H.M.S. Pinafore, Sean Graney's latest Gilbert & Sullivan adaptation for the Hypocrites, flips the sexes as an opening move.
by Jack Helbig
When is an adaptation no longer an adaptation but a whole new work? This question came to me as I was experiencing the Hypocrites' latest production, described in the program as an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1878 classic H.M.S. Pinafore and presented in repertory with remounts of The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance.…[ Read more ]