Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, President/CEO, in memoriam; Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a four-week extension of the reimagined, lovingly adapted Pirates! The Penzance Musical, due to popular demand. This jazz-infused, New Orleans-style Broadway production has music by Arthur Sullivan, a libretto by W.S. Gilbert, adaptations by Rupert Holmes, orchestrations by Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters, music direction by Joseph Joubert, choreography by Warren Caryle and direction by Scott Ellis.

The Broadway cast of Pirates! The Penzance Musical is led by Ramin Karimloo (Pirate King), Jinkx Monsoon (Ruth), David Hyde Pierce (Gilbert/Major General Stanley), Nicholas Barasch (Frederic), Preston Truman Boyd (Sullivan/Police Sergeant) and Samantha Williams (Mabel Stanley). The cast also includes Kelly Belarmino, Maria Briggs, Cicily Daniels, Ninako Donville, Alex Dorf, Rick Faugno, Niani Feelings, Tommy Gedrich, Alex Gibson, Afra Hines, Dan Hoy, Ryo Kamibayashi, Tatiana Lofton, Nathan Lucrezio, Shina Ann Morris, Cooper Stanton, and Bronwyn Tarboton.

The design team includes scene design by Tony Award-winner David Rockwell (She Loves Me, Doubt), costume design by Tony Award-winner Linda Cho (The Great Gatsby, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Donald Holder (South Pacific, My Fair Lady, The Lion King), sound design by Tony Award-nominee Mikaal Sulaiman (Macbeth, An Enemy of the People, Doubt), and dance arrangements by John O’Neill(Harmony). Casting is by Jim Carnahan CSA & Jason Thinger CSA.

Pirates! The Penzance Musical begins previews on Friday, April 4, 2025, and opens officially on Thursday, April 24, 2025. This is a limited engagement, now extended through July 27, 2025 at the Todd Haimes Theatre (227 W. 42 St).

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.

Pirates! The Penzance Musical is proudly presented by Tri-State Cadillac. Pirates! The Penzance Musical is kindly sponsored by New Orleans & Company and NewOrleans.com.

Underwriting support for Pirates! The Penzance Musical is generously provided by Salman and Vienn Al-Rashid, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Joele Frank and Laurence Klurfeld, and in memory of Nancy McKenna and Patsy Eagan.

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets for Pirates! The Penzance Musical are currently available by calling 212.719.1300, online at roundabouttheatre.org, or in person at the Todd Haimes Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). For groups of 10 or more please call 212-719-9393 x 365 or email groupsales@roundabouttheatre.org.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Pirates! The Penzance Musical will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8:00PM with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2:00PM and Sunday matinees at 3:00PM. Following opening night on April 24, 2024, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening performances will be at 7:00PM. Please visit roundabouttheatre.org for the most up-to-date performance schedule.

Roundabout Theatre Company celebrates the power of theatre by spotlighting classics from the past, cultivating new works of the present, and educating minds for the future. A not-for-profit company, Roundabout fulfills that mission by producing familiar and lesser-known plays and musicals; discovering and supporting talented playwrights; reducing the barriers that can inhibit theatergoing; collaborating with a diverse team of artists; building educational experiences; and archiving over five decades of production history.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents a variety of plays and musicals on its five stages: Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre, Studio 54 and Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and Off-Broadway’s Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre.

Roundabout Theatre Company has been working to prioritize and actively incorporate anti-racism, equity, diversity, inclusion and accountability throughout the institution. Read more about the company’s social justice progress and timeline at edi.roundabouttheatre.org.

Roundabout productions are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Roundabout’s recent and upcoming productions this season include: Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman; The Counter by Meghan Kennedy, directed by David Cromer; English by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Knud Adams, Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White and Pirates! The Penzance Musical by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, adapted by Rupert Holmes, orchestrations by Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters, music direction by Joseph Joubertchoreographed by Warren Carlyle, directed by Scott Ellis.

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