Conference back40::soapbox

S u d b u r y               All proceeds donated to the relief of world hunger
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O	  Additional chorus members are welcome to join us at any Monday
Y	     rehearsal from now through the first Monday in January.
A		    No auditions are required for the chorus.
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Rehearsals will be held each Monday beginning 5 December (except 26 December)
at 7:30 pm.  In February and March rehearsals will also be held on Fridays and
some Sunday afternoons.  Leads, as needed, will also rehearse on Wednesdays.
Rehearsals will be held at Hawes Hall, Sudbury United Methodist Church, Old
Sudbury Road (Route 27), Sudbury Center, Massachusetts.  Performances will be
at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Auditorium.

For more information about singing with the Sudbury Savoyards, or to
volunteer your services in any capacity, please call the Producer, John
Covert, at (508) 263-5433.

The Sudbury Savoyards have been performing Gilbert and Sullivan shows in
Sudbury, Massachusetts since 1961.  Originally a fund-raising activity of
the Sudbury United Methodist Church, the group gradually evolved an identity
and members of its own.  Today the group still enjoys the considerable
benefits of affiliation with the church but is a separate organization,
donating all proceeds to the relief of world hunger.  

Key points that make the Sudbury Savoyards unique:

- Gilbert and Sullivan only.
- One production per year, typically in March.
- Large scale of production:  900-seat auditorium at Lincoln-
  Sudbury Regional High School, full sets, lights, costumes,
  orchestra.  Our productions often put as many as 65 people
  on the stage and 30 in the orchestra pit.
- No audition required for chorus.
- An attitude that, in community theater, the "community" part
  and the "theater" part are equally important.
- All proceeds are donated to the relief of world hunger.

"The Mikado" will be the thirty-fourth Gilbert and Sullivan production presented
by the Sudbury Savoyards since 1961.

    
    why Savoyards? are the players all Northern Italians?

Gilbert and Sullivan fans are known as "Savoyards" because the majority
of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas were first performed at the Savoy
Theatre in London.

/john

S u d b u r y               All proceeds donated to the relief of world hunger
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V	                Announcing Casting of Lead Roles in
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Y	     T H E   M I K A D O          	William S. Gilbert
A		      or		by	       and
R	      The Town of Titipu		 Arthur Sullivan
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S	to be presented March 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 1995 in Sudbury

                             DRAMATIS PERSON�

The Mikado of Japan                                                   Walt Howe

Nanki-Poo [his Son, disguised as a wandering minstrel]             Bill Kuhlman

Ko-Ko [Lord High Executioner of Titipu]                            Stephen Hird

Pooh-Bah [Lord High Everything Else]                             Dennis O'Brien

Pish-Tush [a Noble Lord]                                      Paul Lemieux, Jr.

Yum-Yum		}                                                  Mary Whallon
                }
Pitti-Sing	} [Three Sisters -- Wards of Ko-Ko]           Debra S. Hanggeli
                }
Peep-Bo		}                                              Christine Larsen

Katisha [an elderly Lady]                                         Paula Moravek

           Chorus of School-girls, Nobles, Guards, and Coolies

                                  ACT I

                 Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence

                                  ACT II

                              Ko-Ko's Garden

         (First Produced at the Savoy Theatre on March 14, 1885)

            Sponsored by the Sudbury United Methodist Church.

	For more info, see http://www.ultranet.com/~savoyard

	Also see DCL::SUDBURY_SAVOYARDS  ('cept DCL:: powers off on weekends).

	Or Topic 121 in CDSRV::THEATRE

/john

    
    If anyone would like to receive a flyer for this year's production of 
    _The Mikado_, please send me your name/address.  It's for a good cause,
    and hey, John & I are both in it 8^).

                       
    Tickets are now available for the Sudbury Savoyards' 1995 production of 
    Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado", which will be presented at the 
    Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Auditorium on March 23, 24, and
    25.  This year's show is conducted by David Larrick, directed by 
    Sally Osborne, and produced by John Covert.
               			           				
