My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

PIRATE SCHOOL! Set for Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge, 8/4

By:

Experience Pirate School!, the premier family-friendly pirate vaudeville in America performed in the magical setting of the historic Waterfront Museum, a floating nautical wonderland that's both a museum AND a fantastic, floating performance space!

Created by veteran NYC physical comedian David Engel, Pirate School! is a madcap, swashbuckling one-man family show that allows kids to live their dreams of the Golden Age of the Pirate while promoting everyday polite behavior and social courage.

With a mischievous blend of clown theater, cartoon-like sound effects, eye-popping puppetry, eccentric props, adept magic, slapstick antics and it's signature brand of boisterous full-audience participation, Pirate School! satisfies children's universal curiosity of the briny Buccaneers of yore.

Featured in New York Magazine's "BEST OF NY: KIDS!" and beloved by thousands of families, libraries, camps and schools in the tri-state region, Pirate School! is led by the bumbling professor Billy Bones who teaches youngsters to be good pirates with zany lessons on how to stand, talk, sing and laugh like Buccaneers. Cannons boom, skulls talk, cutlasses drop and critters cavort and the whole audience takes part in a grandiose sea-battle as a final exam! More info about Pirate School! at www.mypirateschool.com
For ages 4 and up. Kids encouraged to attend in costume. Come out to Red Hook for a true swashbuckling adventure!

WHEN: Sunday August 4th 1pm-2pm
WHERE: The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, 290 Conover St, Red Hook Brooklyn, NY 11231 At Pier 44 by the FAIRWAY MARKET
TRANSIT: Bus 61, Water Taxi to Fairway Market, on-street parking.
CONTACT: 718-208-8966 ext. 11 or email dsharps@waterfrontmuseum.org
TIX: $13 adults, $10 kids at Smartix, $15/$12 at the door.

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Sound Design - Top 3
1. Adam Fisher - The Lost Boys
36.9% of votes
2. Tony Gayle - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
11.2% of votes
3. John Shivers - Chess
7.3% of votes

Don't Miss a Off-Off-Broadway News Story
Sign up for all the news on the Spring season, discounts & more...


Videos


Broadway Magic Hour in Off-Off-Broadway Broadway Magic Hour
Broadway Comedy Club (1/01-6/30) VIDEOS
"Present Laughter" by Noel Coward  in Off-Off-Broadway "Present Laughter" by Noel Coward
Stag & Lion Theatre (5/14-5/24)
Miss Robusta's Reel to Real: From Film to Footlights in Off-Off-Broadway Miss Robusta's Reel to Real: From Film to Footlights
The Stonewall Inn (5/27-5/27)
James & The Giant Peach in Off-Off-Broadway James & The Giant Peach
Stage Left Children's Theatre (5/07-5/16)
Kids 'N Comedy's 30th Anniversary Showcase  in Off-Off-Broadway Kids 'N Comedy's 30th Anniversary Showcase
Gotham Comedy Club (5/17-5/17)
Really Really in Off-Off-Broadway Really Really
122CC 2nd Floor Theater (5/14-5/17)
THE IPHIGENIAMACHINE in Off-Off-Broadway THE IPHIGENIAMACHINE
The Beckmann, American Theatre of Actors (5/12-5/17) PHOTOS
Rock Never Dies in Off-Off-Broadway Rock Never Dies
Hard Rock Cafe (5/29-8/30) PHOTOS VIDEOS
Barbie Fest: The Unauthorized Unofficial Parodies of the Princess & the Pauper and the Three Musketeers in Off-Off-Broadway Barbie Fest: The Unauthorized Unofficial Parodies of the Princess & the Pauper and the Three Musketeers
The Chain (5/21-5/24)
Hedda Gabler in Off-Off-Broadway Hedda Gabler
Modern Classics Theatre of Long Island (5/16-5/31)