Observer Editor
“The Sorcerer”: U-M Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Dec. 5-8. This accomplished local town-and-gown troupe performs one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s early comic operettas. A happily married young couple decides the world would be better if everyone could know their bliss. The husband enlists a sorcerer to create a love potion that’s served up in a communal pot of tea. The inhabitants drink the tea, fall into an enchanted sleep, and awake to fall passionately in love with the first person they lay eyes upon. This results in many comic mismatches, and in order to reverse the situation, the sorcerer must sacrifice himself—an unusual twist for the main comic figure in a G&S operetta. The score is probably best known for the patter song “My Name Is John Wellington Wells.” 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 North University. Tickets $30 (seniors, $27; students with ID, $15) in advance at the Michigan League Ticket Office, muto.umich.edu, and at the door. (734) 763–8587.
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