    "The Mikado" will be performed at 8:15pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 
    and at 2:30pm on Saturday.  If bought in advance from a cast member, 
    tickets are $11 for adults while senior citizens and students pay $8.  
    Prices at the door or through the main ticket sales number, (508) 443-8811,
    are $1 higher.  Group rates are available.

    There are Sudbury Savoyards in many facilities, and others of us are 
    willing to mail or hand-deliver tickets at your convenience.  Please
    feel free to contact me at POWDML::LAUER.

      	  * All proceeds are donated to the relief of world hunger *

    I will be attending the 2:30 pm Saturday show.  If anyone wants to
    join me, we could either do lunch before hand, dinner after, or both.
    Lemme know.

    
    	***	Boxbash/Meet The Savoyards at mz_debra's	***
    
    Looking for something to do this Friday night?  Thinking about
    attending the Sudbury Savoyards' performance of _The Mikado_ but would
    like to know more about Gilbert & Sullivan first?  Interested in meeting 
    people who say things like "modified rapture!"?  Just feel like going to 
    mz_debra's house 8^)?
    
    This Friday night (March 3, 1995), members of the Sudbury Savoyards will 
    be chez_mz_debra after rehearsal, and any and/or all boxers are cordially
    invited to stop by for any and/or all of the above reasons.  We won't
    be there until 10:30-ish, so you don't have to rush right over after
    work 8^).  Discounted tickets to the March 23, 24, and 25 performances of
    _The Mikado_ will be available for purchase.
    
    If you'd like directions, drop me a line.
                                                

| <<< Note 137.17 by POWDML::LAUER "Little Chamber of Fuzzy Faces" >>>


| If you'd like directions, drop me a line.

	Hey Baby.... did anyone tell you how beautiful you are?

RE .17

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ME

	You know Komar.... you're sooooo literal.... no wonder you're a judge!
heh heh... (ok, so it WAS a GOOD one)

    
    Oh, I'm surrounded by wiseguys here 8^)!
    
    {ahem} if you'd like directions, please send me mail.
    
    8^ppPpPpPPPpPpPP!

	I thought you were blowing that thing off for a roadtrip to Rhode
Island? :-)

    
    Shhh!  Don't tempt me, for I am weak 8^).

    
    Look, just because I probably won't be here anymore when the show goes
    up does NOT mean you're excused from attending.  I patiently await
    ticket requests via email or dtn 223-8693 8^).
    

    I`d love to see it but...

    
    It's only about a 5-7 hour drive from New Jersey.  You are not excused,
    Mr.Crane 8^).

    It's a bit too far for me in spite of my surname. Could you email me a
    performance ?
    
    Dave (no relation, unfortunately)
    
    PS I'm going to see "The Gondoliers" in May here in England.
    

re Mr. Crane.

Buy two tickets and your squirrel gets in free.

    Its more like 3-4 hours depending on your location. Are you in N.H. or
    Mass? The front door of my house is 290 miles from the front door of
    the Admin building at Rivier College. I don`t know if either vehicle
    would be up to the trip.

    
    The performance is in Sudbury, Massachusetts.  Just a hop/skip/jump,
    really, and as John said, Spike gets in free!
                                                 
    Oh, I'm shameless 8^).

Buon' giorno, signorine!
				Gondolieri carissimi!
				Siamo contadine!
Servitori umilissimi!
Per chi questi fiori--
   Questi fiori bellissimi!
				Per voi, bei signori
				  O eccellientissimi!
O ciel'!
				Buon' giorno, cavalieri!
Siamo gondolieri.
  (Signorina, io t'amo!)
				Contadine siamo.
Signorine!
				Contadine!   Cavalieri!
Gondolieri!
Poveri gondolieri!

	Deb, I was just thinking.... if this is the end, you do realize that we
would have one hell of a party for ya, right????? :-)

re: .31

That would look good on a bottle of my home made spaghetti sauce . . . 

:^)

Especially if it smells like canal water.

    
    
    glen, fear not...this is not the end...for i am sure that mz_deb WILL
    in fact be back, in time...
    
    
    

	can we have the party anyways?

