Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado”

 Summer production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado<BR />Opens 7:30 p.m. Saturday July 17th at the Avalon with an Encore 7:30 performance Friday July 23rd.<BR /><BR />The story -<BR />The scene opens in the courtyard of Ko-Ko's palace in the Japanese town of Titipu. Nanki-Poo, son of "The great and virtuous Mikado  has fled from Court to avoid marriage with the shrewish Katisha. Elderly and ugly  she describes herself as "an acquired taste"  claiming that beauty resides not in the face alone. "I have a shoulder-blade that is a miracle of loveliness " she boasts. "People come miles to see it."<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Disguised as a second trombone player  Nanki-Poo has made the acquaintance of the lovely Yum-Yum and fallen in love with her. Nanki-Poo learns that she is officially engaged to her guardian Ko-Ko  an ex-tailor  and now the Lord High Executioner