This weekend is your last chance to catch a classic production.
EDIT: WRONG WRONG WRONG! Sorry, your old pal Chuck obviously was looking at the wrong calendar. "Pinafore" runs this weekend AND next weekend. Sorry about that!
The Charleston Light Opera Guild begins its 60th anniversary year with HMS Pinafore, the first musical produced by the group in 1949.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Jan. 30-31 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Charleston Light Opera Guild Theatre at 411 Tennessee Avenue on the west side of Charleston.
One of the most loved theatre pieces of the English speaking world, HMS Pinafore was the fourth collaboration of Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan and opened in May 1878 at D'Oyly Carte's Opera Comique where it ran for 571 performances and became a huge fad in England.
HMS Pinafore is fully costumed and staged with an orchestra.
Box office hours are Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Tickets can be ordered by calling 304-342-9312. All tickets are $15 for festival seating.
4 comments:
Did they decide not to do shows next weekend? I thought your earlier post about it said there would be performances next Friday and Saturday (1/30, 1/31).
We're planning to attend tonight's opening if it isn't sold out.
Actually, this is a classic case of Chuck forgetting how to read a calendar. The show runs this weekend and next - I'll correct the main entry. My pal Mark sent me a correction this morning, but I just got a chance to correct it! Sorry about that, readers!
Pinafore was great. We went and had a blast. I saw about a dozen of the huntington theatre regulars there, too. Kudos to the whole cast, crew, and direction staff too.
Stephen, Thanks for the report. I'm really looking forward to seeing the show. Now if someone locally would just do "The Pirates of Penzance"...
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