The Mikado: The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down

Featuring Drew Forsythe, David Gould, Jon English and The Fabulous Singlettes from the Gilbert & Sullivan classic The Mikado.

[@oldcremona]

What's up with the Mikado and the fake Japanese accent? It doesn't seem in keeping with the "campiness" of this performance.

[@trajan231]

It's a modern remake. If I remember correctly, the Mikado spent the entire performance thinking that he's Elvis

[@Arkelk2010]

Despite some good singers here, I would have walked out of this production--long before this scene.

[@Frenchblue8]

I would have been right behind you

[@lopenash]

Booo

[@onemercilessming1342]

Arkelk2010-Then, perhaps it is time for you to take a music appreciation course or two or three. This is one of a triad of Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas (the forerunner of Broadway/stage musicals). Many of the puns and double entendres have had to be updated because the originals don't make much sense to us today (their works are dated to between 1871-1896). Opera, ballet, operrettas. comic operas, musicals, etc., are best appreciated when one has a solid background in music. You might be interested in the fact that the late Jon English was a rock star and these three musicals (Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and the Mikado) are among his last performances.

[@AMQ11]

@@onemercilessming1342 It is the production that is rubbish, not the music.

[@onemercilessming1342]

@@AMQ11--A music appreciation course or two or more would teach you that.

[@cheebe]

The pink maid is literally look at the other two with a face saying "What are you doing? You're making this worse. Stop"

[@ChioGaru]

"It's silicon." Gotta love it ^^

[@trajan231]

I heard somewhere that The Mikado is supposed to think he's Elvis.

[@onemercilessming1342]

Mark Andrew--"The Mikado" was written in the latter part of the 19th century. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote their operettas long before Elvis was born.

[@johnnyfaithless]

ham salad.