The Pirates of Penzance at Filene Center - Wolf Trap

An exotic getaway featuring bathing Victorian beauties, philosophizing pirates and bumbling British bobbies, The Pirates of Penzance has remained an audience favorite for more than a century. This beloved comic musical, presented by New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, tells the story of Frederic, a boy mistakenly apprenticed to a softhearted band of pirates (his hard-of-hearing nurse was told to take him to a ship's pilot). He wants to leave the pirates and live a law-abiding life with his true love, but his Leap Day birthday means his pirate apprenticeship lasts four times longer than usual. After a series of zany mishaps, the lovable pirates make their peace with the police, and Frederic gets his girl. Along the way, it's a roller coaster ride of swashbuckling action and merry music at Wolf Trap, featuring many of Gilbert and Sullivan's wittiest and most engaging tunes, including the immortal "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General."