Arthur Sullivan News

Ninety-nine years before television producer Aaron Spelling first invited viewers aboard 'The Love Boat,' Gilbert and Sullivan made good on their promise of shipboard romance with their enduring hit, H.M.S. PINAFORE.

Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theatre of California, reinvents its theatre to present Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, as reimagined by the Chicago theatre hooligans The Hypocrites. This wacky beach party with flying beach balls, rubber duckies, ukuleles, banjos, plastic swimming pools, and a tiki bar brings the audience on stage for a night they won't forget.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andr Bishop) has announced that Allan Corduner will play Colonel Pickering, Jordan Donica will play Freddy Eynsford-Hill, and Linda Mugleston will play Mrs. Pearce, in its upcoming production of Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher. They join Lauren Ambrose (as Eliza Doolittle), Harry Hadden-Paton (as Henry Higgins), Norbert Leo Butz (as Alfred P. Doolittle), and Diana Rigg (as Mrs. Higgins) to head the cast of 37 in this new production of the most beloved musical of all time, beginning performances Thursday, March 15 and opening on Thursday, April 19 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

STARTING 5 PRODUCTIONS presents Terrence McNally's WHERE HAS TOMMY FLOWERS GONE?, directed by Laura Braza. WHERE HAS TOMMY FLOWERS GONE?, playing a three-week limited engagement at the Workshop Theater (312 W 36th St Fourth Floor New York, NY 10018).

The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players are thrilled to announce tickets are now available for their production of Cole Porter's classic Kiss Me, Kate, starting December 1!

A raucous, zany beach party, complete with swimming pools, Tiki Bar and beach balls, begins previews tonight, November 29, in a special, 80-minute holiday adaptation of Pirates of Penzance at NYU Skirball, running through December 10. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

A raucous, zany beach party, complete with swimming pools, Tiki Bar and beach balls, awaits audiences in an 80-minute holiday adaptation of Pirates of Penzance having its New York premiere tonight, November 29, through December 10 at NYU Skirball.

New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, continues its 27th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with a public reading of the new/old musical THE ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE, 'Gilbert & Sullivan's original operatic abomination,' free and open to the public, on January 8 for one night only; followed by Cole Porter's satiric masterpiece ANYTHING GOES, running March 1-24, 2018; and the St. Louis premiere of the world's first bio-historical musical comedy, YEAST NATION, written by the Urinetown team, running May 31-June 23, 2018. All shows will be in the company's home, the Marcelle Theater, in the Grand Center Arts District.

The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players are thrilled to announce tickets are now available for their production of Cole Porter's classic Kiss Me, Kate, starting December 1!

Winners of the prestigious international Search for New Musicals were announced today at New Musicals Inc. in Los Angeles.

New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, will present a public reading of the new/old musical THE ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE, Gilbert & Sullivan's original 'operatic abomination,' free and open to the public, on Monday, January 8, 2018, at 8:00 pm at the Marcelle Theater, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive, in the Grand Center Arts District. Admission is free.

A raucous, zany beach party, complete with swimming pools, Tiki Bar and beach balls, awaits audiences in an 80-minute holiday adaptation of Pirates of Penzance having its New York premiere November 29 - December 10 at NYU Skirball.

STARTING 5 PRODUCTIONS has just announced that Terrance McNally's WHERE HAS TOMMY FLOWERS GONE?, directed by Laura Braza will play a three-week limited engagement at Off-Broadway's Workshop Theater (312 W 36th St Fourth Floor New York, NY 10018).

STARTING 5 PRODUCTIONS has announced Terrance McNally's WHERE HAS TOMMY FLOWERS GONE?, directed by Laura Braza. WHERE HAS TOMMY FLOWERS GONE? will play a three-week limited engagement at Off-Broadway's Workshop Theater (312 W 36th St Fourth Floor New York, NY 10018).

Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) has announced its 2018 season, opening with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (June 9-17), followed by ANYTHING GOES (August 18-26), JUDY GARLAND: COME RAIN OR COME SHINE, STARRING ANGELA INGERSOLL (October 5-14), and INTO THE WOODS (December 22-31).

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, begins its exciting 2017-18 Season tonight, September 15 (7:30PM) with a new jewel box production of The Sorcerer, celebrating its 140th anniversary this year.

Park Square Theatre is gearing up for its next season with world, American and Midwest premieres in a season that will showcase the Twin Cities diversity and talent.

Swimming pools, twinkly lights, a well-stocked Tiki Bar and beach balls welcome the audience to a raucous and utterly zany beach party in The Hypocrites theater company of Chicago's adaptation of Pirates of Penzance, running November 29 December 10 at NYU Skirball.

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, begins its exciting 2017-18 Season on Friday, September 15 (7:30PM) with a new jewel box production of The Sorcerer, celebrating its 140th anniversary this year. The production will be staged at Off-Broadway's intimate Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater (10 West 64th Street). The strictly limited engagement will play September 15 - 17. Below, BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at James Mills recreating some of the poses from the original 1877 production!

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, begins its exciting 2017-18 Season on Friday, September 15 (7:30PM) with a new jewel box production of The Sorcerer, celebrating its 140th anniversary this year.