Photo: Steppenwolf Garage
Presented by The Hypocrites
By Gilbert and Sullivan
Directed and Adapted by Sean Graney
March 31 – April 5, 2015
Club Oberon
2 Arrow Street, Cambridge MA
The Hypocrites on Facebook
Review by Danielle Rosvally
(Cambridge, MA) Hold onto your hats, the Hypocrites are back at the Oberon. The Mikado is alive, vivacious, and everything a modern audience could ask for from Gilbert and Sullivan unplugged. Continue reading
Erica Spyres (Yum-Yum) and cast of The Mikado at The Lyric Stage. Photo by Mark S. Howard
The Mikado, music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA
September 9 – October 13
Reviewed by Craig Idlebrook
It is rare to see good actors overacting, over-annunciating and mugging the audience to ring out every laugh. It is even rarer to enjoy every minute of it. In the Lyric Stage Company’s staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s the Mikado, you get the delicious treat of both.
If you have never seen a Gilbert and Sullivan play, then now’s the time to get initiated with this production. Continue reading
