Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive)
by Joshua White, Wilford Leach
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Actor: George Rose, Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Patricia Routledge, Rex SmithDirector: Joshua White, Wilford Leach
Brand: KLINE,KEVIN
Editor: Ken Gutstein
Producer: Joseph Papp
Writer: William S. Gilbert
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive)
Movie Review: Great performance, poor recording
Summary: 3 Stars
This Broadway rendition of Pirates made in Central Park (80's) is probably the best performance I've seen with this cast. I was hoping to find the movie with the same cast (Angela Landsbury is in the movie as the maid), but this copy will have to do until it is out on DVD. The quality is poor in places, but the music, singing, and acting is the best ever! It's worth the purchase! Kevin Klein IS the pirate king! No one has done it better.
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Summary of Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive)
Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous operatic tale is captured in all its fun and glory in this production, recorded live at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. Kevin Kline sparkles as the swashbuckling and libidinous Pirate King while Linda Ronstadt makes her theatrical debut as the lovely and virginal Mabel. When Mabel and Frederic, a young pirate bound to serve the Pirate King, fall in love, complications arise and high spirited antics ensue. The incomparable cast offers the best in this boisterous romp. ENDThis Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in Central Park, not the 1983 movie of the same name that also starred Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline. Those who remember that film, which had the benefit of retakes and editing, a lavish production budget, and the spaciousness of a Hollywood studio, may find this video less polished. On its own terms, it is nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable.
Advantages of this live performance include a sense of spontaneity, and the feeling of being part of a theatrical audience that is visibly and audibly having a very good time. The (reduced and partly electronic) orchestra is also visible; scenery is minimal; the onstage pirate boat, excellent for a live production, is no match for what a movie can offer. The voices are uneven, and some of them evoke Broadway more than London. But the performance is well styled, lively, and energetic. Gilbert and Sullivan's witty sparkle comes through clearly. --Joe McLellan
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