Featuring a production design paying homage to the iconic illustrator Edward Gorey, the acclaimed New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players is presenting an all new production of the beloved operetta Ruddigore, or, The Witch's Curse is a musically evocative send up of melodrama, replete with virtuous maidens, robust sailors, honest old folks, and dastardly bad baronets.
Thanks to an ancestor who loved torturing witches, the Baronet of Ruddigore is cursed – if he doesn’t commit a crime every day, his life will end in agony, and the curse will be handed down to the next in line. No wonder he doesn’t stick around to follow through with his destiny, leaving the title and the curse with his younger brother. But when the ghosts of Baronets past reveal themselves in the Ruddigore Castle picture gallery he’s forced out of hiding and back into the role of daily criminal.
