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Frederic, 21, marks the end of his apprenticeship with a celebration among a band of pirates and the Pirate King. Soon, Frederic encounters the young Mabel, the daughter of the Major-General, and quickly falls in love.

The pirates subsequently return to shore to seize the young women with plans to wed them forcibly. The Major-General, their father, arrives and protests against his daughters' coerced marriages. In a desperate bid to save them, he falsely claims to be an orphan, which resonates with the pirates who, being orphans themselves, agree to release their captives.

Back at home, the Major-General wrestles with guilt over his deceit, while his daughters attempt to console him. The police sergeant arrives and, aided by Frederic, announces plans to apprehend the pirates. Frederic sees this as an opportunity to make amends for his pirating past. However, complications arise when it is revealed that Frederic, born on February 29 in a leap year, is technically only 5 years old. Bound by his sense of duty, Frederic is compelled by the Pirate King to return to piracy.

Before parting ways, Frederic confides in Mabel about his predicament, and they pledge fidelity to each other until his eventual return. 

Will the young lovers last? Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta features a cast of colorful characters and a bouncy, buoyant, and swashbuckling score beloved since its debut over a century ago. Now, the production gets an update with a new setting, take on the characters, and orchestrations to infuse a New Orleans flair into the show.

## What to watch for

- Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle (*After Midnight*) choreographs the hilarious new adaptation by Rupert Holmes (*The Mystery of Edwin Drood*), featuring musical direction by Joseph Joubert (*Caroline, or Change*) and orchestrations by Joubert and Daryl Waters (*Memphis*). 
- Roundabout Theatre Company is known for its splashy revivals of beloved musicals; some recent ones include *She Loves Me* and *Kiss Me, Kate*.
- David Hyde Pierce has long been a musical comedy staple, appearing in *Curtains* and *Here We Are* along with on TV in his Emmy-winning turn as Niles Crane on *Frasier*.
- The venue, the Todd Haimes Theatre, is named after the theater's last artistic director, who passed away due to complications from cancer in 2023. He won the Lucille Lortel Outstanding Lifetime Achievement.

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Get *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* tickets and see stage icons David Hyde Pierce and Ramin Karimloo star in this updated, Tony-nominated adaptation of the iconic show about madcap mishaps on the high seas.


Get *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* tickets and see Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce (*Curtains*), Tony Award nominee Ramin Karimloo (*Les Misérables*), and *RuPaul's Drag Race* star Jinkx Monsoon lead the crew in this fresh, Tony-nominated reimagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic *The Pirates of Penzance*. Coming to the Todd Haimes Theatre in the spring of 2025, this revival, directed by Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis (*Tootsie*), docks in New Orleans for a jazzy update to the cherished operetta. Get *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

Set sail for laughs and toe-tapping tunes all on the high seas, and experience *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* on Broadway unlike you've never seen it before: set in New Orleans and with a bluesy flair.  

*The Pirates of Penzance*, an iconic work first staged in 1897, follows young Frederic, released from his apprenticeship at age 21 to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets a major general’s daughter and the two instantly fall in love. However, Frederick learns that he was born on a leap day, technically changing his age. Now, he must serve aboard for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty, Frederic’s only solace is that his lover agrees to wait for him faithfully.

The pirate ship comedy is now set in Nola, infusing the show with a jazzy energy complete with Caribbean rhythms and French Quarter stylings. Favorite characters from the tongue-twisting Major-General to the rabble-rousing Pirate King — plus the newly-imagined young lovers, daring daughters, footloose pirates, and fleet-footed police — will all be aboard for a shipload of musical comedy. Delight abounds to dazzle first-timers and Gilbert and Sullivan aficionados alike.

Joining the star-studded creative team are Warren Carlyle (*Kiss Me, Kate*), who choreographs with a hilarious new adaptation by Rupert Holmes (*The Mystery of Edwin Drood*) plus musical director Joseph Joubert (*Caroline, or Change*).

Get ready to ship out, and get tickets to *Pirates! The Penzance Musical*, available now on New York Theatre Guide.

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See Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce in the Tony-nominated musical *The Pirates of Penzance* on Broadway. A beloved Gilbert and Sullivan classic, *The Pirates of Penzance* comes to New York spring of 2025.

