Landor, London: On paper, the concept of Hot Mikado might appear pretty grim, transposing as it does the story of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado to be-bop America in the 1940s. Gilbert and Sullivan purists might bristle at the audacity of writers David H Bell and Rob Bowman, as they re-arrange the music to fit a swing score but it is done with an evidently profound respect for the original. Add to th…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:59AM on October 15, 2012