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The Mikado
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | 1 | |
| Opening Date: | May 05, 1976 | ||
| Closing Date: | May 23, 1976 | Total Performances: | 9 |
| Production Staff | |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by James M. Nederlander, Joseph Nederlander and Gerard Oestreicher | |
| Produced by James M. Nederlander; Produced by arrangement with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte | |
| Originally produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | |
| Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Royston Nash | |
| Directed by Michael Heyland | |
| Costume Design by Charles Ricketts; Scenic Design by Disley Jones | |
| General Manager for Bridget D'Oyly Carte Ltd.: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager for Bridget D'Oyly Carte Ltd.: Herbert Newby; General Manager: Nelle Nugent; Company Manager: Susan Gustafson | |
| Technical & Stage Director for Bridget D'Oyly Carte Ltd.: Peter Riley; Production Supervisor: Ben Janney | |
| Orchestra Contractor: Mel Rodnon | |
| Property Man: Barry-Robert Molitch | |
| General Press Representative: Michael Alpert and Marilynn LeVine; Production Assistant: Sandra Mandel and Kim Sellon; Advertising: Mike Mones and Blaine-Thompson | |
| Cast |
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| John Ayldon | The Mikado of Japan | |
| Julia Goss | Yum-Yum one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko |
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| Lyndsie Holland | Katisha an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo |
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| Patricia Leonard | Peep-Bo one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko |
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| Jane Metcalfe | Pitti-Sing one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko |
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| Michael Rayner | Pish-Tush a Noble Lord |
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| John Reed | Ko-Ko Lord High Executioner of Titipu |
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| Kenneth Sandford | Pooh-Bah Lord High Everything Else |
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| Geoffrey Shovelton | Nanki-Poo son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr |
| Caroline Baker | Ensemble | |
| Patricia Ann Bennett | Ensemble | |
| Michael Buchan | Ensemble | |
| Gillian Burrows | Ensemble | |
| Paul Burrows | Ensemble | |
| Barry Clark | Ensemble | |
| Malcolm Coy | Ensemble | |
| Lorraine Dulcie-Daniels | Ensemble | |
| Anne Egglestone | Ensemble | |
| Jon Ellison | Ensemble | |
| Josephine Hinchley | Ensemble | |
| Gareth Jones | Ensemble | |
| Beti Lloyd-Jones | Ensemble | |
| Guy Matthews | Ensemble | |
| Elsie McDougall | Ensemble | |
| Roberta Morrell | Ensemble | |
| Helen Moulder | Ensemble | |
| Suzanne O'Keeffe | Ensemble | |
| William Palmerley | Ensemble | |
| Andrea Phillips | Ensemble | |
| Glynis Prendergast | Ensemble | |
| Patricia Rea | Ensemble | |
| Edwin Rolles | Ensemble | |
| Thomas Scholey | Ensemble | |
| Alan Spencer | Ensemble | |
| William Strachan | Ensemble | |
| Vivian Tierney | Ensemble | |
| Paul Waite | Ensemble | |
| Michael Westbury | Ensemble |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| If You Want to Know Who We Are | Chorus of Men |
| A Wand'ring Minstrel I | Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Chorus |
| Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man | Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord) and Chorus |
| Young Man, Despair, Likewise Go To | Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else), Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord) |
| And Have I Journey'd for a Month | Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) |
| Behold the Lord High Executioner | Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) |
| As Some Day It May Happen | Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) and Chorus |
| Comes a Train of Little Ladies | Chorus of Girls |
| Three Little Maids From School | Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Peep-Bo (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Chorus |
| So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret | Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Peep-Bo (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Chorus |
| Were You No to Ko-Ko Plighted | Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) |
| I Am So Proud | Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu), Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord) |
| With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride | Company |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Braid the Raven Hair | Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Chorus of Girls |
| The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze | Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) |
| Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day | Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord) |
| Here's a How-de-do! If I Marry You | Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) |
| Mi-ya-sa-ma-mi-ya-sa-ma | Chorus |
| A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist | The Mikado of Japan and Chorus |
| The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down | Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu), Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Chorus |
| The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring | Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr), Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu), Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) |
| Alone, and Yet Alive | Katisha (an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo) |
| On a Tree by a River, a Little Tom-tit Sang Willow, Tit-willow | Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) |
| There Is a Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast | Katisha (an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo) and Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) |
| For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum | Company |