Sail away with the gallant crew of the H.M.S. Pinafore! Main Street Opera Theatre proudly presents Gilbert & Sullivans comic masterpiece, H.M.S. Pinafore, for only two performances on March 15th & 16th. H.M.S. Pinafore or the Lass That Loved a Sailor was Gilbert & Sullivans fourth collaboration and their first blockbuster hit. The comic operetta opened in London in 1898 and ran for 571 performances. When it premiered in Boston the following year one critic wrote, Going to Pinafore has become a mania. The plot revolves around thwarted love between members of different social classes, namely the daughter of the gentlemanly Captain of the Pinafore who has fallen in love with a common sailor but is betrothed to the First Lord of the Admiralty. In true Gilbert & Sullivan fashion, true love reigns. The show includes such familiar songs as Im Called Little Buttercup, When I Was a Lad, I am the Captain of the Pinafore. Approx run time 2hrs. Rated G
Cast and Creative Team for H.M.S. Pinafore at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill
Robert Skylis as Ralph Rackstraw
Shannon Watts as Josephine
Mitch Gillette as Sir Joseph Porter
Kurt Bowen as Captain Corcoran
Leslie Ann Naeve as Little Buttercup
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50400 Cherry Hill Road Canton, MI 48187
Canton, MI 48187
Phone: 734/394-5300
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