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‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ review: Hilarious high-seas hijinks with David Hyde Pierce
This slaphappy, reworked revival of “The Pirates of Penzance,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, shifts the absurd ...
Pirates! Is the Very Model of a Modern Major Debacle
In the making of Pirates! The Penzance Musical, an exquisitely funny, meticulously concocted theatrical pavlova—the 1879 operetta The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan—has been ...
When Pirates of the Caribbean Was Called ‘The Worst Idea Ever’ But Made $654 Million At The Box Office
The Curse of the Black Pearl was doubted by Hollywood—but it defied expectations to gross $654M and launch a blockbuster ...