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live at the savoy live at the savoy ask me anything submit a post rss archive vulnerasti cor meum not unlike marty mauser from marty supreme the characters of gilbert and sullivan s mikado careen from the brink of disaster to deadly disaster for a good two hours the prospect of a grotesque fate narrowly avoided is the stuff of romantic comedies 1 it s the comic structure that keeps the marriage of figaro from turning into oedipus rex and that keeps the emotional profile of the lady s not for burning distinct from that of the crucible 2 ko ko pooh bah yum yum and company narrowly avoid decapitation suicide boiling in hot oil burial alive and separation from their beloveds the highest form of horror imaginable to this reviewer likewise during the march 1st 2026 performance at the university of new mexico s popejoy hall by the new york gilbert and sullivan players this audience member had a brush with a number of theatrical catastrophes some more lingering than others but otherwise emerged unscathed first the orchestra directly by mr joseph rubin was only slightly bigger than a chamber ensemble and the strings were dangerously exposed in fact they positively caterwauled throughout the whole performance they were both shrill and shockingly out of tune mr rubin executed this overture in the same sense with which the mikado sought to execute our poor conspirators in act ii of the performance during the first aria of the operetta mr john charles mclaughlin performed with a gentle leggero tenor the role of nanki poo one of the two actually romantic characters the other being the jilted katisha but seemed incapable or unwilling ever to raise his volume up beyond a genteel forte his only solo number a wand ring minstrel i therefore lacked the dynamics appropriate for a rhapsodic piece of its kind ms leonora braham acted sweetly and ingénoue esquely as could be expected of yum yum who though the romantic linchpin of the drama is hardly worth anything as an individual personality ms braham did prove herself by continuing her dialogue effortlessly at those points her microphone began to cut out more than it did for the other performers throughout the length of the show both the audio problems and the fact that classical singers had to be miked in the first place do no credit to either popejoy hall nor the players themselves mr david macaluso as the tiny ko ko however was truly terrific his entire person has been constituted to be a comic master he can and does jump and leap his eyes bulge his mouth can open impossibly wide the stage business of his producing and struggling to wield successively larger axes during taken from the county jail was not only both humorous and elegant but also was the perfect way to characterize a self important impulsive but ultimately timorous ko ko mr matthew wages joined mr macaluso in comic genius as his unctuous pooh bah waddled about the stage switching deftly among voices and attitudes he admirably toggled among the different professional roles that pooh bah inhabited eventually leading him to arrest himself and drag himself offstage both messrs macaluso and wages pattered competently during i am so proud joined by mr david auxier as pish tush who was otherwise forgettable and introduced the tedious stage business of producing an enormous picture book to illustrate the criminal law of titipu during young man go to mr david wannen as the smiling and benevolent mikado of japan had a rich and steady baritone that served well his role as the ominous god figure in whose universe this drama unfolds the the repetition of the same solfège like gestures at each refrain of my object all sublime however were amateurish which is unfortunate in a repertory that is synonymous with amateur theater here in the united states mr wannen s was also the second mention of tiktok in the show to incorporate modern topical references as appropriate per the program is a respectable position to hold but at least two mentions of tiktok in the course of two punishment arias the first by ko ko i found displeasing it s one thing to satirize the short form content ecosystem of the 21st century slopternet but to attach it to a corporate software name is almost banal it s almost too trendy the mikado s first daughter in law elect katisha played by ms angela christine smith played a characteristically bombastic dragon lady who had no trouble communicating pathos during her heartbreaking heart do not break and her cries of where will i find another upon learning of her fiancé s death the female chorus was more competent than the male chorus with again its amateurish solfège the train of little ladies was warm and resonant and all too short one of the most beautiful portions of the performance their choreography however evoked and compared unfavorably to that of the fabulous singlettes in essgee s 1997 performance of h m s pinafore the costumery was uniform in its sheer eclecticism and piecemeal quality meant to evoke a the dreamlike nature and to avoid an orientalist caricature of a stylized 19th century japan it was a messy effect but while it did not enhance it did not totally detract as the strains of the overture died away this reviewer already had half a mind to leave the theater i am glad i stayed caterwauling violins aside i nonetheless felt chills during the choral numbers and sensitive creature that i am still teared up when watching nanki poo and yum yum not kiss each other during their were i not to koko plighted and was moved at katisha s act ii aria it s hard to resist an impossibly morbid and romantic comedy like the mikado and despite the players flaws they were not after all so much boiling