H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, on 25 May 1878 ...

This time, the naval high jinks allow Regan to evoke a kind of Privates on Parade scenario, the show-without-the-show set below deck on a World War Two battleship – or so we’re told, though it’s not a ...

Something for music lovers now - together, the writer and composer, Gilbert and Sullivan, wrote 14 comic operas and their work is as popular today as it was more than a century ago. But now, a modern ...

My wife and I share many artistic passions in common, but Gilbert and Sullivan is not one of them. Victorian operetta has somehow passed her by. Earlier this week, she asked me, in all seriousness, ...

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players always have super costumes. Celebrating their fortieth season this year, they are always decked out in style. Their current production of G&S's biggest hit, ...

Lots of good folk out there are still passionate about Gilbert & Sullivan, emerging every January when the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players take over City Center. This year’s season was limited to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Aboard the ship of HMS Pinafore is a story of love, of comedy and of fun. This weekend, the ...

Like most G&S, Pinafore is rather outdated and needs a good director to introduce some twists that appeal to a modern audience and on past performance, Cal McCrystal had all the right credentials.