b'USS Arizona burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 | Public DomainGilbert & Sullivans Pratfalling Pirates:A Tiger Jumped Through the Window: The Pirates of Penzance(2-part series)The Attack on Pearl HarborBy Karl Middleman By Herb KaufmanNov. 18 & 25, 2 p.m.(Ashcroft movie theater) Dec. 1, 2 p.m.(Bradford movie theater) Opening on New Years Eve 1879 to rave reviews, Eighty-four years ago, shouts of General Quarters rang throughout the U.S. The Pirates of Penzance became Gilbert & SullivansPacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. The attack that followed was captured as eloquently most enduring operetta. While the show forks overas the event allowed by a historian who wrote, The command at Pearl Harbor plenty of high spirits and hijinks, it also addresseswas swatting at mice while a tiger jumped through the window. Herb takes serious social issues of Englands Victorian period.us back to this tragic event that the Japanese executed perfectly, bringing the These include illegitimacy, wayward orphans andU.S. into the war. Well learn what led to the success of this secret attack, the zealous reformers. All are handled hilariously by theinnovations, our code breaking efforts andall-star cast with delightful music and jokes deliveredthe failed attempts by military brass towith endearing affection.warn Washington of a tiger lost at sea.Join Maestro Middleman as he lifts the curtain onWell end by focusing on the U.S.the meanings and swashbuckling silliness of thisresponse resulting in the ultimateoperetta with video and audio samples. With thedefeat of Japanese Imperial forces.roundabout reimagining of the original currently playing on Broadway, youll be reminded why, almost 150 years later, its the very model of a modern major musical. Pirates of Penzance Poster, A.S. Seer, New York, 1880 | U.S. Library of Congress | Public Domain 47'