Show W Pirates of Penzance Pleases Fans With Glib Repartee Re artee Taken at a fast as pace the glib repartee of ot Gilbert and Sullivan delighted the audience Monday evening which saw the opening performance per of Pirates of Penzance at the Exposition theater Produced by the American Savoy comic opera group who last week I offered The iThe The Mikado the rollickIng rollicking rollickIng rollick- rollick Ing humor of that famous musical team wa wad excellently displayed A beautifully blended chorus supported leads Marsden Argall as os the pirate king Thomas Glynn as Samuel Edg Edgar r Iversen who is di director director director di- di rector of the troupe portrayed i Frederick Ever Everett tt as major general and cute Leo Leonard as sergeant of police VIrgInia Virginia Virginia Vir VIr- ginia Blair took singing honors as the lovely Mabel and Sue Belle Brown the character from The Mikado was the ruthless woman pirate I Am the Very Model of at a Modern Modern Modern Mod Mod- ern Major General will never fail to please and Everett performed performed performed per per- formed with skill Comic song of the police sergeant with his force of equally y comic cornie cia characters acter w were re among among the unforgettable able numbers Colorful costuming added much to the performance and fine light light- ing and brilliant staging have transformed the small stage Into a seemingly large and atmospheric pirates' pirates lair I 1 The Pirates of Penzance plays until June 23 23 when Trial by byI I Jury and H MS Pinafore will wID I t go into production |