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Review — Pirates! The Penzance Musical

The Broadway Review: ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ needs to trust in stupid

Rupert Holmes’ carnivalist revision of Gilbert and Sullivan’s patter-filled comic opera undercuts its own funny.

,   and  Brittani Samuel
10 min read
The cast of “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” on Broadway, 2025 (Credit: Joan Marcus)
Review — Pirates! The Penzance Musical — News — W.S. Gilbert — Arthur Sullivan — Rupert Holmes — Scott Ellis — Warren Carlyle — David Hyde Pierce — Ramin Karimloo — Jinkx Monsoon — David Rockwell — Linda Cho

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