The Summer Savoyards will present Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s beloved comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, July 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. and on July 13 at 3 p.m. at the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts at Binghamton University.<\/p>\n
The Savoyards are in their 65th season of performing G&S in Broome County.<\/p>\n
In Pirates, a young man\u2019s erroneous apprenticeship to a pirate, not a pilot, leads to comic and romantic confusion, complicated by a band of bumbling pirates and an even more bumbling squad of policemen.<\/p>\n
The much-parodied and appropriated score includes \u201cI am the very model of a modern Major-General\u201d and the original lyrics to what is best known now as \u201cHail, hail, the Gang\u2019s All Here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The production is headed by Julia Adams, stage director; Kelly Roggenkamp, musical director; and Matthew Vavalle, conductor. All three also have performed onstage with the Savoyards.<\/p>\n
The cast is headed by Zach Curtis (Major-General Stanley), H. Scot Saggiomo (Pirate King), Kenny Roggenkamp (Frederic), Taylor Hagquist (Mabel), Jaron K. Johnson (Sergeant of Police), and Emma Jones (Ruth).<\/p>\n
Performances will feature a full orchestra, fanciful sets, and sumptuous costumes.<\/p>\n
General admission tickets are $30 (65 and over: $25; 18 and under: FREE). <\/p>\n