The M.A.K.A.do tickets

The M.A.K.A.DO
Based on The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan
(London, 1885)
New English texts by Bari Biern

Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous and beloved comic masterpiece The Mikado hasn’t been seen by audiences in many years. Written as a brilliantly witty political and social indictment of the Victorian British establishment, this most tuneful of satires fell prey to political correctness run amok. As IN Series lampoons all forms of tyranny, from would-be kings to cancel culture itself, THE M.A.K.A.DO: Make America Kingly Again! An Operatico-Politico-Buffo-Satirico reimagines the iconic musical spoof as set in a great golden gilded oval office, with a cast of all too familiar characters that take no prisoners (or all prisoners!) as they delight audiences and poke fun at fools from all sides. With added strains of John Phillip Sousa, new rhymes from THE CAPITOL STEPS veteran writer Bari Biern (they “put the MOCK in Democracy”), and over-the-top costumes, sets, and comedy, all just weeks before a new election cycle, THE M.A.K.A.DO uses laughter, music, and a lightness of being to say what no one is saying but we’ve all been thinking…