The Pirates of Penzance
8 / 10
Still, if you allow yourself to get carried away, you’ll have a delightful time with “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.” And if you bring your own beignets, please eat them after the show.
8 / 10
Still, if you allow yourself to get carried away, you’ll have a delightful time with “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.” And if you bring your own beignets, please eat them after the show.
8 / 10
Borrowing “We’re All From Someplace Else” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore for the finale, Pirates! ends its tale with a generous plea for tolerance – swashbucklers are people too, after all – and having built up enough good well over the previous couple of hours the underlying earnestness at show’s end seems absolutely deserved.
| 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 |
| 1936 | Broadway |
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 |
| 1949 | Broadway |
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 |
| 2024 | West End |
West End |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Rupert Holmes |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Nicholas Barasch |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rick Sordelet |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Christian Kelly-Sordelet |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Joseph Joubert |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Daryl Waters |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISINTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | Jinkx Monsoon |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | Ramin Karimloo |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Joseph Joubert |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Daryl Waters |