brown, the opera - Spectator.co.uk


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From the archives: Brown, the opera
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The prospect of the Chancellor in this role occurred to me while listening again to Gilbert & Sullivan's masterful satire, The Mikado. Ko-Ko makes his entrance with 'a little list' of those who are for the chop. Among the joys of WS Gilbert's libretto ...

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