Lamplighters Music Theatre


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Thursday, July 31 - 8PM
Friday, August 1 - 8PM
Saturday, August 2 - 2PM & 8PM
Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
Box Office: 925-943-7469

Saturday, August 9 - 8PM
Sunday, August 10 - 2PM
Napa Valley Opera House, Napa
Box Office: 707-226-7372

Friday, August 15 - 8PM
Saturday, August 16 - 2PM & 8PM
Sunday, August 17 - 2PM
Novellus Theatre at YBCA, San Francisco
Box Office: 415-978-2787

DIRECTOR: PHIL LOWERY ♦ CONDUCTOR: BAKER PEEPLES

Summer 2008

Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hit, The Mikado, is
arguably the most popular musical show in the
history of the English language. Featuring an
executioner who's too timid to kill a fly...
a politician who can be bribed to do
anything... a ruler who "lets the
punishment fit the crime"...
as alive and topical today as
they were a century ago,
and every bit as funny.

Click here to see the cast list.

OUR ANNUAL CHAMPAGNE GALA, 2008

Saturday, November 1 - 8PM
Sunday, November 2 - 2PM
Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco

♦ TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY ♦

It's a fair bet that politics will be on the menu in this year's Gala,
coming as it does just before the election!
From the wickedly witty writers
who brought you Harry Patter
and Major General Hospital, the Lamplighters' annual parody show
is the funniest fundraiser in town, complete with silent auction, raffle, and star-studded champagne reception.

Friday, January 23 - 8PM
Saturday, January 24 - 2PM & 8PM
Sunday, January 25 - 2PM
Novellus Theatre at YBCA, San Francisco
Box Office: 415-978-2787

Friday, January 30 - 8PM
Saturday, January 31 - 2PM & 8PM
Sunday, February 1 - 2PM
Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
Box Office: 925-943-7469

DIRECTOR: JANE ERWIN HAMMETT ♦ CONDUCTOR: JIM CAMPBELL

Winter 2009

Look out - there's going to be a change in government next January! We'll inaugurate a new president on January 20, and immediately thereafter we'll check in with Gilbert & Sullivan's subversive political satire on how a government SHOULD be run. Featuring the tour de force "Nightmare Song" and a band of dancing fairies doing battle with a dim-witted Parliament.

"It's as if Mendelssohn had written a musical comedy."

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
San Francisco Symphony

Sunday, March 8, 2009 - 3PM
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa

Single tickets available starting September 2nd

DIRECTOR: BARBARA HEROUX ♦ CONDUCTOR: BAKER PEEPLES

Spring 2009

The straight story behind one of the greatest partnerships in theater history, told in their own words, with musical highlights from all 13 of their comic operas. You’ll meet Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, overhear their creative infighting, in their own words, and enjoy a large selection of songs and choruses, both oft-performed favorites and beauties from infrequently staged productions. You’re sure to come away with a new appreciation of the magical partnership of G&S after seeing the show that won the 1998 Bay Area Critics Circle Award for Best Original Musical. Longtime fans will learn something new – and it’s a great way to introduce new friends to the world of G&S.

"Sullivan’s music is wonderful: it’s hummable; it’s accessible the first time but it also has something for you on the 30th time. And Gilbert’s words, with their incredible polish, sophistication and humor – it’s infectious. When you say or sing these words, you feel powerful.
And it’s just amazingly fun."

BAKER PEEPLES