Iolanthe Livestream Recordings

This listing is for the recordings of the livestreams of Iolanthe from October 20 and 21, 2023. After purchasing your ticket, you will be emailed a link from tickets@pittsburghsavoyards.org to view the stream to the email you used to register for Showclix. This email is seperate from your Showclix receipt. Please be patient; this process may take up to 5 minutes to complete. If you have still not received your email after 10 minutes, please check your spam/junk mail folder. If you are still having trouble, please contact information@pittsburghsavoyards.org and we will be happy to assist you.

These archive recordings of the performance will be available to view at any time until December 4, 2023.

This show has two casts to choose from: the SULLIVAN cast was recorded on October 20, and the GILBERT cast was recorded on October 21. You will be able to select the cast you would like to view (GILBERT or SULLIVAN) when purchasing your ticket. The October 20 recording contains full subtitles for lyrics and dialogue, while the October 21 recording contains subtitles for lyrics only.

Due to technical issues with the livestream broadcast, the October 20th stream recording is missing the Overture and very beginning of Song 1. UPDATE: This missing section has now been restored.

The role of Strephon for October 21st was originally to have been portrayed by Andrew Mours, but due to unforseen circumstances is portrayed by Ben Nadler on both recordings.

SULLIVAN (October 20) double-cast roles:
Phyllis: Alex Aks
Iolanthe: Sarah Nadler
Queen of the Fairies: Sally Denmead
Private Willis: Eric Schaffer
Celia: Bridget Johnston
Leila: Hannah Balash
Fleta: Jordan Hightower

GILBERT (October 21) double-cast roles:
Phyllis: Katie Manukyan
Iolanthe: Savannah Simeone
Queen of the Fairies: Sarah Austin
Private Willis: William Carter
Celia: Tiffany Meyers
Leila: Katie Kirby
Fleta: Chelsie Clydesdale

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Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe, or: The Peer and the Peri (originally produced 1882) presents a conflict between two very different worlds. On one hand, we have the world of the immortal fairies – all female, somewhat trippy and chaotic, and ruled by a queen; on the other, we have the world of British parliamentary peers – all male, stodgy and precise, and subject to the law as interpreted by the Lord Chancellor. The operetta presents a political satire wrapped around a love story: the fairy Iolanthe’s half-human son Strephon loves the Lord Chancellor’s ward Phyllis, but the Lord Chancellor wishes to marry her to a peer – namely himself. The fairies come to Strephon’s aid, install him in parliament, and cast a spell on the other members of parliament to make them pass any law Strephon proposes. Along the way we get any number of satirical digs at the British system of law and government (lampooning, among other things, the intellectual fitness of members of the House of Lords and the honesty and honorableness of lawyers).