The name SAVOYARDS is derived from the name of the theatre in London, Richard D'Oyly Carte's Savoy Theatre, where many Gilbert & Sullivan operas were first performed. It refers to afficionados and performers of Gilbert & Sullivan's operas. There are at least three ways to pronounce SAVOYARDS: SA-voy-ards, with emphasis on the first syllable; sa-VOY-ards, with emphasis on the second syllable; and SAVVEE-ards, with emphasis on the first syllable. Take your choice.

Babes in Toyland

    Toy Soldiers

    BABES IN TOYLAND composed by Victor Herbert, libretto by Glen MacDonough
    Michael Rossi, music director
    Pauline Grossman, choreographer
    Catherine Huntress-Reeve, director

    director's note
    cast
    story

    a new Washington holiday tradition

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    performed at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
    1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC
    November 30 to December 9
    Wednesday through Saturday nights at 7:30, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30

    Toys collected during the performances will be donated to

    Bright Beginnings

    &

    		 Toys for Tots

    Join Jack & Jill, Little Miss Muffet, Mary and her Lamb, and Tom Tom the Piper's Son as they successfully battle their evil uncle, Silas Barnaby, for the future of Mother Goose Land.

    The Savoyards’ new version of Victor Herbert's 1903 operetta includes the songs "Toyland," "I Can't Do the Sum," and "The March of the Wooden Soldiers." Written in the same year as the perennial favorite The Wizard of Oz, BABES IN TOYLAND charms adults as well as children.

    An early critic wrote, "The songs, the dances, the processions ...! Think of them all, set in the midst of really amazing scenery, ingenious and brilliant, with costumes rich and dazzling …, and all accompanied with music a hundred times better than is customary in shows of this sort."

    Come enjoy BABES IN TOYLAND and bring new unwrapped toys to delight the children who will receive them through Toys for Tots and Bright Beginnings.