In “Despicable Me 3,” the Minions are escaping from security guards and find themselves onstage at a singing competition. What will get them out of this mess? Some Gilbert and Sullivan, it turns out.

All David Hyde Pierce has to do is step out on stage, and he gets applause, even before he launches into the idiotic tongue-twister from "The Pirates of Penzance": I am the very model of a modern ...

It’s off to the land of pirates — and you won’t even have to walk the plank — at Oakley Valley Arts Council’s latest production, “The Pirates of Penzance,” opening Monday in Howells Opera House.

With practically no expression on his face, babbling away, all kinds of commotion around him, he's funny. I asked, "Why do you think 'less is more' can be funny?" "Well, I think so much of theater, ...