By Robert Croan The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players returned to Broward Center’s Au-Rene Theater on March 12 with a pleasant but uneven performance of The Mikado. It was more polished than the company’s 2020 touring performance of The Pirates of Penzance, but a reminder that South Florida currently lacks (and needs) a resident Savoyard company of our own. … [Read more...]
Charming ‘Pirates’ runs aground on Broward Center acoustics
By Robert J. Croan The piquant and perceptive, witty and profound comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan rely for their effect as much on William S. Gilbert’s brilliant words as on the sparkling scores of Arthur Sullivan. Broward Center’s 2,658-seat Au-Rene Theater worked against clarity in the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ production of The Pirates of Penzance on … [Read more...]