Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew in Pirates! The Penzance Musical, this must-see Roundabout reimagining of The Pirates of Penzance. Scott Ellis (Doubt; Kiss Me, Kate) directs and Warren Carlyle (Harmony; Kiss Me, Kate) choreographs with a hilarious new adaptation by Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), musical direction by Joseph Joubert (Caroline, or Change), and orchestrations by Joubert and Daryl Waters (Memphis).
Gilbert & Sullivan’s pirate ship docks in New Orleans in this jazzy-bluesy vision of the crowd-pleasing classic, in an outrageously clever romp sizzling with Caribbean rhythms and French Quarter flair. With the tongue-twisting Major-General, the rabble-rousing Pirate King, newly-imagined young lovers, daring daughters, footloose pirates and fleet-footed police, there's a shipload of musical comedy delights on board to dazzle first-timers and G&S aficionados alike.
1879 | Regional (UK) | World Premiere Regional (UK) |
1879 | Broadway | Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1880 | New York | Unknown New York |
1880 | West End | London Production West End |
1884 | West End | London Revival West End |
1900 | Broadway | Unknown Broadway |
1912 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1918 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1926 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1927 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1931 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1933 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1934 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1934 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1935 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1936 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1936 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1939 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1940 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1942 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1944 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1946 | Broadway | Unknown Broadway |
1948 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1949 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1951 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1952 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1955 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1961 | Off-Broadway | Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
1976 | Broadway | Broadway Revival Broadway |
1977 | Off-Broadway | Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
1979 | Off-Broadway | LOOM Revival Off-Broadway |
1981 | Broadway | Broadway Transfer Broadway |
1981 | US Tour | National Tour US Tour |
1982 | West End | London Production West End |
1985 | Off-Off-Broadway | Off-Off-Broadway Revival Off-Off-Broadway |
2006 | Off-Broadway | Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
2006 | East Haddam, CT (Regional) | Goodspeed Production East Haddam, CT (Regional) |
2007 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) | Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
2017 | West End | English National Opera Revival West End |
West End | West End | |
2025 | Broadway | Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
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