David Pierce&nbsp;was born on April 3, 1959&nbsp;in Saratoga Springs, New York. His father was an aspiring actor by the name of&nbsp;George Hyde Pierce. David&nbsp;would later adopt his father's middle name and become David Hyde Pierce to avoid confusion with another actor at the time by the name of David Pierce. He studied at Yale and continued to perfect his craft in acting at the Michael Howard Studios&nbsp;after moving to New York City.

Pierce made his Broadway debut in 1982 in Beyond Therapy&nbsp;by Christopher Durang. His Off-Broadway debut followed in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of&nbsp;Summer&nbsp;at New York City Center in 1983, and he then earned great acclaim for his portrayal as Laertes in the Public Theater's 1986 revival of Hamlet. Pierce was solidifying his name in the New York theatre&nbsp;scene with a string of Off-Broadway productions for reputable companies, including Playwrights Horizons (The Maderati), Lincoln Center Theater (Waiting For Godot), and once again at <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/public-theater">The Public Theater</a> with&nbsp;Zero Positive&nbsp;and a Shakespeare in the Park&nbsp;production of&nbsp;Much Ado About Nothing. In 1990, he returned to Broadway, assuming the role of&nbsp;Peter Patrone in&nbsp;The Heidi Chronicles.

Although he had appeared in minor roles on television since 1985, his breakthrough role came in 1992 portraying Theodore Van Horne in The Powers That Be. His performance caught the attention of the producers of a new spinoff show to the popular series Cheers,&nbsp;and Pierce was soon cast in his most iconic role to date. He would play Dr. Niles Crane,&nbsp;the younger brother of Kelsey Grammer's character,&nbsp;on Frasier. He would play the role from 1993 to 2004 in a total of 263 episodes&nbsp;and won Emmy Awards for his efforts in 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2004. He also earned a total of five Golden Globe nominations and seven further Emmy Award nominations during his tenure on Frasier.

Over the years, Pierce has collected a number of notable screen credits including Sleepless in Seattle, Nixon, A Bug's Life, Chain of Fools, Wet Hot American Summer, Treasure Planet, and The Good Wife.

After his groundbreaking TV success, Pierce became a regular on Broadway, starring as&nbsp;Sir Robin in Monty Python's&nbsp;Spamalot&nbsp;from 2005&nbsp;and winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of&nbsp;Lieutenant Frank Cioffi in the Broadway premiere of musical comedy&nbsp;Curtains. Subsequent Broadway credits include&nbsp;Accent on Youth&nbsp;(2009),&nbsp;La Bête&nbsp;(2010,&nbsp;after a West End premiere in London), and a Tony-nominated turn as Vanya in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike-0">Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike</a>&nbsp;in 2013, which premiered off Broadway at Lincoln Center the previous year.

During this time, Pierce also regularly appeared off Broadway, with his ever-growing stage résumé boasting appearances for Manhattan Theatre Club in Close Up Space&nbsp;(2011), for <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/vineyard-theatre">Vineyard Theatre</a> in The Landing&nbsp;(2013), and for <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/playwrights-horizons">Playwrights Horizons</a> in A Life&nbsp;(2016).&nbsp;

In 2015, Pierce&nbsp;made both his Broadway and Off-Broadway directorial debuts with the Broadway premiere of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/it-shoulda-been-you">It Shoulda Been You</a>&nbsp;and the Manhattan Theatre Club production of&nbsp;Ripcord&nbsp;at New York City Center.

Pierce began performances as Horace Vandergelder opposite <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/bette-midler">Bette Midler</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;Hello, Dolly! on March 15, 2017,&nbsp;earned a Tony&nbsp;nomination at the 71st annual&nbsp;Tony Awards ceremony, and played his final performance on January 14, 2018. He returned&nbsp;to the production for the final six weeks of the Broadway run from July 17 to&nbsp;August 25, 2018.

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Ramin Karimloo plays Frederick Barrett in the Encores! production of [*Titanic*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31940-encores-titanic) at [New York City Center](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/new-york-city-center) from June 12-23, 2024.

