This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series.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