Productions20 on Broadway
| 1879 | Fifth Avenue Theatre Original. December 31, 1879 · predates this show | |
| 1900 | American Theatre Revival. February 5, 1900 · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1912 | Casino Theatre Revival. June 3, 1912 · William J. Wilson · predates this show | 28 performances |
| 1915 | 48th Street Theatre Revival. June 7, 1915 · Herbert Cripps · predates this show | 4 performances |
| 1918 | Park Theatre Revival. September 30, 1918 · predates this show | |
| 1926 | Plymouth Theatre Revival. December 6, 1926 · Winthrop Ames · predates this show | 128 performances |
| 1927 | Royale Theatre Revival. November 24, 1927 · predates this show | 10 performances |
| 1931 | Erlangers Theatre Revival. June 29, 1931 · Milton Aborn · predates this show | 24 performances |
| 1933 | Majestic Theatre Revival. August 7, 1933 · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1934 | Majestic Theatre Revival. April 9, 1934 · Lee Daly · predates this show | 16 performances |
| 1935 | Adelphi Theatre Revival. July 22, 1935 · R.H. Burnside · predates this show | 12 performances |
| 1936 | Martin Beck Theatre Revival. August 31, 1936 · predates this show | 20 performances |
| 1939 | Martin Beck Theatre Revival. January 5, 1939 · predates this show | |
| 1940 | 44th Street Theatre Revival. October 7, 1940 · Charles Alan · predates this show | 6 performances |
| 1946 | City Center Revival. May 12, 1946 · Eugene S. Bryden · predates this show | 4 performances |
| 1949 | Mark Hellinger Theatre Revival. October 10, 1949 · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1952 | Mark Hellinger Theatre Revival. October 27, 1952 · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1955 | Shubert Theatre Revival. October 6, 1955 · Robert A. Gibson · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1976 | Uris Theatre Revival. May 6, 1976 · Michael Heyland · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1981 | Uris Theatre Revival. January 8, 1981 · Wilford Leach | 772 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 19 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Music Theatre International The Pirates of Penzance matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor Another house is also recorded for this work. |
Read from the licensor's own pages and catalogues. Rights move, and an empty row means we have not confirmed a publisher, not that the show cannot be licensed.
In the literature29 passages
For one year the theater hosted Joseph Papp’s version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, which moved from the Uris Theatre (see GERSHWIN THEATER), another huge, modern auditorium. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p376
Pirates of Penzance, The (1948) George Sheringham*®)*^); AcK**-) Pirates of Penzance, The (1949) Ralph Alswang*®)*''); Peggy Morrison**^) Pirates of Penzance, The (1952) Ralph Alswang*®); Peggy Morrison**^) Pirates of Penzance, The (1955) George Sheringham*^); AcK**-) book:the-broadway-design-roster-designers-and-their-credits-owen-bobbi-bibliographies#p657
The Pirates of Penzance, or Love and Duty; The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid; Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant; and Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse. book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p883
She had roles in movie musicals, including Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Pirates of Penzance (1983), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p392
1981: Amadeus; The Pirates of Penzance (R); March of the Falsettos (OM) book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p431
The Pirates of Penzance (revival) 772 performances Opened January 8, 1981 Closed November 28, 1982 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p458
Passages naming this show, found by keyword across 178 books. Where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.