The pirates! The pirates, oh despair!

[jethrien]

I saw The Pirates of Penzancce at the New York City Opera last night. Gilbert and Sullivan. Pirates. Awesome.

I love that play - we did a concert version in high school, so I know the score pretty well, and, well, it's just a fantastic operetta. And this was a particularly well executed version. The director really knew how to do comic opera effectively. Timing was excellent, they played the obvious jokes deftly and the satire completely deadpan. Mabel was totally over the top, which actually worked much better for the character than the more straight versions I've seen. They did a Monty Python style puppet show to the overture, making this the best overture ever.

And the intro in the program was written by the two guys who came up with International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It was a blast-- and the company was nifty, too.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I am going to see that next weekend with my mother. I did Pirates for my high school senior class play, so I know all the music and I ::heart:: the operetta lotses.

I'm so glad to hear that it's well done (I mean, my reference is my class play, so of course it's going to be better, but you know what I mean), and that thing about the program is hilarious. Awesome awesome awesome. I can't wait!

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

You'll love it.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

::squeesplodes::

March is a good month!

[dushai.livejournal.com]

Sounds great! I am soooooooooo jealous. :)