Release Date

01 Jun, 1980

Runtime

02:03: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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

This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series.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

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Actors

Kevin Kline

Linda Ronstadt

Rex Smith

Patricia Routledge

Tony Azito

George Rose

G. Eugene Moose

Alice Playten

Marcie Shaw

Wendy Wolfe

Alix Korey

Robin Boudreau

Maria Guida

Nancy Heikin

Bonnie Simmons

Dean Badolato

Mark Beudert

Brian Bullard

Walter Caldwell

Keith David

Tim Flavin

Crew