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In this episode of "Unwrap Your Candies Now," Ernie Manouse chats with Viswa Subbaraman, Music Director, and Steven McCary, Board President, about A Topsy Turvy Mikado, this summer's production by The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston. Created by Artistic Director Alistair Donkin, this new version of The Mikado was inspired by Mike Leigh's Academy Award-winning film and updates the original comic opera's approach to the depiction of Japanese culture.
And, recently it was announced that Rice University would become the new home of the archives of the Houston Blues Museum. Catherine Lu chats with Sandy Hickey and Jomonica Phoenix, museum co-founders, and Norie Guthrie, special collections librarian and archivist, about the Houston blues scene and the artifacts that will be preserved, digitized and shared with the public.
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Music used:
The Mikado Overture by Arthur Sullivan
Guitar Lightnin' by Lightnin' Hopkins
Leavin' Blues by Lightnin' Hopkins
Shirley Jean by Big Walter "The Thunderbird" Price
Pack Fair and Square by Big Walter "The Thunderbird" Price
