A new kind of pirate is docking on Broadway. Roundabout Theatre Company will bring a new version of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance, back to Broadway in 2025. Pirates! The Penzance Musical is a reimagined version of the 1879 operetta.
The Pirates of Penzance was last seen on Broadway in 1981- a production that won three Tony Awards. The classic story epitomizes the Victorian-era operetta and explores themes of duty, love, and honor, coupled with parody of class structures and authority. As a cornerstone of light opera, The Pirates of Penzance has solidified its place as a timeless work that bridges the gap between classical and contemporary musical theater.
What makes this Pirates! different? In this version, the 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.
The classic tale is brought to life by director Scott Ellis and Warren Carlyle choreographs with a hilarious new adaptation by Rupert Holmes. It is led by Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, David Hyde Pierce, Nicholas Barasch, Preston Truman Boyd and Samantha Williams.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2025 | Broadway |
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
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