Ramin Karimloo was born in Tehran, Iran, on September 19, 1978. He moved to Canada at a young age and attended the Alexander Mackenzie High School in Richmond Hill, Ontario. After leaving school at 18, Ramin jobbed for the next few years in rock bands and on ship cruises. After moving to England, his first major professional job came in 2001, when he joined the UK touring cast of&nbsp;The Pirates of Penzance&nbsp;and eventually took over the role of the Pirate King in 2002. He moved straight onto his next UK Tour that same year, playing Artie Green in&nbsp;Sunset Boulevard, until he was able to secure his West End debut, joining the cast of London's long-running musical&nbsp;Les Misérables.

The Schönberg-Boublil musical would play a major part in his life and Ramin would return to the West End production in 2004 to play the role of Enjolras, which he would reprise at the acclaimed 25th Anniversary Concert at The O2 Arena in 2010. He first played the lead role of Jean Valjean in the West End in 2011 and went on to reprise his performance in Toronto in 2013. Finally, Ramin made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Cameron Mackintosh's&nbsp;2014 revival and went on to earn his first&nbsp;Tony Award nomination in the category of Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Ramin also played the role of Chris in the 2005 UK Tour of another popular Schönberg-Boublil musical -&nbsp;Miss Saigon.

The other musical that has undeniably propelled Ramin's stage career into stardom is Andrew Lloyd Webber's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-phantom-of-the-opera" target="_blank">The Phantom of the Opera</a>. He first played the role of Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, in the West End production in 2003, and returned to the same production in 2007 to play The Phantom himself. He reprised the role at The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall&nbsp;in 2011. Ramin also originated the role of The Phantom in the world premiere of the sequel&nbsp;Love Never Dies&nbsp;in 2010 at London's Adelphi Theatre, earning his first Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.

Other notable credits in Ramin's career include the world premiere of&nbsp;Prince of Broadway&nbsp;in Japan in 2015, the Lincoln Center concert productions of&nbsp;Parade&nbsp;in 2015 and&nbsp;Secret Garden&nbsp;in 2016, as well as&nbsp;a West End run as Tom in&nbsp;Murder Ballad.&nbsp;He returned to Broadway and took on the roles of Gleb Vaganov in the new stage adaptation of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/anastasia" target="_blank">Anastasia</a>&nbsp;in March 2017 and the role of Nick Arnstein in the first Broadway revival of Funny Girl in 2022.

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Jinkx Monsoon is best known for winning season 5 of *RuPaul’s Drag Race* and season 7 of *RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars*, earning her the title "Queen of All Queens." She is also a seasoned live performer in New York with cabaret and Off-Broadway productions including *The Ginger Snapped*, *The Vaudevillians*, and numerous holiday shows with fellow drag queen BenDeLaCreme.

Monsoon made her Broadway debut as Matron "Mama" Morton in [*Chicago*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/22-chicago-tickets) in 2023 to critical acclaim, and she reprised the role in 2024. Additional starring roles include Ruth in *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* and Mary Todd Lincoln in [*Oh, Mary!*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/37743-oh-mary) on Broadway, as well as Audrey in [*Little Shop of Horrors*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/24608-little-shop-of-horrors-tickets) off Broadway.

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Nicholas Barasch is best known for his roles in the Broadway shows *Pirates! The Penzance Musical*, *She Loves Me*, *The Mystery of Edwin Drood*, and *West Side Story*. He also starred as Orpheus in the Broadway national tour of [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets).

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Samantha Williams made her Broadway debut in *Dear Evan Hansen* in 2019 and went on to play Emmie Thibodeaux in the 2021 Broadway revival of *Caroline, or Change*, receiving critical acclaim. She performed in both productions while still in college. In 2022, she played Mabel Stanley in a one-night only concert performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's *The Pirates of Penzance*, reprising her performance on Broadway in *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* in 2025. In between, she appeared in New York City Center's Encores! revival of *Titanic* in 2024.


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Preston Truman Boyd is best known for appearing in Broadway shows such as *Pirates! The Penzance Musical*, *Kiss Me, Kate*, *The Play That Goes Wrong*, *Sunset Boulevard*, and *She Loves Me*.

