An updated dash of whimsy and fairy tale elements along with pointed social commentary mark the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston's summer production of "Iolanthe' (or "The Peer and the Peri"), ...

Granted that a distinctly British blend of propriety and whimsy is a hallmark of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic operas, "Iolanthe" nonetheless registers as a shade more pixilated than most.

Cal McCrystal’s joyous Gilbert and Sullivan staging returns to English National Opera packed with pantomime animals, visual and verbal gags and, above all, terrific singing Cal McCrystal’s joyous ...

The Lord Chancellor is a role in Iolanthe, a opera that opened Broadway in 1936. Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd, wants to marry Phyllis, a ward of the Court of Chancery. Phyllis does not know that ...

Is there possibly a place, in 2002, for a Victorian operetta that ends with a bubbly chorus of “Everyone is now a fairy”? Of course there is. Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe may seem, at first glance, ...

Does Gilbert and Sullivan need updating for our changed times? Cal McCrystal explains why his joyful new Iolanthe contains not a single lecherous peer but plenty of feisty fairies I’ve never been a ...

Love is truly in the air for the Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan's production of "Iolanthe" this weekend in Alumnae Hall. Beyond the show's multiple intertwined love stories, the BUGS cast ...

Summon, if you will, the Lord High Executioner. Prepare ye, oh guardians of the sacred flame of Gilbert & Sullivan, to huff and puff in high-whiskered indignation. It has to be said: watching Iolanthe ...

Yvonne Howard as the Fairy Queen and Samantha Price as Iolanthe in the English National Opera's new production of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera (Clive Barda/ArenaPAL) Get the latest entertainment news, ...