Take some gentlemen of Japan, add a pinch of Victorian England and filter through 1940s jazz for a swinging, toe tapping take on the perennial Gilbert & Sullivan classic.
A wandering minstrel, lord high executioner and three little maids as you’ve never seen or heard them before, with the timeless operetta transformed into blues, Cab Calloway swing and gospel.
Make sure Hot Mikado is on your little list of things to see this May!
Book & lyrics adapted by DAVID H. BELL. Music adapted & arranged by ROB BOWMAN. Based on “The Mikado” by W.S.Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Originally produced at Ford’s Theatre, Washington D.C., Frankie Hewitt, Producing Director. These amateur performances are given by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.