W.S. Gilbert News

The McGill Savoy Society is proud to present for its 46th season- THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE or the slave of duty!

The McGill Savoy Society is proud to present for its 46th season- THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE or the slave of duty!

Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Rte. 28 in Cotuit proudly presents JOY UNBOUNDED: A Gilbert & Sullivan Jubilee, music by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. This revue of both old favorites and hidden gems to be discovered is an original staged piece conceived and directed by Laura Garner with music direction by Geraldine Boles.

Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Rte. 28 in Cotuit proudly presents JOY UNBOUNDED: A Gilbert & Sullivan Jubilee, music by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. This revue of both old favorites and hidden gems to be discovered is an original staged piece conceived and directed by Laura Garner with music direction by Geraldine Boles.

The 92nd Street Y has announced casting for the 2010 season of Lyrics & Lyricists. Lucie Arnaz, Debby Boone, Capathia Jenkins, James Naughton and Raúl Esparza are among the performers who will present the music of the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, Johnny Burke and Hoagy Carmichael. The season also includes a night of songs made famous by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and one devoted to the art of the satirical song, featuring works by Tom Lehrer, 'Yip' Harburg, Stephen Sondheim and others. The season is curated by series artistic director Deborah Grace Winer, and a line-up of guest artistic directors - Lucie Arnaz, Daryl Sherman, Rob Fisher, and Ted Sperling.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island will present the Long Island Premiere of W.S. Gilbert's play 'Sweethearts' at 8:00pm Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Ethical Humanist Society.

Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Rte. 28 in Cotuit proudly presents JOY UNBOUNDED: A Gilbert & Sullivan Jubilee, music by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. This revue of both old favorites and hidden gems to be discovered is an original staged piece conceived and directed by Laura Garner with music direction by Geraldine Boles.

It isn't every day that a producer can offer a new musical by a dead book writer/lyricist/composer team. Producer John Chatterton is pleased to present, in association with Wings Theatre Company, TOPSY TURVY LOVES, the new Gilbert & Sullivan musical adapted by Robert Sickinger.

The 92nd Street Y announces the 2010 line-up for Lyrics & Lyricists, the 40th anniversary season of 92Y's legendary American Songbook series. DEBORAH GRACE WINER returns for her second season as artistic director of the series, as well as one of the shows. Guest artistic directors are LUCIE ARNAZ, DARYL SHERMAN, ROB FISHER, TED SPERLING and ROBERT KIMBALL.

History tells us that London was caught up in some sort of Japanese fervor in 1885 when Gilbert and Sullivan debuted their newest comic opera, The Mikado or The Town of Titipu at the Savoy Theatre. And now, 124 years later, Nashville theatre-goers may find themselves in a similar state, thanks to a superior production of the entertaining work, which bows as the first show in the 20th anniversary season from ACT 1, one of Tennessee's best community theatre groups.

The 92nd Street Y announces the 2010 line-up for Lyrics & Lyricists, the 40th anniversary season of 92Y's legendary American Songbook series. DEBORAH GRACE WINER returns for her second season as artistic director of the series, as well as one of the shows. Guest artistic directors are LUCIE ARNAZ, DARYL SHERMAN, ROB FISHER, TED SPERLING and ROBERT KIMBALL.

New Repertory Theatre announces its 2009-2010 season, the inaugural season for new Artistic Director Kate Warner. The new season will present five plays on its Mainstage in the Charles Mosesian Theater; two plays in its Downstage @ New Rep series in the Black Box Theater; and two holiday offerings.

Classical composers like Victor Herbert, Jacques Offenbach, and Johann Strauss, along with 20th century lyricists Jerry Bock and George Gershwin, and the Victorian-era team of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan will be featured when Ohio Light Opera opens its 31st season at The College of Wooster in June.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) will honor Tony? Award-winner George S. Irving with the 17th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre Monday, December 8th.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) will honor Tony® Award-winner George S. Irving with the 17th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre Monday, December 8th.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island will present a staged reading of W. S. Gilbert's classic comedy, Pygmalion and Galatea.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island will present a staged reading of W. S. Gilbert's classic comedy, Pygmalion and Galatea.

The award-winning actor currently costars in 'Hunting and Gathering', the second of three plays he's in this season.

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.

In Al Grand's zesty and fun Yiddish translation of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic, young Frederick is a former Yeshiva student and the Major General is an Orthodox Jew who bakes fine honey cakes and is a friend of Benjamin Disraeli.