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The Todd Haimes Theatre, located in the heart of New York City, is an iconic theatre venue renowned for its high-quality shows and excellent customer service. Home to numerous award-winning productions, this theatre is intimately tied with the cultural fabric of the city. It offers a top-notch acoustic experience complemented by its luxurious seating and intricate interior design that reminds of the golden era of Broadway. 

### How to get to the venue:
 For theatergoers travelling by subway, the nearest station is Times Square-42nd Street served by numerous lines including the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, and Shuttle to Grand Central. For those preferring to travel by bus, the M7, M20, M42, M104 lines all stop within a short walking distance of the theater. If you're driving, numerous public parking lots are available nearby. However, due to the typical city traffic, public transportation is recommended.

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The Todd Haimes Theatre was originally designed by George Keister as an Italian Renaissance-style theatre. The venue opened in 1918 as the Selwyn Theatre, named for its developers, Edgar and Archibald Selwyn. The first show to play there was Jane Cowl's *Information Please*.

Over the course of its history, the building has been used as a theatre, a cinema, and a visitor center until it fell into a derelict state of disrepair. Roundabout Theatre Company took ownership of the venue in 1997, but the building collapsed, so the company rebuilt the Selwyn as part of the New 42nd Street Building in 1999. The theatre was renamed for American Airlines on June 30, 2000; the company donated $8.5 million to help cover renovation costs.

On February 1, 2024, the venue was renamed in memory of Todd Haimes, the artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company from 1983 until his death in 2023.

## How to get to the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway

The Todd Haimes Theatre is situated on 42nd Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway. By subway, it is accessible by the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, and S lines to 42nd Street.

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The Todd Haimes Theatre, originally the Selwyn Theatre, was opened in 1918. Renovated and rebuilt multiple times, it was renamed in 2024 after the late artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes.

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It’s another opening of another revival of “Kiss Me, Kate”! This time, Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara stars as leading lady Lilli Vanessi — a celebrated actor co-starring with her ex-husband, Fred Graham, in a musical production of William Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew.” The show-within-a-show casts the egotistical exes as Katherine and Petruchio, and hilarity ensues both onstage and off. Add in a secondary romance between Lois Lane, the actor playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend — plus a couple of gangsters and backstage shenanigans — and you have a Shakespeare classic turned on its head.
 
Cole Porter’s battle of the sexes is back on Broadway for the first time in 20 years under the direction of Scott Ellis, who also helmed the 2016 Roundabout Theatre Company concert presentation of the theatrical staple. Find out if the toxic twosome loves to hate each other or just hates love each other. Brush up your Shakespeare!
## What to watch for
In 1949, “Kiss Me, Kate” won the first Tony Award for Best Musical.

Todd Haimes, the artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company, revealed that Roundabout has been talking about their next project with Kelli O’Hara “for years.” “It is particularly thrilling to celebrate her return to Roundabout in a role that will showcase her impeccable range and virtuosic talent as a singer, actress and comedienne, just as she did in our production of ‘The Pajama Game’ a decade ago.”

This will be the third Broadway production of “Kiss Me, Kate,” following its original 1948 production and 1999 revival.

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Thanks to Roundabout Theatre Company, Kiss Me, Kate! – the first-ever winner of the Tony Award for “Best Musical” – returns to the Great White Way. This brand new revival of the Cole Porter musical comedy classic plays an extended limited engagement at the iconic Studio 54 from February 14 through to June 30, 2019 and stars Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite Kelli O'Hara.

On December 12, 2016, Roundabout staged a one-night-only benefit concert of Kiss Me, Kate! and enthused fans in attendance hoped that a full-scale production would not be far behind. The concert was directed by eight-time Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis and saw Kelli O’Hara and Tony Award nominee Will Chase taking on the roles of the sparring married couple Lilli Vanessi and Fred Graham, respectively. The fans’ wishes were granted in November 2017, when Roundabout did indeed announce a fully-staged Broadway revival for the 2018-2019 season. Even better news was that Ms. O’Hara and Mr. Chase had both signed on to reprise their roles for the production, once again under the direction of Scott Ellis. Enlisting Tony Award-winning choreographer Warren Carlyle and “High School Musical” and Broadway alum Corbin Bleu (playing Bill Calhoun) was the cherry on top of the musical cake.

