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Roundabout Theatre Company 's revival of Pirates! The Penzance Musical closes today at the Todd Haimes Theatre following 21 previews and 109 regular performances. This jazz-infused, New Orleans-style Broadway production had music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W.S. Gilbert, adaptation by Rupert Holmes, orchestrations by Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters, music direction by Joseph Joubert, choreography by Warren Caryle and direction by Scott Ellis. The Broadway cast of Pirates! The Penzance Musical is led by Ramin Karimloo (Pirate King), Jinkx Monsoon (Ruth), David Hyde Pierce (Gilbert/Major General Stanley), Nicholas Barasch (Frederic), Preston Truman Boyd (Sullivan/Police Sergeant) and Samantha Williams (Mabel Stanley). The cast also includes Kelly Belarmino, Maria Briggs, Cicily Daniels, Ninako Donville, Alex Dorf, Rick Faugno, Niani Feelings, Tommy Gedrich, Alex Gibson, Afra Hines, Dan...

Jutst yesterday, the best of Broadway came together in Shubert Alley for the 27th annual Broadway Barks. Hosted by co-founder Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel, the special event featured a ‘meet and greet' of all the adoptable pets, who made their Broadway debut on stage alongside some of Broadway's favorite stars. The lineup included Ali Louis Bourzgui (Hadestown), Preston Truman Boyd(Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Danny Burstein (Gypsy), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Glenn Davis (Purpose),Cole Escola, Max von Essen (Chicago The Musical), Lana Gordon (Hadestown), Phillip Huber (Boop! The Musical), Latanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose), Jon Michael Jill (Purpose), Harry Lennix (Purpose), Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Brad Oscar (Wicked), Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat), Jordan Tyson (Gypsy), Samantha Williams (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Azalea Wolfe (Stranger Things), Gianna Yanelli (Six: The Musical), and Kara Young (Purpose). Check out photos from the special day below!

Broadway Barks has announced additional celebrities for their 27th annual dog and cat adoption on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 3:00pm in Shubert Alley. As previously announced, the event will be hosted by co-founder Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel and is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The lineup will now include Ali Louis Bourzgui (Hadestown), Preston Truman Boyd(Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Danny Burstein (Gypsy), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Glenn Davis (Purpose),Cole Escola, Max von Essen (Chicago The Musical), Lana Gordon (Hadestown), Phillip Huber (Boop! The Musical), Latanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose), Jon Michael Jill (Purpose), Harry Lennix (Purpose), Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Brad Oscar (Wicked), Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat), Jordan Tyson (Gypsy), Samantha Williams (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Azalea Wolfe (Stranger Things), Gianna Yanelli (Six: The Musical), and Kara Young (Purpose). This year's poster art is designed by Stacy Lazzara. Barks begins.

Jinkx Monsoon, David Hyde Pierce and Ramin Karimloo strum their washboards on stage at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The stars of Pirates! The Penzance Musical hit the stage for a performance of “Sail the Ocean Blue” and “Washboards” during the annual Broadway awards show.

In addition, Pirates! was also nominated for Best Revival of a Musical but lost out to Sunset Boulevard.

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Also hitting the stage for the performance from the Pirates! cast include Preston Truman Boyd, Samantha Williams and Nicholas Barasch, among others.

Here’s a synopsis of the musical revival: Gilbert & Sullivan’s pirate ship docks in New Orleans in this jazzy-bluesy vision of the crowd-pleasing classic, in an outrageously clever romp sizzling with Caribbean rhythms and French Quarter flair. With a tongue-twisting Major General (Pierce), a rabble-rousing Pirate King (Karimloo), romance,...

Broadway’s 2024-25 season got off to a rather fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending, and wrapped up with some equally excellent season closers like Just In Time and Dead Outlaw.

This compendium of Deadline’s Broadway reviews takes a look at all of them. Use it as a guide for your theater-going, or a sneak peek at what this year’s Tony Awards might have in store on Sunday, June 8.

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Opening Night: April 27

Venue: Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre

Direction & Choreography By: Sergio Trujillo

Book: Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, based on the play by Josefina López and the HBO screenplay by Josefina López and George Lavoo

Music & Lyrics By: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Cast: Tatianna Córdoba, Justina Machado,...

Pirates! The Penzance Musical, the Gilbert & Sullivan musical reimagined by Rupert Holmes in a New Orleans jazz-infused style, has been given a four-week Broadway extension “due to popular demand,” according to Roundabout Theater Company.

Pirates! begins previews on Friday, April 4, with an official opening on Thursday, April 24. The limited engagement will now close July 27 at the Todd Haimes Theatre, four weeks after the original June 22 planned close.

Choreographed by Warren Caryle and directed by Scott Ellis, the Broadway cast is led by Ramin Karimloo (Pirate King), Jinkx Monsoon (Ruth), David Hyde Pierce (Gilbert/Major General Stanley), Nicholas Barasch (Frederic), Preston Truman Boyd (Sullivan/Police Sergeant) and Samantha Williams (Mabel Stanley). The cast also includes Kelly Belarmino, Maria Briggs, Cicily Daniels, Ninako Donville, Alex Dorf, Rick Faugno, Niani Feelings, Tommy Gedrich, Alex Gibson, Afra Hines, Dan Hoy, Ryo Kamibayashi, Tatiana Lofton, Nathan Lucrezio, Shina Ann Morris, Cooper Stanton, and Bronwyn Tarboton.

Jinkx Monsoon is among the newly announced cast members for Broadway’s upcoming and reimagined Pirates of Penzance production starring the previously announced Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce.

Retitled Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Rupert Holmes’ jazzy New Orleans-style reinterpretation of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic is being staged by the Roundabout Theatre Company with previews beginning Friday, April 4, 2025, at Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre. The official opening night is set for Thursday, April 24, and the limited engagement will run through June 22.

Monsoon, who will play Ruth to Karimloo’s Pirate King and Pierce’s Gilbert/Major General Stanley, is a two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, and made her Broadway debut in 2023 as Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago. In 2024, she played Audrey in the Off Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors opposite Corbin Bleu. Other credits include a Doctor Who debut as the new villain Maestro.

Scott Ellis will direct,...

Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, will present The Music amp Lyrics Of Drew Gasparini It's Kind Of A Funny Story on Monday, March 20th at 700pm amp 930pm with a cast featuring 2014 Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham Holiday Inn, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Ann Harada Avenue Q, Cinderella, Preston Truman Boyd Sunset Boulevard, She Loves Me, and Colton Ryan Dear Evan Hansen, among others.