

The cancellation of the scheduled New Year’s week run of The Mikado following an uproar over yellowface casting and accusations of racism has angered many fans of Gilbert & Sullivan.

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players made the announcement that it was pulling the play from its season on both its website and Facebook page. Many fans of the comic opera quickly took to Facebook to defend the production and accused those opposed of being PC.

Some on Facebook accused The Players of deleting comments critical of their decision.

Others applauded them for listening to the community and educating them on some of the issues.

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