The Mikado (1976)

Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
Directed by Michael Heyland
Cast: John Ayldon, Julia Goss, Lyndsie Holland, Patricia Leonard, Jane Metcalfe, Michael Rayner, John Reed, Kenneth Sandford

Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence Gentlemen of the fictitious Japanese town of Titipu are gathered ("If you want to know who we are"). A handsome but poor minstrel, Nanki-Poo, arrives and introduces himself ("A wand'ring minstrel I"). He inquires about his beloved, a schoolgirl called Yum-Yum, who is a ward of Ko-Ko (formerly a cheap tailor).

Theater

Gershwin Theatre · Broadway

Closed

May 23, 1976