Mini ReviewsOpeningsHOT MIKAD ... From: The Washington Post | Date: March 22, 2002 | Copyright 2002 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Mini ReviewsHOT MIKADO -- (At Ford's Theatre through June 13)

Ford's Theatre has warmed over an old hit in "Hot Mikado," the swinging update of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta. Memory plays tricks, of course, but it seems as if the show was more hep and steamy the last time around, in 1994. It still has a certain amount of visual pizazz -- bamboo walls, neon light and a tree sprouting Japanese fans in Daniel Proett's slick set, plus lots of Technicolor zoot suits and slinky dre...

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