THE MIKADO PROJECT

The Angry Buddha, an experimental theater company given to producing Asian American protest plays with clever titles like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woo? faces bankruptcy. Desperate for a cash cow, the artistic director proposes a production of the Gilbert & Sullivan chestnut The Mikado, resulting in a full-scale rebellion by his actors. This backstage comedy chronicles the artistic tug-of-war that transforms the Victorian operetta rife with odious Asian stereotypes into a vibrant hip-hop hybrid. Choreography by Ben Chung of the Jabbawockeez and Yuri Tag of Kabba Modern. HDCAM video. (BS)