WANTED for Bugsy Malone : singers, actors, dancers - details
26th - 31st March 2012
Book by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Musical adaptation by William Elliott. As presented on Broadway by The New York Shakespeare Festival. Joseph Papp (Producer). Directed by Wilford Leach. Choreography by Graciela Daniele. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD. on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK.
A fresh take on one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular comic operas, this updated version of “The Pirates of Penzance” took New York by storm when it premiered in Central Park in 1980, leading to a subsequent smash-hit Broadway run. Wacky, irreverent and as entertaining today as it was when it first opened in 1879, “The Pirates Of Penzance” spins a hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty. The beauty, wit and whimsy of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic score is suffused with a modern sensibility, making this “Pirates” an excellent choice for Lewes Operatic Society in our Centenary year.
Director: Libby Hannelle
Musical Director: Michael Hinton
Choreographer: Collette Goodwin