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The premier of The pirates of Penzance

Title: The premier of The pirates of Penzance [videorecording]
Publication: New York, 1983.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd. col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Pre-show promo for the premier of the movie version of the musical The pirates of Penzance on pay-per-view television. The special is hosted by Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, and features theatrical producer Joseph Papp. The special includes interviews with Linda Ronstadt, Kevin Kline, Lauren Bacall, Adoph Green, Phyllis Newman, Glenn Close, Rex Smith, Angela Lansbury, Patricia Routledge, George Rose, Christopher Reeve and other celebrities as they enter the lobby of the Public Theater. Clips from the film, as well as from the documentary The making of the Pirates of Penzance (see NCOX 5289) are also included.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series Statement

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative Title

Pirates film opening night at Public Theater Feb. 18, 1983
Pirates of Penzance (Motion picture)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Advertising.
Television.

Note

This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
Title, but no credits on tape.
Credits for the complete film: Edward R. Pressman presents a Joseph Papp production ; directed by Wilford Leach ; [starring] Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith ; music adapted, orchestrated and conducted by William Elliot ; choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; director of photography Douglas Slocombe.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Delacorte and Public Theaters, New York. N.Y. and broadcast on pay-per-view television on February 18, 1983.

Biography (note)

The pirates of Penzance was an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival. It ran during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. Cast replacements included Treat Williams for the Pirate King, Kaye Ballard for Ruth and Maureen McGovern and Pam Dawber for Mabel. The road company opened with Barry Bostwick, Jo Anne Worley, Pam Dawber and Andy Gibb, and James Belushi replaced Bostwick as the Pirate King. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 film version released by Universal Pictures. The pirates of Penzance made motion picture history as the first to premier in both movie theaters and on television, on the same day.

Call Number

NCOX 5341

OCLC

NYPG05-F11484

Title

The premier of The pirates of Penzance [videorecording]

Imprint

New York, 1983.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Event

Videotaped at the Delacorte and Public Theaters, New York. N.Y. and broadcast on pay-per-view television on February 18, 1983.

Biography

The pirates of Penzance was an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival. It ran during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. Cast replacements included Treat Williams for the Pirate King, Kaye Ballard for Ruth and Maureen McGovern and Pam Dawber for Mabel. The road company opened with Barry Bostwick, Jo Anne Worley, Pam Dawber and Andy Gibb, and James Belushi replaced Bostwick as the Pirate King. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 film version released by Universal Pictures. The pirates of Penzance made motion picture history as the first to premier in both movie theaters and on television, on the same day.

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, host.

Meara, Anne, host.

Stiller, Jerry, host.

Kline, Kevin, interviewee.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, performer.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, interviewee.

Ronstadt, Linda, interviewee.

Rose, George, 1920-1988, interviewee.

Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988, interviewee.

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, interviewee.

Reeve, Christopher, 1952-2004, interviewee.

Close, Glenn, 1947- interviewee.

Green, Adolph, interviewee.

Universal Pictures Company.

Added Title

Pirates of Penzance (Motion picture)

Research Call Number

NCOX 5341

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