Kiss Me, Kate! features a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack (who were reportedly experiencing marital troubles of their own at the time). The husband-and-wife writing team had been approached in 1947 by producer Arnold Saint-Subber who had witnessed the domestic unrest between Alfred Lunt and his wife Lynn Fontanne, both on and off the stage, during a 1935 production of The Taming of the Shrew, inspiring the story of the future musical. The Spewacks, in turn, enlisted Cole Porter to write the score, which would ultimately include such standards as “Too Darn Hot,” “So In Love,” and “Always True To You In My Fashion.”

After a brief, pre-Broadway tryout in Philadelphia, Kiss Me, Kate! officially opened at the New Century Theatre on Broadway on December 30, 1948. The original production, which starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, and Harold Lang, went on to win the first-ever Tony Award for “Best Musical” in 1949. Indeed, it won all five categories in which it was nominated (including “Best Author (Musical)” for the Spewacks, “Best Original Score” for Cole Porter, “Best Costume Design” for Lemuel Ayers, and “Best Producer of a Musical” for Arnold Saint-Subber and Lemuel Ayers). Since then, Kiss Me, Kate! has enjoyed a brief Broadway revival in 1952 and a 1999 production that became a Tony Award-winning “Best Revival of a Musical” in 2000. The musical has been performed in numerous West End engagements from 1951 to 2018 and was also adapted into a film in 1953, starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel.

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The **Studio 54 theatre** in New York is legendary in its status as America's most famous nightclub from history. In the '70s, the venue was a beacon for A-list celebrities, artists, and musicians to gather under its mesmerising disco ball. Today, as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company, **Studio 54** is a home to captivating theatrical performances. The theatre, located on 254 W 54th Street, maintains its historical charm with the restored auditorium that evokes an intense feel for the remarkable history it's borne witness to. The theatre has a seating capacity of 1006 and has been the stage for numerous notable productions such as 'Cabaret', 'Sunday in the Park with George', and 'Kiss Me, Kate'. The elegance from its original 1927 construction blends seamlessly with its more modern renovations, helping keep Studio 54 an iconic and desired destination in the Big Apple. 

 **How to get to the venue** 

 Getting to Studio 54 is quite straightforward. Located in Manhattan, it's easily accessible by subway. The closest station is 7 Avenue, which is just a short two-minute walk from the theatre. For those preferring a taxi ride or self-drive, there are several parking garages nearby like the 'Icon Parking' on 851 8th Ave or the 'SP+' on 1700 Broadway.

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The Studio 54 first opened in 1927 as the Gallo Opera House, and it operated as a music hall, broadcast soundstage, and nightclub (under the name Casino de Paree) until entrepreneurs Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager bought the building.

Under their ownership, the Studio 54 nightclub opened in 1977 and quickly became one of the world's most famous clubs, with frequent celebrity guests. The venue also operated under the name of The Ritz from 1989 until early 1993, and then as Cabaret Royale until 1995.

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of *Cabaret* played at Studio 54 in 1998 after the collapse of a construction hoist blocked access to the Henry Miller (now Stephen Sondheim) Theatre. In 2003, Roundabout purchased the building, and the company still hosts Broadway productions there and rents the venue out to other producers.

54 Below, a restaurant and cabaret theatre, operates underneath Studio 54.

## How to get to Studio 54 on Broadway

Studio 54 is closest to the 57th St. - 7th Ave. subway stop on the N, Q, R, and W lines and the 7th Ave. stop on the E, B, and D lines. The closest bus stops are 8 Av./W 52 St. on the M20 and M104 lines and 7 Av./W 53 St. on the M7, M20, and M104 lines.

Studio 54 - New York Theatre Guide

Studio 54, initially opened in 1927, turned into renowned nightclub in 1977 by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, now hosts Broadway productions. Reachable via 57th St.- 7th Ave subway stop.

Studio 54 - TodayTix

A seating chart shows the stage at the top, followed by the orchestra and mezzanine sections, each labeled with rows and seats.

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What's on at Studio 54 in New York City. Browse upcoming shows, check showtimes, and get tickets on TodayTix.

Studio 54 — Shows & Tickets | NYC | TodayTix

Studio 54 theatre in New York, known for its past as a celebrity club, is now a popular venue for theatrical performances.

Preston Truman Boyd's past shows