Sat August 8, 2026
'The Judge Strikes Back -- The Next Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off'
at Saratoga Civic Theater
(7:30 PM)
Aug 8 at 730PM; Aug 9 at 2PM; August 15 at 2PM: Aug 16 at 2PM
LYRIC THEATRE, in our 56th year of high quality live musical theater productions, offers a unique production for your enjoyment.
An original topsy-turvy G&S show based on last summer's hit
Three theater companies compete in a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, but there's a problem: the judge thought this was an opera competition, and she doesn't like Gilbert & Sullivan! The companies band together to show that their performances are worthwhile, no matter whether they are G&S purists, topsy-turvy non-traditionalists, or the unlucky group that disaster befalls every time. Then the judge decides to try to prove that G&S singers are inferior ... !
Come help us celebrate the works of Gilbert & Sullivan and the joy of community theater - of any type - with both love and humor, entertaining those new to G&S and those who know every song by heart!
Story by: Doreen Finkelstein
Written by: Doreen Finkelstein and Cordelia Willis
(Based on "The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off" by Doreen Finkelstein, Cordelia Willis, and Ronan Beltracchi)?
Producer: Dan Zulevic
Music Directors: Mike Halloran and Michael Taylor
Stage Direction: Doreen Finkelstein
Costume Designer: Kathleen O'Brien
Discounts available for Groups.
$35-$55.
Presented by Lyric Theatre of San Jose.
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LYRIC THEATRE, in our 56th year of high quality live musical theater productions, offers a unique production for your enjoyment.
An original topsy-turvy G&S show based on last summer's hit
Three theater companies compete in a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, but there's a problem: the judge thought this was an opera competition, and she doesn't like Gilbert & Sullivan! The companies band together to show that their performances are worthwhile, no matter whether they are G&S purists, topsy-turvy non-traditionalists, or the unlucky group that disaster befalls every time. Then the judge decides to try to prove that G&S singers are inferior ... !
Come help us celebrate the works of Gilbert & Sullivan and the joy of community theater - of any type - with both love and humor, entertaining those new to G&S and those who know every song by heart!
Story by: Doreen Finkelstein
Written by: Doreen Finkelstein and Cordelia Willis
(Based on "The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off" by Doreen Finkelstein, Cordelia Willis, and Ronan Beltracchi)?
Producer: Dan Zulevic
Music Directors: Mike Halloran and Michael Taylor
Stage Direction: Doreen Finkelstein
Costume Designer: Kathleen O'Brien
Discounts available for Groups.
$35-$55.
Presented by Lyric Theatre of San Jose.
Aug 8 at 730PM; Aug 9 at 2PM; August 15 at 2PM: Aug 16 at 2PM
LYRIC THEATRE, in our 56th year of high quality live musical theater productions, offers a unique production for your enjoyment.
An original topsy-turvy G&S show based on last summer's hit
Three theater companies compete in a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, but there's a problem: the judge thought this was an opera competition, and she doesn't like Gilbert & Sullivan! The companies band together to show that their performances are worthwhile, no matter whether they are G&S purists, topsy-turvy non-traditionalists, or the unlucky group that disaster befalls every time. Then the judge decides to try to prove that G&S singers are inferior ... !
Come help us celebrate the works of Gilbert & Sullivan and the joy of community theater - of any type - with both love and humor, entertaining those new to G&S and those who know every song by heart!
Story by: Doreen Finkelstein
Written by: Doreen Finkelstein and Cordelia Willis
(Based on "The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off" by Doreen Finkelstein, Cordelia Willis, and Ronan Beltracchi)?
Producer: Dan Zulevic
Music Directors: Mike Halloran and Michael Taylor
Stage Direction: Doreen Finkelstein
Costume Designer: Kathleen O'Brien
Discounts available for Groups.
$35-$55.
Presented by Lyric Theatre of San Jose.
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LYRIC THEATRE, in our 56th year of high quality live musical theater productions, offers a unique production for your enjoyment.
An original topsy-turvy G&S show based on last summer's hit
Three theater companies compete in a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, but there's a problem: the judge thought this was an opera competition, and she doesn't like Gilbert & Sullivan! The companies band together to show that their performances are worthwhile, no matter whether they are G&S purists, topsy-turvy non-traditionalists, or the unlucky group that disaster befalls every time. Then the judge decides to try to prove that G&S singers are inferior ... !
Come help us celebrate the works of Gilbert & Sullivan and the joy of community theater - of any type - with both love and humor, entertaining those new to G&S and those who know every song by heart!
Story by: Doreen Finkelstein
Written by: Doreen Finkelstein and Cordelia Willis
(Based on "The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off" by Doreen Finkelstein, Cordelia Willis, and Ronan Beltracchi)?
Producer: Dan Zulevic
Music Directors: Mike Halloran and Michael Taylor
Stage Direction: Doreen Finkelstein
Costume Designer: Kathleen O'Brien
Discounts available for Groups.
$35-$55.
Presented by Lyric Theatre of San Jose.
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