All Aboard!

One of the country's most revered channellers of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's beloved Savoy operas, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players have been delighting audiences since their founding in 1974. Celebrating the legacy of the duo's comic genius and bringing their masterpieces to life with vibrancy and humor, enjoy the company's efforts as they take to the road on tour with this perennial favorite - A side-splitting, swashbuckling story featuring some of the duo's most beloved melodies, including the unforgettable lyrical labyrinth that is 'The Modern Major-General's Song' - it can only be the Pirates of Penzance!

What Is The Story?

The Pirates of Penzance introduces us to young Frederic, whose approaching 21st birthday means freedom from his apprenticeship to a band of wily pirates. When he meets the beautiful Mabel and falls head over heels, his release couldn't come quickly enough. But the course of true love is as bumpy as the seven seas, especially when he discovers he was born on a leap year, meaning his 21st birthday technically isn't until he his 84!