Jinkx Monsoon is set to star in a new Broadway show 'Pirates! A Penzance Musical' this coming spring. Get all the details.
veterans Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce. Billed as “reimagined, lovingly adapted production” of Gilbert & Sullivan’s 1879 workthe new show will feature “jazz-infused, New Orleans-style” music and will celebrate “the genius of Gilbert & Sullivan while taking some joyous liberties,” according to a statement from director Scott Ellis.
Monsoon will portray the role of Ruth, the original show’s pirate “maid-of-all-work” and comic relief throughout the production. In a statement to, Monsoon shared that she was thrilled to join the cast. “If ever there were an unexpected role for me to sink my teeth into … she has EVERYTHING I could want in a character, not to mention a chance to play her from a completely new perspective,” she said.This won’t be Monsoon’s first time taking on a prestigious role on the Great White Way.
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