The annual G&S Fest at Symphony Space features THE MIKADO to welcome in the new year
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
2537 Broadway at 97th St.
December 29 – January 2, $32-$92
212-864-5400
www.symphonyspace.org
www.nygasp.org
Since the 1970s, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players have been honoring the legacy of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan by staging productions of such familiar works as H.M.S. PINAFORE, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and THE GONDOLIERS as well as such lesser-known musicals as THE GRAND DUKE, RUDDIGORE, and THE ROSE OF PERSIA, at such locations as the B’nai Jeshurun Community Center and the Staten Island Ferry before settling in at Symphony Space on Upper Broadway. Their New York season began with UTOPIA, LIMITED in November and THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD earlier this month and continues this week with special performances of THE MIKADO, Gilbert & Sullivan’s 1885 opera set in Japan featuring such tunes as “A Wand’ring Minstrel I,” “Three Little Maids from School Are We,” and “On a Tree by a River.” December 29 is Bring Your Grandparents Day, with postshow backstage tours; a Savoy Dialogue with cast and crew takes place before the December 30 show; a New Year’s Gala is scheduled for December 31, with Champagne at intermission and a cast party afterward; and the Family Overture on New Year’s Day will include a free musical introduction to THE MIKADO. NYGASP will be back at Symphony Space on March 20 for TRIAL BY JURY / G&S à la Carte and May 22 for a G&S Sing-Along.