Jinkx Monsoon is among the newly announced cast members for Broadway ‘s upcoming and reimagined Pirates of Penzance production starring the previously announced Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce.

Avast, ye hearties: two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon could be setting sail for her first Tony nomination. Monsoon will be starring in Pirates! The Penzance musical (a reimagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical The Pirates of Penzance),

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 of Little Shop of Horrors, the drag star 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.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced further casting, design team and a brand-new title for its reimagined The Pirates of Penzance. This jazz-infused, New Orleans-style Broadway production, now titled Pirates!