The Baronets of Ruddigore are under a centuries-old curse: they must commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd is the next in line and devises a plan to break the jinx. But when his scheme falls apart, he must contend with a picture gallery of ghostly ancestral portraits that have other ideas. With beautiful music, hilarious twists and mistaken identities, this supernatural show keeps you guessing between laughs.

Two merry Venetian gondoliers learn that one of them is heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Barataria. But until the actual king can be identified, they rule jointly and turn things upside down with their egalitarian policies.

Meanwhile, as their love lives get tangled between their newlywed wives and a pre-arranged royal marriage, they contend with a Machiavellian Grand Inquisitor and a hilariously clueless Duke.

Young Frederic is about to leave his apprenticeship to a band of softhearted pirates. But with his strong sense of duty, he painfully declares that once free, he is obligated to wipe out their gang. That is, until a ridiculous leap year snag threatens to keep him apprenticed to the pirates for life!