NEW YORK — W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” is a foundational musical. First seen in New York in 1879, this wacky yarn of swashbuckling pirates, Monty Pythonesque coppers ...

ONE of the classic utterances of the year is, “I can write as good lyrics as Gilbert and Sullivan”, credited to an eminent young librettist. The merits of the case need not be examined here, but the ...

Young Victorian Theatre Company will present IOLANTHE, the operetta by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, with performances scheduled July 11 through July 19, 2026 at The Gilman School in Baltimore.

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Pirates! Is the Very Model of a Modern Major DebacleThe ever-delightful David Hyde Pierce can’t disguise that Gilbert and Sullivan’s confectionery operetta has been keelhauled.

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” is a foundational musical. First seen in New York in 1879, this wacky yarn of swashbuckling pirates, Monty Python-esque coppers and the ...