[Dixielandjazz] Gilbert and Sullivan Players seek to draw young audiences.

[Steve Barbone]

Not a bad idea for Jazz Festivals/Societies to pick-up on.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Shipmates Under the Influence of Gilbert and Sullivan

NY TIMES - By ALLAN KOZINN - January 10, 2008

Since the company was founded in 1974, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan
Players have made a point of building their seasons around an alternation of
the three most frequently heard Savoyard operettas ‹ ³The Pirates of
Penzance,² ³The Mikado² and ³H.M.S. Pinafore² ‹ and the lesser-known works
that make up the rest of the canon.

So having opened its G&S Fest 2008 with ³Princess Ida,² the company has
turned its attention to ³Pirates.² And with that as its drawing card, it is
hoping to lure a new generation of Gilbert and Sullivan fans. For Tuesday
night¹s performance at City Center children younger than 12 were given free
tickets, so long as the adults who accompanied them bought theirs, and there
seemed to be one or two youngsters in most rows.

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