Photo Coverage: Pirates! Opening Night at Paper Mill

On Wednesday, June 13, Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ) opened their mainstage production of Pirates!, a swashbuckling adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, a fully-staged theatrical concert with costumes, choreography and sword fighting to run through July 8.

The company of Pirates! is led by veteran actors Farah Alvin (Mabel), Ed Dixon (Modern Major General), Barrett Foa (Frederic), Liz McCartney (Ruth), Gerry McIntyre (Sergeant) and Andrew Varela (The Pirate King). Pirates!, with book and lyrics by Sir William S. Gilbert and music by Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, was conceived by Gordon Greenberg, Nell Benjamin, and John McDaniel with additional book and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, music supervision, new arrangements, and orchestrations by John McDaniel.  

"The Pirates of Penzance sets sail for the Caribbean in this raucous and rowdy update of an operetta comedy classic.  Adapted from the original Gilbert and Sullivan libretto and set to a Caribbean inspired score, Director Gordon Greenberg navigates Pirates! into the 21st century, complete with swordfights and sex appeal.  After a hard-of-hearing nurse mistakes the word "pilot" for "pirate," young Frederic finds himself apprenticed to a band of swashbuckling buccaneers.  Now a young man, and with his final days of servitude rapidly approaching, he longs for a return to respectable life.  But in true Gilbert and Sullivan style, mishap after mishap arises, and it will take a fair maiden, a fair amount of double-crossing, and the very model of a modern major general to reach a happy ending."

Visit www.papermill.org for tickets and more information.

Tommy Tune and Scott Fergang (Paper Mill Board of Trustees)

Tory Ross (Ensemble) and Diane Claussen (Paper Mill Managing Director)

Mark S. Hoebee (Paper Mill Acting Artistic Director) and Diane Claussen

Mark S. Hoebee, Stephen Hoebee-Elardo and Larry Elardo

Mark Sendroff and John McDaniel (Music Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator)

Patrick Parker (Paper Mill Artistic Associate) and Stephen Hoebee-Elardo

Michael "Tuba" McKinsey (Ensemble), Daniel Spiotta (Ensemble), Michael Price (Executive Director Goodspeed Musicals) and Michael Daly (Ensemble)

Michael "Tuba" McKinsey, Daniel Spiotta, Michael Price, Michael Daly, John O'Creagh (Samuel) 

Mark S. Hoebee and Michael Price

Katie Babb (Ensemble), Michael Keyloun (Assistant Director) and Kristin Carlson (Ensemble)

Warren Carlyle (Choreorgrapher) and Tommy Tune

Warren Carlyle, Angie Schworer (The Producers) and Tommy Tune

John O'Creagh, Lucas Richter (Ensemble) and Eric LaJuan Summers (Ensemble)

Gordon Greenberg (Director) and Liz McCartney (Ruth)

Mark S. Hoebee, Nell Benjamin (Book and Lyrics), Gordon Greenberg and Liz McCartney

Roger Preston Smith (Ensemble) and Liz McCartney

Tory Ross and Liz McCartney

Morgan James (Ensemble), Patrick Parker and Julia Osborne (Edith)

Susan Spencer and Andrew Varela (The Pirate King)

Tim Martin Gleason (Phantom of the Opera) and Andrew Varela

Barrett Foa (Frederic), Farah Alvin (Mabel), Andrew Varela and Liz McCartney

Liz McCartney and Andrew Varela

Barrett Foa and Liz McCartney

Farah Alvin and Barrett Foa

Farah Alvin, Barrett Foa, Mark S. Hoebee, Diane Claussen and Andrew Varela

Barrett Foa, Eric LaJuan Summers and Andrew Varela

Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee) and Barrett Foa

Ed Dixon (Major-General Stanley) and Gerry McIntyre (Sergeant)

Barrett Foa and John McDaniel

Shayne Miller (Papermill Press Manager) and Barrett Foa

Lee Kappelman (V.P. Arts Cons. Groups), Nell Benjamin, Larry O'Keefe, Scott Fergang and Gordon Greenberg

Daniel Spiotta, Robyn Kramer (Ensemble), Eric LaJuan Summers and Morgan James

Morgan James, Michael Daly, Lucas Richter, and Michael Scott Harris (Ensemble)

Angie Schworer and Barrett Foa

Warren Carlyle and John McDaniel

John McDaniel and Shawn Gough (Music Director/Conductor)

John McDaniel, Emily Grishman (Music Copyist) and Shawn Gough

Julia Burrows (Ensemble) and Tory Ross

Katie Babb and Julia Osborne

Katie Babb, John O'Creagh and Julia Osborne

Todd Buonopane, Barrett Foa and Randy Redd

Shayne Miller, Matt Windman, Seth Bisen-Hersh and Harry Haun