Hurrah for the pirate king: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ sails into St. Patrick’s Church

“The Pirates of Penzance” is sailing in for a benefit concert at St. Patrick’s Church auditorium on March 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11.

The Narrows Community Theater brings Gilbert and Sullivan’s most well-known comic operettas to the stage to benefit the Betty Kash Scholarship fund. “The Pirates of Penzance,” or, “The Slave of Duty,” is an operetta in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and an English libretto by W.S. Gilbert that contains the brisk and comic type of rhymed aria known as a patter song.

“The Pirates of Penzance” March 2, 3, 9 and 10 at 8 pm and March 4 and 11 at 2 pm. Tickets $25 adults, $20 seniors and students (21 and under), and $15 children (12 and under).

St. Patrick’s Church auditorium [97th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, (718) 482–3173; NCT@nctheaterny.com; www.NarrowsCommunityTheater.com].

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