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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: Directed by Marty Pasetta. With Mako, Soon-Tek Oh, Yuki Shimoda, Sab Shimono. Set in 1853 Japan, Pacific Overtures follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman.
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- Musical
- Marty Pasetta
- 1976
Set in 1853 Japan, Pacific Overtures follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.
Dec 5, 2023 · First produced on Broadway between two of Sondheim’s best-loved works, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd, the show explores the US navy (barbarians in their silly hats and epaulettes) barging into Japan in 1853, a country that had been closed off to foreigners for 250 years.
- Julia Rank
Dec 5, 2023 · Pacific Overtures. Nimble, imaginative Anglo-Japanese take on Sondheim’s screechingly high concept musical about the Westernisation of Japan. Tuesday 5 December 2023. Buy ticket.
Pacific Overtures is a musical written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. The show is set in Japan beginning in 1853 and follows the difficult westernization of Japan, told...
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Combined with brilliant designs and costumes, Pacific Overtures is a feast for the eyes as well as the heart and mind. The original Broadway production was filmed on stage at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York for airing on Japanese television.
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