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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.
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 in 1976.
Nov 1, 2023 · The Pacific Overtures cast includes Jon Chew as Reciter, Kanako Nakano as Tamate, Saori Oda as Shogun/Madam, Takuro Ohno as Kayama, and Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Manjiro.
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.
Dec 5, 2023 · Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, currently playing at the Gielgud Theatre, makes short work of the preconception that Sondheim didn’t write “tunes” and the notion that his work contains more intellect than heart.
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Dec 5, 2023 · Manuel Harlan. Nick Curtis @ nickcurtis December 5, 2023. Review at a glance. This is the Stephen Sondheim musical I least expected to see revived, let alone as nimbly as in this thrilling...
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May 17, 2024 · The Notion. "A chronicle of Japanese history, beginning with the 1853 incursion of American warships, under the command of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, into Japanese waters in order to open up trade with a nation that had been closed to foreigners for centuries.
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