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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Don’t Miss This Timeless Musical Treat!</span><o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">Hudson Players Present<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">Gilbert & Sullivan’s
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">“The Pirates of Penzance”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt">Or the “The Slave of Duty”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">S<span style="color:#1D2129">how dates are :
</span>April 26, 27, May 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 & 18<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">at the Barlow Community Center, 41 South Oviatt Street in Hudson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Tickets are available at
<a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com/?fbclid=IwAR223eSTcoHx2DdQR6P8zjALYIledH6-_NERA1Xftedj1k_c1i_4Gv8oVx8" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#365899;text-decoration:none">www.hudsonplayers.com</span></a> or call the box office at 330-655-8522.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty,</span></i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> is a comic light opera
in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, </span>
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the first superstar songwriting duo in musical theatre history.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Hudson Players’ version is the one that was presented on Broadway in the early 1980s by Joseph Papp and the New York Public Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt
and Kevin Kline, on which the subsequent movie was also based.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Compared with traditional productions of
<i>Pirates</i>, Papp's version featured a more swashbuckling Pirate King and Frederic, and a broader, more musical comedy of singing and humour. It did not significantly change the libretto, but it used a new orchestration and arrangements that changed some
keys, added repeats, lengthened dance music and made other minor changes in the score.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filled with swashbuckling pirates, sweet young lovers, and bumbling policemen,
<i>Pirates of Penzance</i> is as popular now as when it premiered </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences
and critics.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Set during the time of Queen Victoria, it involves the dashing young Frederick (played by Logan Soland), an orphan who as a baby was mistakenly apprenticed to a pirate instead
of a “pilot.” Having reached the age of 21, Frederick is released from his servitude and immediately falls in love with the beauteous Mabel (Anna Popa), daughter of Major General Stanley (Brian O. Jackson).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alas, the young lad learns from his nurse maid Ruth (Norene Jones) that he was born on February 29, which means he only has a birthday in a leap year – once every four years.
Since he is a “slave of duty,” Frederick realizes he must be a pirate for another 63 years until his obligation is fulfilled, with the chaste Mabel agreeing to wait for him faithfully.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stir in the flamboyant Pirate King (Bradley Hills), his simpleton assistant Samuel (Gary Maher), Mabel’s songbird sisters Kate (Jessica West), Edith (Kiara Durbin) and Isabel
(Ellie Kelly), the Sergeant of Police (Eric Oswald) and his goofy posse, <i>Pirates of Penzance</i> is a slapstick-filled night of entertainment for the entire family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Other daughters, pirates and constables include Hallie Mihalek, Tenley Stitzer, Mike Turle, Judah Callahan, Nathan Hill, John Holcepl Sr., Hazel Hutchins, Glen Johnston, Jennifer
Matas, Jerry Schaber, David Sherman and Jim Wolf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The show is directed by Mavis Jennings, with Ron Jones serving as musical director and Kristian Korsgaard as choreographer. The producers for the show are Dana Harro and Gary
Maher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">One of the most well-known songs from “Pirates of Penzance” is
<b><span style="color:#222222">I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">(Imagine this being sung very, very fast……)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">I am the very model of a modern Major-General<br>
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral<br>
He is the very model of a modern Major-General<br>
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"<br>
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin<br>
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at<br>
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat"<br>
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery<br>
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery<br>
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy<br>
Strategy, strategy, strategy, I got it<br>
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee<br>
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee<br>
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee<br>
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee<br>
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury<br>
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century<br>
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral<br>
I am the very model of a modern Major-General<br>
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral<br>
He is the very model of a modern Major-General!</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make plans now to come here this song – and many others – in person!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For information about
<i>Pirates of Penzance </i>go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com">www.hudsonplayers.com</a></span><i>,
</i>or call the Hudson Players box office at (330) 655-8522 for more information.
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