    
    
    don't think you'd need too much convincing deb of that...
    
    

    
    Gosh, I could have _sworn_ I heard someone say...

    
    mz-debra, iffen I didn't live in Chitown, I would definitely be in
    attendance. I do wish you and John good luck on the three days of
    performances however.
    
    Mark

    
    Thank you, Mark.  You're excused 8^).
    
    The rest of you, though, I will bring tickets on Thursday night to
    sell.  You are NOT excused 8^).

    
    Well, we had a lovely little spot on WERS, 88.9FM early this afternoon. 
    Sang four songs from the show and talked about it a little with the DJ. 
    Good publicity, I should think.
    
    Mr.Covert was out creating publicity of his own 8^).
    
    I hasten to remind you that the show goes up in twelve short days and
    ticket requests should be sent to POWDML::LAUER or telephoned to dtn
    223-8693.

>    
>    Mr.Covert was out creating publicity of his own 8^).
>    

Well, I'm out now.

The folks at Burlington Mall were _much_ nicer than at Natick Mall.

/john

    
    I am totally weeing my drawers 8^).

    
    
    	make sure to wipe up...
    
    

    
    No problem, canvas seat 8^).
    
    The man is incorrigible.

    
    
    	yes'm....
    
    

	It's an unjust world,

	and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

    so far, raq, di, andy krawiecki, two non-digits and myself will be
    attending the gala affair on Saturday, March 25, the 2:30 matinee.
    We all will be meeting at JC Hillary's on Rt. 20 in Sudbury for anyone
    else who would like to join us.  Don't forget to get in touch with 
    Mz_Debra for the tix.

Advance tix from a cast member are a dollar cheaper then at the door or
by mail order.

/john

    
    I'm willing to hand-deliver, within reason 8^).

    ooh er.

Don't get too excited, Dick.  I suspect that your tix will be hand-delivered by
someone with a fuzzy face rather than someone from the little chamber thereof.

    .50
    I live @ 4 Dunlap St. Mt. Arlington, N.J. 07856. Let me know what time
    you`ll be here so I can get luch-supper ready.

    >lots of car chases and bare breasts
    
    where's this then ? i can get Concorde over ...
    
    ric

    
     Well...
    
     I figured I'd better enter a review here before anyone else did and
    try to dispell any vicious rumors that people may start...
    
     First of all, the play was very, very good. Started on time, very well
    acted, produced, and directed... The cast was outstanding except for
    some whose voices could have been a bit louder...
    
      A solid "A" production...
    
    
      Now... to dispell any rumors...
    
    
      Sometimes people need to rest their eyes and are not necessarily
    asleep during the performance... Even if some of them (RAH in
    particular) wave their hands in front of certain individuals to see if
    they're indeed asleep... 
    
      and.... so what if , during the final bow and applause a certain
    individual yelled out "Hoo!! Hoo!! Hoo!!!" as if at a football or
    basketball game... Maybe he was caught up in all the enthusiasm!!
    
      The gum he picked up off the floor was still wrapped and not, I
    repeat... NOT ABC gum!!! It was his first piece of gum since his braces
    were removed anyway.. so there!!!

    And now for a review...

    Perhaps Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest send-up of the English
    Monarchy, The Mikado is both a hilarious and well-crafted
    piece of late 19th Century lyric opera.

    The Sudbury Savoyards presentation featured both impeccable
    casting and an extraordinary eye for detail. In particular,
    the chorus, who in lesser productions are often little more
    than window dressing, here brought forth fully-wraught
    characterizations, through well-chosen costumes and finely
    tuned choreography.

    The production was staged at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional
    High School Auditorium, a reasonably sized venue with
    decent acoustics and comfortable seating. However, a
    touch of sound reinforcement was still in order, since
    voices tended to be lost as they moved from one side of
    the stage to the other.

    Other than this minor failing things went very well.
    Transitions in lighting and the movement of actors
    to and from the stage were tight. The myriad time
    signature and tempo changes of the Mikado were deftly
    handled by conductor David Larrick and his thirty
    piece orchestra. There were many fine musical
    moments in this production, but special mention
    of the quartets and trios in the second act
    is in order.

