'The Big Broadcast of 2011' with the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company

Return to the golden age of radio when the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company presents “Radio Nights: The Big Broadcast of 2011,” Saturday, April 9, at 8 p.m.

The South Shore Syncopators, Long Island’s renowned 1920s-1930s dance orchestra, teams up with vocalists from the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island for a program of great music from 1925-1935. Featuring songs made famous by Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Paul Whiteman, the Boswell Sisters, and others, the 10-piece dance orchestra is joined by vocalists and an authentic ‘radio announcer’ for an evening of music, comedic banter and hot jazz. Presented in the “you-are-there” atmosphere of a 1930 radio broadcast, this program will enable the audience to travel back in time to see what the ‘20s and ‘30s really sounded like.

Tickets are $25, which includes coffee and refreshments. All proceeds benefit the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company. Tickets are available at (516) 795-7745 or www.gilbertandsullivanli.com.

Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City.