Call her the Pirate Queen

Stephanie J. Block, who played Liza Minnelli on Broadway in “The Boy From Oz” and starred in L.A. as Elphaba, the green witch, in a touring production of “Wicked,” has landed one of next season’s plum roles on Broadway: the title character in “The Pirate Queen,” a lavish new musical by the team that created “Les Miserables” and “Miss Saigon.”

Block will play Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish lass who was the scourge of Elizabethan England and beyond. Linda Balgord will portray Elizabeth I. Also in the cast are Hadley Fraser as Grace’s longtime lover and companion and Jeff McCarthy as Grace’s father.

The theater and dates for the Broadway engagement have not been announced, but the show, directed by Frank Galati, will try out from Oct. 3 to Nov. 26 in Chicago.