    As for the cast, The Mikado of Japan was played by
    Walt Howe. Mr. Howe played the character with the
    right mix of humor and authority, although his
    voice lacked the booming resonance one hopes to
    see in the title character.

    Nanki-Poo was played to perfection by Bill Kuhlman,
    who in both appearance and character suggests the
    requisite boyish qualities.

    Ko-Ko, The Lord High Executioner, was played by
    Stephen Hird, who did an admirable job with a
    tough part. At times, it was very difficult to
    hear Mr. Hird, although it is not clear whether
    this was due to a lack of adequate sound
    reinforcement or a deficit in Mr. Hird's voice.

    Pooh-Bah, the pompous Lord High Everything Else,
    soliloquizes in the opening act: "I am, in point
    of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive
    person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will
    understand this when I tell you that I can trace
    my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial
    atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride
    is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I
    was born sneering." The difficulty is playing
    Pooh-Bah is that the character is so extraordinarily
    silly and over-wraught, that it requires at
    once both abandon and restraint. Dennis O'Brien
    understands this tightrope, perhaps better than
    many who have made a career from this illustrious
    character. His performance was truly a marvel.

    Pish-Tush was played by Paul Lemieux Jr. who
    added to the character's normal swagger a touch
    of feminine aristocracy, suggesting a French
    Courtier in Kimono drag. This was a particularly
    nice spin on this character as it was apparent
    from the libretto that Gilbert had such a reading
    in mind.

    Yum-Yum, the love interest of both Ko-Ko and
    Nanki-Poo was played by the lovely Mary Whallon.
    Here again, the casting was delightful, in
    that Ms. Whallon possesses both the beauty and
    the voice required by the part.

    Of course, when one speaks of loveliness and talent
    they need look no further than our own Mz. Deb,
    who played the part of Pitti-Sing, one of the sister-
    Wards of Ko-Ko. With Peep-Bo (Christine Larsen),
    Mz. Deb and Ms. Whallon evoked the giddiness
    inherent in the three sisters.

    And speaking of well-cast, there was Paula Moravek
    as the frightening Katisha, daughter-in-law elect
    of the Mikado. Despite a weak start vocally, Paula
    Moravek was perfect, extolling the virtues of
    her left shoulder blade, with a keen understanding
    that perhaps that was where virtue ends.

    Last but now least, our dear Mr. Covert did a fine
    job in the chorus, although judging from the opening
    scene, there is relatively little danger of him
    running off from Mother Digital for a career in
    soccer.

    -b

Thanks to everyone who came to the show, allowing us to have almost $17,500
in ticket receipts, not quite DOUBLE the average for the previous three years.

/john

    
    <------
    
    great /john!!!!
    
    BTW.... How do I overcome my impression of you as a lowly Japanese
    peasant from now on?????
    
     :)
    

	saturday matinee with the actual babes, the charming
	kaliph contingent, andy "i was only resting my eyes"
	krawiecki and his lovely counterpart.  mz deb was resplendent,
	as usual, and mr. covert his ever-intensely-gesticulating self. ;>  
	dennis o'brien roooled.

>    BTW.... How do I overcome my impression of you as a lowly Japanese
>    peasant from now on?????

Easy.  Come to next year's production, where I'll probably be some other
kind of lowly creature.

/john

>>Pitti-Sing	} [Three Sisters -- Wards of Ko-Ko]           Debra S. Hanggeli


    Miss Debra S. Hanggeli

    anagram:  glib dame sings share

    
    	RE: Hey, this is fun!
    
    
    	Anagram: i fish, they sun!
    

    
    
    
    	Re: i fish, they sun!
    
        Anagram: Hey, is this fun!
       

	Hey, is this fun!
       
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    	Yeth, this is fun!

    
    	Foul!!  Extra "t"!!
    

RE: Foul!!  Extra "t"!!

Anagram : Felt "our" tax !!!!

ME

    
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    Anagram:  Bye dad, do win!
    

    
    Bye dad, do win!
    
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