ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

PIRATES! The Penzance Musical

 

Starring Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce

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Music by Arthur Sullivan

Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Adaptation by Rupert Holmes
Orchestrations by Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters
Music Direction by Joseph Joubert
Choreographed by Warren Carlyle 
Directed by Scott Ellis

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Pirates! The Penzance Musical played its final performance on Broadway July 27, 2025 at the Todd Haimes Theatre. ​

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Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew in 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.                                       

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