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‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ Review: David Hyde Pierce and Jinkx Monsoon Lead a Rollicking, Riotous Reimagination of Gilbert and Sullivan on Broadway
David Hyde Pierce, Jinkx Monsoon and Ramin Karimloo lead the cast of a riotous Broadway reimagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic.
Their 1879 operetta “The Pirates of Penzance” was a runaway hit and has been revived on Broadway numerous times, mostly famously in a 1981 production starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt (and memorialized in the 1983 film), but now their work is mostly performed by community theaters. Upon his twenty-first birthday, he is freed and comes ashore to join society and find a bride, but as with all Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, topsy-turvy hijinks ensue, this time as a result of some improbable calendrical technicalities. Before things get started, however, this adaptation begins with a metatheatrical curtain speech by composer Arthur Sullivan (Preston Truman Boyd, who also plays the Police Sergeant) and writer William S. Gilbert ( David Hyde Pierce, also appearing as Major-General Stanley).
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