Just when I think I've seen every Gilbert and Sullivan show, The Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company (GSVLOC) introduces me to another silly delight. No, the number of comic operas that this pair created is not infinite, it's 14, but when GSVLOC only does one or two shows a year, it takes a while to cycle through the repertoire. In my ten years of attending GSVLOC shows (they've been around for over 40), I've seen nine different operas and only one repeat (although last fall's
The McAdo was such a delightfully unique reworking of
The Mikado as to almost feel like a different show). This spring's offering is the ridiculous and delicious
Patience, which skewers
the aesthetic movement of the late 19th Century. If you don't know what that is, no worries (think Oscar Wilde); the show is basically about the way we mere mortals worship artists and celebrities, to ridiculous extremes.
Patience continues weekends through April 6, with a talented onstage cast and offstage orchestra, both too large to count.
