Richard Holmes News

The New YorK Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP), America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its 40th Anniversary Season this weekend, November 1st and 2nd with the G&S spooky classic, Ruddigore featuring dark souls & curses playing for a limited Halloween weekend run at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place). Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action!

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP), America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its 40th Anniversary Season on November 1st and 2nd with the G&S spooky classic, Ruddigore featuring dark souls & curses playing for a limited Halloween weekend run at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place). Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action!

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP), America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its 40th Anniversary Season on November 1st and 2nd with the G&S classic,Ruddigore playing for a limited run at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place).

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, composed by Mel Mercier, with lighting design by Jean Kalman and Mike Gunning, set design by Chloe Obolensky and choreography by Kim Brandstrup, will play the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St), tonight, December 10 - 22, 2013 as part of the Next Wave Festival.

Each year, classically minded New Yorkers in the know enjoy the elegance of an all-Bach New Year's Eve Gala. This 30-year tradition of the Amor Artis Chorus & Orchestra continues with Music Director Stephen Somary conducting the festive Cantatas 41 and 190, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and Concerto for Oboe and Violin at the Church of Saint Jean Baptiste (Lexington Avenue & 76th Street), Tuesday, December 31, 8PM. Admission is $50. The concert is over at 9:45, so there's still time to paint the town red!

The inimitable Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Fiona Shaw (Medea, 2002 Next Wave; Happy Days, 2008 Spring Season; John Gabriel Borkman, 2011 Spring Season) and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon perform one of the best loved poems in the English language, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, under the acclaimed direction of Phyllida Lloyd. This fiery, pared-down adaption of the 215-year-old tale tells of consequences paid while marooned at sea and of man's wanderings throughout the world in search of meaning.

America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, proudly announces part 2 of 'G&S Fest 2008,' a festival of Gilbert & Sullivan productions featuring an unprecedented number of shows in one season, slated for June 6-15th on the great stage of New York's historic City Center (West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues).

America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, proudly announces part 2 of 'G&S Fest 2008,' a festival of Gilbert & Sullivan productions featuring an unprecedented number of shows in one season, slated for June 6-15th on the great stage of New York's historic City Center (West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues).

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, is proud to announce its new 'G&S Fest 2008,' a festival of Gilbert & Sullivan productions featuring an unprecedented number of shows in one season slated January 4-13th and June 6-15th on the great stage of New York's historic City Center.

America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, proudly announces part 2 of 'G&S Fest 2008,' a festival of Gilbert & Sullivan productions featuring an unprecedented number of shows in one season, slated for June 6-15th on the great stage of New York's historic City Center (West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues). Under the artistic and music direction of Albert Bergeret, the company has presented over 2,600 performances throughout the United States, Canada, and England.

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) presented, for one night only, an adorable 'Trial by Jury' paired with 'G&S à la Carte', a new revue featuring best-of selections by the masters of comic operetta.

America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, is proud to announce its new 'G&S Fest 2008,' a festival of Gilbert & Sullivan productions featuring an unprecedented number of shows in one season slated January 4-15 and June 6-15 on the great stage of New York's historic City Center

America?s foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, is proud to announce its new ?G&S Fest 2008,? a festival of Gilbert & Sullivan productions featuring an unprecedented number of shows in one season slated January 4-15th and June 6-15th on the great stage of New York?s historic City Center

The National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Pythons SPAMALOT, begins performances tomorrow Tuesday March 7 at Boston's Colonial Theatre. Other cities confirmed for the tour are below, with more dates to follow.

Spamalot's national tour will come to Houston from May 22nd through June 17th

Today (Monday, January 23), The National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Pythons SPAMALOT, begins rehearsals in New York, prior to a first performance in Boston on March 7 at the Colonial Theatre. Other cities confirmed for the tour include Chicago, Washington DC, Pittsburgh and Atlanta, with more dates to follow.

H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado and Quintessential G&S will comrpise the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players' 2006 season

The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury will be presented as part of the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' 32nd anniversary season

America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, will present a semi-staged full production of 'The Rose of Persia,' a comic opera written by Basil Hood and Sir Arthur Sullivan, on Sunday, April 3rd (3PM) at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2535 Broadway at 95th Street). Featuring a full orchestra, costumes and choreography, 'The Rose of Persia' is a farcical tale of romance, intrigue and mistaken identities! Staged by Albert Bergeret & Jan Holland, the 29 member-company will be led in principal roles by Laurelyn Watson, David Wannen, Kimberly Deana Bennett, Michael Scott Harris, Stephen O'Brien and Richard Holmes.