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 ...

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": With practically no expression on ...