I'm back from NYGASP! My friend Joseph acquitted himself well, but the production was hit or miss for me: too much prancing, too much silliness, a completely unsophisticated production with surprisingly wonderful, but too few, moments. I thought the attempts to make the show "funny" removed the heart from the piece and the failure to recognize the sophistication and elegance of the score - granted, it's mostly a parody of TROVATORE - pointed up the lack of sophistication and wit of the direction. I know it's a piece of Gilbertian whimsy and Topsy Turvydom, but there needs to be a foundation of reality that the director and choreographer completely failed to realize.