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Die Piraten (The Pirates of Penzance)

The Pirates Of Penzance

Shows · The Pirates Of Penzance

When, on December 31, 1879, The Pirates of Penzance opened in New York at the 5th Avenue Theatre, it marked the only occasion that a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera had its premiere in a city other than London. When, 101 years later, it opened in New York at the Uris Theatre, it marked the only occasion — so far — that a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera had a commercial Broadway run. With its modern orchestrations,…

Opened
1981
Performances
772
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Arthur SullivanLyrics: William S. GilbertBook: William S. Gilbert

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

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