The Pirates of Penzance

Jun 1, 1980

2h 3m

★ 6.1

A live 1980 performance in Central Park before the production moved to Broadway.

Overview

This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in Central Park, not the 1983 movie of the same name that also starred Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline. Those who remember that film, which had the benefit of retakes and editing, a lavish production budget, and the spaciousness of a Hollywood studio, may find this video less polished. On its own terms, it is nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Adventure

TV Movie

Production Companies

New York Shakespeare Festival

Kultur Video

Broadway Theatre Archive

The Pirates of Penzance Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

The Pirate King

Kevin Kline

Mabel Stanley

Linda Ronstadt

Frederic

Rex Smith

Ruth

Patricia Routledge

The Sergeant

Tony Azito

Major-General Stanley

George Rose

Samuel, the Pirate King's Lieutenant

G. Eugene Moose

Edith Stanley

Alice Playten

Kate Stanley

Marcie Shaw

Isabel Stanley

Wendy Wolfe

Soloist - Daughter

Alix Korey

Daughter

Robin Boudreau

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

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