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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pacific_OverturesPacific Overtures - Wikipedia

    Pacific Overtures. Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler . Set in nineteenth-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization starting in 1853, when American ships forcibly opened it to the rest of the world.

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  3. www.menierchocolatefactory.com › pacific-overturesPacific Overtures | Menier Chocolate Factory

    The score is filled with some of Sondheim’s most ravishing music, including ‘Someone in a Tree’, ‘Pretty Lady’ and ‘A Bowler Hat’. Pacific Overtures completes the Menier’s trilogy of Sondheim/Weidman musicals following their critically acclaimed productions of Assassins and Road Show. Please note: Pacific Overtures was written ...

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  4. www.standard.co.uk › culture › theatrePacific Overtures at Menier Chocolate Factory: a revelation

    Dec 5, 2023 · Written in 1976 with a book by John Weidman, it tells how the US forced hermetic, shogunate Japan to open up to commerce in 1853. Told from the Asian perspective, its score and staging fuse 20th ...

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  6. www.sondheimsociety.com › single-post › pacificStephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate ...

    Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Pacific Overtures – which recounts the West's attempt to force open Japan for international trade in the late 19th century – plays from 25 November 2023 at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The production, directed by Matthew White, is a collaboration with Umeda Arts Theater in Japan, where it has already been a huge success in Tokyo and Osaka.As announced ...

  7. www.timeout.com › london › theatrePacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory review: deft ...

    Dec 5, 2023 · In many ways, then, ‘Pacific Overtures’ has travelled a long way from where it began. And part of the experience of watching it is, to be frank, the potential cultural minefield of its existence.

  8. www.londontheatre.co.uk › reviews › pacific'Pacific Overtures' review – this handsome production makes a ...

    Dec 5, 2023 · Read our four-star review of *Pacific Overtures*, Stephen Sondheim's 1976 work about 19th-century Japan, now in performances at the Menier Chocolate Factory to 24 February. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

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    Jan 1, 2004 · Listen to Pacific Overtures (Original London Cast - English National Opera) [Complete Recording] by Stephen Sondheim on Apple Music. 2004. 42 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes.