It produced full scale productions of popular musicals and operettas including Oklahoma !, Carousel, The Mikado, Guys and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance, Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady, The Yeoman of the Guard, Gigi, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gondoliers, Anything Goes, The Merry Widow, Iolanthe, The Producers and HMS Pinafore.

A similar device is used in the plot of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance: As a child, Frederic was apprenticed to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.

The musical score to Thespis was never published and is now lost, except for one song that was published separately, a chorus that was re-used in The Pirates of Penzance, and the Act II ballet music.

Pinafore, then join the army as Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, and so on.

The Pirates of Penzance ( New Year's Eve, 1879 ) also poked fun at grand opera conventions, sense of duty, family obligation, the " respectability " of civilisation and the peerage, and the relevance of a liberal education.

The Major-General and his many daughters escape from the tender-hearted Pirates of Penzance, who are all orphans, on the false plea that he is an orphan himself.

Falk's first stage appearance was at the age of 12 in The Pirates of Penzance at Camp High Point in upstate New York, where one of his camp counselors was Ross Martin ( they would later act together in The Great Race and the Columbo episode " Suitable For Framing ").

Thus, the paradox of Frederic's birthday in The Pirates of Penzance establishes the surprising fact that a twenty-one-year-old would have had only five birthdays, if he was born on a leap day.

A notable exception is his song " The Elements ", where he sets the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the " Major-General's Song " from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews.

* December 30 – The Pirates of Penzance is first performed in Paignton, Devon, England.

* February 29 – Frederic, Fictional character in The Pirates of Penzance

Those two operas, Così fan tutte, and Don Giovanni, as well as Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance are among the core inspirations for the piece.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, continue to enjoy regular performances throughout the English-speaking world.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

Pinafore became an international sensation, as did The Pirates of Penzance ( 1879 ) and Patience ( 1881 ).

In an effort to head off unauthorised American productions of their next opera, The Pirates of Penzance, Carte and his partners opened it in New York on 31 December 1879, prior to its 1880 London premiere.

The Pirates of Penzance ; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.

The Pirates of Penzance was the only Gilbert and Sullivan opera to have its official premiere in the United States.

Because the work was premiered in three different places, there are more variations in the early libretto and score of The Pirates of Penzance than in other Gilbert and Sullivan works.

" My eyes are fully open " ( with some changed lyrics ) was used in Papp's production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Pinafores extraordinary popularity in Britain, America and elsewhere was followed by the similar success of a series of Gilbert and Sullivan works, including The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

They made a special effort to claim American rights for their next work after Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, by giving the official premiere in New York.

This was unexpected and forced Gilbert and Sullivan to race to complete and rehearse their new opera, The Pirates of Penzance, which premièred with much success on 31 December.

* 1983 — Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical or Comedy, Linda Ronstadt in The Pirates of Penzance

The first of these was as Isabel in the Joseph Papp production of The Pirates of Penzance ( 1982 – 83 ; playing the slightly larger role of Kate in the 1983 film adaptation of the production ).

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

Leyland left the Tigers organization for the first time in 1982 when he became Tony La Russa's third base coach for four seasons ( 1982 – 85 ) with the Chicago White Sox, including the team's 1983 AL West division title, before being named the 33rd manager in Pittsburgh Pirates history on November 20, 1985.

A partial tour memento, the EP Girl at Her Volcano, was issued originally as a 10 " record in 1983, featuring a mix of live and studio cover versions of jazz and pop standards, as well as one Jones original, " Hey, Bub ," which was recorded for Pirates.

The team served as the Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners from 1980 to 1982 and the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1983.

After the 1983 season, the team's affiliation changed again, this time to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Pirates Party was later featured in the 1983 documentary film Hells Angels Forever.

* 1983: Pirates of Penzance ( Executive Producer )

# The Pirates of Pandarve-( De Piraten van Pandarve ) ( 1983 )

Overall, Van Slyke played for four different teams in his career: the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1983 – 1986 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1987 – 1994 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1995 ), and Philadelphia Phillies ( 1995 ).

In the early 1980s, the company attempted to expand into the then-lucrative role-playing games market, releasing three products: Man, Myth & Magic ( 1982 ), a Roman-themed fantasy RPG, Pirates & Plunder ( 1982 ), a pirate RPG, and Timeship ( 1983 ), a time-travel RPG.

Tenace played his final season as a utility player and pinch-hitter, appearing in 53 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1983.

* Mike Brown ( outfielder ) ( born 1959 ), former Major League Baseball outfielder for Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels, 1983 – 1988

Her other film credits include Last Plane Out ( 1983 ), The Ice Pirates ( 1984 ), Tapeheads ( 1988 ) and The Legend of Zorro ( 2005 ).

Amos Joseph Otis ( born April 26, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama ) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets ( 1967, 1969 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1970 – 1983 ) and Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1984 ).

* City of Pirates ( 1983 )

* The Pirates of Penzance ( 1983 ) ( special effects supervisor )

Rick Peterson played in class-A for the Pirates organization for four years, from 1976 – 1979, and also made appearances at higher levels of the minors in 1982, 1983 and 1988.

A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days ( 1955 – 65 ) as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates ( winning a Gold Glove in 1962 ), Virdon also had a long tenure in the major leagues as a manager, with the Pirates ( 1972 – 73 ), New York Yankees ( 1974 – 75 ), Houston Astros ( 1975 – 82 ), and Montreal Expos ( 1983 – 84 ).

Miguel Ángel Pérez ( born September 25, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.

Andy Manuel Marté ( born October 21, 1983 in Villa Tapia, Dominican Republic ) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in Major League Baseball.

He debuted with the Pirates in 1983 and also played for them in 1984.