By David Sheward April 24, 2025. The beloved, whimsical operettas of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, composed between 1871 and 1896, have had their share of updating and transpositions. There has been a Hot Mikado and a Swing Mikado in 1939 and a Hollywood Pinafore in 1945. So it should come as no surprise that there would eventually be a reworking of one of G&S's most popular pieces, The Pirates of Penzance, …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:01PM on April 24, 2025