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Jinkx Monsoon announces her return to Broadway, in this swashbuckling new role
Monsoon season is heading to the Big Apple again in this seaworthy new production.
Watching Jinkx Monsoon's meteoric rise on Broadway has been glorious to behold. And she’s just getting started.
After absolutely crushing it in her role of Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago then blowing audiences away again as Audrey in the Off-Broadway revival ofLittle Shop of Horrors, the dragstar is set to trod the boards again this time in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance — albeit under the new title Pirates! The Penzance Musical.
This time Jinkx will star as a pirate maid named Ruth, who previously was brought to life by Angela Lansbury in the film adaptation of the musical. Ruth is the hearing-impaired apprentice of Frederic to thePirate King who grew up to be a buccaneer. Jinkx will be playing opposite David Hyde Pierce and Ramin Karimloo.
Jinkx made the announcement via her social media.
We can't help but think she’ll be one step closer to her EGOT! Pirates! Begins its run at the Todd Haimes Theatre on April 4 - June 2
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
