That the Pirates of Penzance still manages to be generally entertaining is a tribute to Gilbert and Sullivan and some enthusiastic cast members, prodded along by excellent music direction and ...

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Part One: The “Wand’ring Minstrels” will perform an abbreviated version of “The Pirates of Penzance” with six ... of selections from the Gilbert & Sullivan repertory will be performed ...

This movie is an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of the same name, with parts of other of their operettas stirred in. Frederic (Rex Smith) has fallen in love with sweet ...

Jan. 23-26, the Glenn Close Theatre in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall came alive with the sounds of laughter and music during a rendition of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedic opera, “The Pirates of ...

No Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera boasts as many walk-away tunes as The Pirates of Penzance, the only collaboration of the pair to premiere on Broadway, and not in England. Building on the ...

Unlikely as it may sound, you could make a neat Venn diagram of theatrical affinities linking Gilbert and Sullivan ... on his word and staged The Pirates of Penzance for English National Opera.

Is the continuing appeal of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Victorian operas ... cleverly crafted second act of The Pirates of Penzance, when the two elements are perfectly in sync and firing on all ...

Can this really be Gilbert and Sullivan's classic caper about piratical ... Well, yes, a bit, but the Paignton setting is actually a reference to Pirates' premiere there in 1879 - a ploy to ...

This spectacular production of the popular Gilbert and Sullivan musical comedy is the culmination of five years of planning by executive producer and performer, Simon Gallagher and singer, Jon English ...

Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew in Pirates! The Penzance Musical ... and Daryl Waters (Memphis). Gilbert & Sullivan’s pirate ship docks in New Orleans in ...