oil or melted lead through which the mythos of spring 3 could shine through on the first of march 1 northrop frye the anatomy of criticism 1957 3d printing 1973 pg 178 2 examples from id pp 178 181 3 see id p 163 7 hours ago 5 notes the mikado reviews in a contemplative fashion and a tranquil frame of mind free from every kind of passion some solution let us find let us cross the situation solve the complicated plot quiet calm deliberation disentangles every knot anonymous beardedmrbean just noticed this one always a good time for gilbert and sullivan 12 hours ago 5 notes the gondoliers in contemplative fashion video jackviator modern major general but it s the swedish chef from the muppets singing it so it s entirely incomprehensible 1 day ago 16 notes modern major general song the muppets incredible will you tell me about the fauxfairfax au lowkeyed1 greencheekconure27 ok so this is going to take a while to explain i m not sure how familiar you are with gilbert sullivan but there s this operetta called the yeomen of the guard it s set somewhere in the early 16th century at the tower of london one of the main characters in it is colonel fairfax a man who s getting executed that day for sorcery and dealings with the devil luckily for him the resident sergeant owes him his life and his daughter phoebe is in love with him so they decide to save him this is accomplished by breaking him out of his cell and then disguising him as phoebe s brother leonard a distinguished soldier who was supposed to arrive that day the real leonard gives them his papers and spends most of the play laying low somewhere in town he and fairfax do not meet on stage until the very finale this is important for my fic later fairfax not knowing he will be rescued also married a random strolling player named elsie maynard who was blindfolded to keep his cousin from inheriting his fortune a bunch of shenanigans follow and he gets to ride off into the sunset with elsie after basically ruining everyone s lives fairfax is kind of an asshole now the faux fairfax au hinges on the idea that the fairfax we meet in the opera is actually an imposter not the famous war hero alchemist man of science etcetc everyone so admires the sergeant hasn t seen fairfax in years phoebe didn t know him before his imprisonment the lieutenant is apparently so face blind that he doesn t recognise him at all in disguise and leonard doesn t get to actually see the man he helped save until he comes back with his pardon in the end and also he may or may not be an actual sorcerer anyway leonard comes back finally sees fairfax at the wedding realizes this is not his friend and this kicks off a mystery plot in which he his sister phoebe and elsie s heartbroken ex a jester named jack point investigate what the hell is going on and what happened to the real fairfax currently all this is a bunch of disjointed fragments mostly dialogue and if i m honest it has been in that state for a while now i do plan to write the whole thing eventually i hope phew i hope it made sense originally posted by ineffablehusbands334 1 day ago 15 notes the yeomen of the guard faux fairfax au basingstoke anonymous maculategiraffe margaret if you do not basingstoke at once i shall be seriously angry 2 days ago 7 notes ruddigore mad margaret clio just clio holy shit so many old simpsons gags can be attributed to gilbert and sullivan the early show worked not just because the writing was on point but because the references were so varied and not purely reliant on contemporary pop culture it s so great listening to hms pinafore and hearing the basis for jokes i really liked in early simpsons episodes 2 days ago 14 notes the simpsons h m s pinafore respectablecapers respectablecapers respectablecapers respectablecapers respectablecapers oh hell yeah jester hat you look ridiculous right now ridiculously gorgeous i know he took it off and walked away holding it sadly at the end of wooer goes a wooing fuck my stupid baka life so part of the direction for jack point s final lines is like it s ok to sacrifice some of the pretty for emotional impact which it s still gorgeous bc our points are phenomenal but like he stumbles he sobs his voice breaks on crave no crumb and auauahahgahhgh last night after cock and bull wilfred chased point offstage demanding the silly hat point did keep it on for the finale but it fell off during his verse when he fell to his knees which ow 2 days ago 29 notes the yeomen of the guard oooooof lostsometime so i saw h m s pinafore for the first time last night yes i know i am a bad musical theater person for not having seen it until i was 35 what do you want from me anyway i can t stop appending and so do his sisters and his cousins and his aunts to literally any statement involving a he 3 days ago 26 notes h m s pinafore large picard large picard i wish there was a tumblr fandom for hms pinafore like there was for sherlock or merlin i so desperately wish there was an awful late 00s 20 episode series about the stupid gay navy opera some sweet babyfaced twink playing ralph rackstraw and a queerbaiting dick deadeye as his companion cliched father figure captain corcoran girlboss buttercup it would have been perfect instead i have to look very weird with as much as i think about this damned opera important addition from the essgee hms pinafore comments you rang 3 days ago 12 notes hms pinafore bad at names and faces basingstokemercury as witnesseth the living eye it all began with the forging of the great rings three were given to the elves pooh bah i am the elves seven to the dwarf lords pooh bah i am the dwarf lords 4 days ago 28 notes the mikado the lord of the rings 2013 2026 live at the savoy next page page 1 596