The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series.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.

Cast for The Pirates of Penzance...

Kevin Kline
The Pirate King
Linda Ronstadt
Mabel Stanley
Rex Smith
Frederic
Tony Azito
The Sergeant
George Rose
Major-General Stanley
G. Eugene Moose
Samuel, the Pirate King's Lieutenant
Alice Playten
Edith Stanley
Marcie Shaw
Kate Stanley
Wendy Wolfe
Isabel Stanley
Alix Korey
Soloist - Daughter
Maria Guida
Daughter
Nancy Heikin
Daughter
Dean Badolato
Pirates and Police
Mark Beudert
Pirates and Police
Brian Bullard
Pirates and Police
Walter Caldwell
Pirates and Police
Keith David
Pirates and Police
Tim Flavin
Pirates and Police
Joseph Neal
Pirates and Police
Walter Niehenke
Pirates and Police
Joe Pichette
Pirates and Police
Barry Tarallo
Pirates and Police
Lara Teeter
Pirates and Police
Michael Edwin Willson
Pirates and Police