The Pirates of Penzance
1980This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series.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.
Acted in
Kevin Kline
as The Pirate King
Linda Ronstadt
as Mabel Stanley
Rex Smith
as Frederic
Patricia Routledge
as Ruth
Tony Azito
as The Sergeant
George Rose
as Major-General Stanley
G. Eugene Moose
as Samuel, the Pirate King's Lieutenant
Alice Playten
as Edith Stanley
Marcie Shaw
as Kate Stanley
Wendy Wolfe
as Isabel Stanley
Alix Korey
as Soloist - Daughter
Robin Boudreau
as Daughter
Maria Guida
as Daughter
Nancy Heikin
as Daughter
Bonnie Simmons
as Daughter
Dean Badolato
as Pirates and Police
Mark Beudert
as Pirates and Police
Brian Bullard
as Pirates and Police
Walter Caldwell
as Pirates and Police
Keith David
as Pirates and Police
Tim Flavin
as Pirates and Police
Joseph Neal
as Pirates and Police
Walter Niehenke
as Pirates and Police
Joe Pichette
as Pirates and Police
Barry Tarallo
as Pirates and Police
Lara Teeter
as Pirates and Police
Michael Edwin Willson
as Pirates and Police
Audrey Lavine
as Singer
Dennis Warning
as Singer