Observer Editor
“The MacAdo”: U-M Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Apr. 9–12. This accomplished town-and-gown company performs a retelling of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, an 1885 operetta spoof of Victorian England’s craze for all things Japanese. The adaptation sets the action in the Scottish Highlands where the ruling king’s son, disguised as a wandering minstrel, agrees to be beheaded if he can spend a month married to a woman who is betrothed to another man. The witty score features “Three Little Maids from School Are We,” “Willow, Tit-Willow,” and “Behold the Lord High Executioner.” 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Michigan League. Tickets $30 (seniors, $27; students with ID, $10) in advance at the Michigan League ticket office, mutotix.umich.edu, and at the door. (734) 763–8587.
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