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The Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular show, The Pirates of Penzance, is a rollicking, delightfully fun...
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Candide
Based on Voltaire’s 1759 novella of the same name, Candide takes the audience on a round-the-world r...
The Mikado
Since its premiere in 1885 at the Savoy Theatre in London, The Mikado has become one of the most-pe...
H.M.S Pinafore
Since its premiere in 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan’s wildly popular operetta H.M.S. Pinafore has delig...
Die Fledermaus
On New Year’s Eve, Eisenstein is being forced to go to jail for punching a police officer, however d...
The Gondoliers
The twelfth collaboration between composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S. Gilbert, The Gondolie...
Babes in Toyland
Alan and his sister, Jane run away from their evil Uncle Barnaby and are introduced to a variety of...
Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse
Although Ruddigore’s 1887 premiere did not enjoy the same success as its predecessor, The Mikado , i...
Iolanthe
Since its sparkling 1882 premiere at London’s new Savoy Theatre , the fantastical satire Iolanthe ha...
The Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid is Gilbert and Sullivan’s sparkling comic oper...
Die lustige Witwe
Hanna Glawari, recently widowed multi-millionairess, and citizen of Pontevedro, has suitors vying fo...
Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride
All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, b...
