In the case of reviving a 145-year-old comedian opera, who higher to enlist than drag celebrity Jinkx Monsoon to liven issues up?
On Wednesday (Nov. 13), the Roundabout Theater Firm introduced its upcoming new musical Pirates! The Penzance Musical, starring Monsoon alongside Broadway veterans Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce. Billed as “reimagined, lovingly tailored manufacturing” of Gilbert & Sullivan’s 1879 work The Pirates of Penzance, the brand new present will characteristic “jazz-infused, New Orleans-style” music and can have fun “the genius of Gilbert & Sullivan whereas taking some joyous liberties,” in response to a press release from director Scott Ellis.
Monsoon will painting the function of Ruth, the unique present’s pirate “maid-of-all-work” and comedian aid all through the manufacturing. In a press release to Billboard, Monsoon shared that she was thrilled to hitch the forged. “If ever there have been an surprising function for me to sink my enamel into … she has EVERYTHING I might need in a personality, to not point out an opportunity to play her from a totally new perspective,” she mentioned.
“The possibility to revitalize the classics is one thing particular I’m honored to be requested to do.”
This gained’t be Monsoon’s first time taking up a prestigious function on the Nice White Means. In 2023, she made her Broadway debut within the function of Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago. Throughout her preliminary run, Monsoon broke a number of field workplace information for the present, together with her personal single efficiency gross document. Monsoon later returned to the function in June after her run as the primary transgender girl to painting the function of Audrey within the off-Broadway manufacturing of Little Store of Horrors.
In the meantime, Monsoon’s 2025 is at the moment stacked with extra Broadway-adjacent gigs: In January, the two-time Drag Race winner is ready to star as Reno Sweeney within the Pasadena Playhouse’s Something Goes: In Live performance, earlier than making her Carnegie Corridor debut in her Valentine’s Day live performance, Jinkx Monsoon: Dwell at Carnegie Corridor.
Pirates! A Penzance Musical will start previews on April 4 and open formally on April 24 on the Todd Haimes Theatre. Tickets can be found on the Roundabout Theatre Firm’s web site.
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