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 HOT MIKADO
Swing version of The Mikado in 2 acts: Swing
orchestration by Charles L. Cooke. Original production opened 23 March,
1939; Broadhurst Theatre, New York (85 perfs)
Revised version: Book and lyrics by David H. Bell. Music
adapted and arranged by Rob Bowman. Originally Produced at Ford's Theatre,
Washington, DC, Frankie Hewitt, Producing Director. Based on The
Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
East meets West head-on in
this hilarious 1940's-style updating of the perennial Gilbert and Sullivan
classic. With the music transmuted into blues, Cab Calloway swing, hot
gospel, scorching torch songs and 'Three Little Maids' turned into an
Andrew Sisters' show-stopper, this zoot-suited, tap-dancing colourful
show is certain to provide the ideal evening out for the whole family.
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- ".... a very agreeable piece of nonsense, a source of innocent
and exhilarating merriment." The Sunday Telegraph.
- "Hot is the operative word." Mail on Sunday.
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Musical Numbers
- Overture - Orchestra
- We Are Gentlemen Of Japan - Gentlemen
- A Wand'ring Minstrel I - Nanki-Poo & Gentlemen
- And the Drums Will Crash - Pooh-Bah & Gentlemen
- Behold the Lord High Executioner - Ko-Ko & Gentlemen
- I've Got a Little List - Ko-Ko & Gentlemen
- Three Little Maids - Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing
- This Is What I'll Never Do - Nanki-Poo & Yum-Yum
- I Am So Proud - Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko & Pish-Tush
- Let the Throng Our Joy Advance - Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo,
Pish-Tush, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Junior & Ensemble
- Katisha's Entrance - Katisha
- For He's Gonna Marry Yum-Yum - Pitti-Sing & Ensemble
- The Hour of Gladness - Katisha
- Finale - Act One - Entire Company
- Entr'acte - Orchestra
- Braid the Raven Hair - Junior & Ensemble
- The Sun and I - Yum-Yum
- Swing a Merry Madrigal - Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush, & Ensemble
- Here's a Howdy-Do - Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo & Ko-Ko
- The Mikado’s Song - The Mikado & Ensemble
- Alone and Yet Alive - Katisha
- Tit-Willow - Ko-Ko
- Beauty In the Bellow of the Blast - Katisha, Ko-Ko
- Finale - Entire Company
- Playout - Orchestra
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Principals:
4 female, 5 male
- Nanki-Poo
- Mikado
- Pish-Tush
- Ko-Ko
- Pooh-Bah
- Katisha
- Peep Bo
- Yum-Yum
- Pitti-Sing
- Junior
Chorus
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Instrumentation:
Reed (flute, clarinet, alto sax), trumpet db. flugelhorn db tambourine,
on-stage trumpet, trombone db. cowbells, keyboards (1 player), drums
db. percussion, double bass db. electric bass
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