The Mikado was an excellent performance. The music was top-notch and the actors did an great job of portraying the characters in a way that was easy to connect with, enjoy, and understand. I found the pop culture references that were sprinkled liberally throughout the performance rather discordant and overdone - a few here and there as a surprise would have been better. However, those references to TV shows, cell phones, etc. got more of a laugh out of the audience than any other part of the play, so if it made Gilbert & Sullivan more accessible to the audience as a whole, that's a good thing. I would definitely see it again.