A centuries-old New England legend about the famous pirate Sam Bellamy and his love, Mary Hallett, is coming to Red Hook.

“ The Royal Pyrate ,” a new musical that reimagines Bellamy and Hallett’s tale in swashbucking style, will sweep into the historic Waterfront Museum for six performances starting Aug. 16.

Bellamy and Hallett’s story is well-known and oft-retold on Cape Cod, where they met back in 1715 and where Bellamy’s ship sank two years later.

But longtime friends and creative partners Jason Landon Marcus and Chas LiBretto — who wrote the music and lyrics and book, respectively — don’t remember exactly where they first heard about it.

“It seems like it came on the ether,” Marcus said. “We both just became infatuated with the story and the folklore and finding all the piece

See Full Page