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   Will 'Pacific Overtures' become a new favourite?

   • This is bucket list Sondheim, and while seeing it performed isn’t going to turn it into a new favourite (at least not for this reviewer), White’s production offers the opportunity to see it handsomely presented and as more than just an anomaly. Pacific Overtures is at the Menier Chocolate Factory through 24 February.

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   When is Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate Factory?

   • Pacific Overtures is at the Menier Chocolate Factory through 24 February. Book Pacific Overtures tickets on London Theatre. Photo credit: Pacific Overtures (Photo by Manuel Harlan)

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   Why is 'Pacific Overtures' not being revived?

   • "Pacific Overtures" hasn't often been revived since its first run on Broadway in 1976, said Clive Davis in The Times. That may be because, even by Stephen Sondheim's standards, the subject matter is singular: written in 1976, it is about how the US forced hermetic, shogunate Japan to open up to commerce from 1853.

   Pacific Overtures musical review, Menier Chocolate Factory - The Week

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   Is 'Pacific Overtures' a'revelation'?

   • A collaboration with Japan's Umeda Arts Theatre (it has already been staged in Osaka and Tokyo), this "thrilling" production is a "revelation", agreed Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard. With "intricate" music, witty lyrics and an "exquisite" traverse setting, "Pacific Overtures" is a "wonderful, bijou surprise".

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   What if Pacific Overtures were written today?

   • If Pacific Overtures were written today, there would be a considerable amount of controversy about the fact that it’s created by two white New Yorkers with no lived experience of Japanese culture – somewhat navigated here by a cast of Asian descent (this hasn’t always been the case).

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   Is 'Pacific Overtures' cultural appropriation?

   • With "intricate" music, witty lyrics and an "exquisite" traverse setting, "Pacific Overtures" is a "wonderful, bijou surprise". The musical 's storyline leaves it open to charges of "cultural appropriation", said Arifa Akbar in The Guardian.

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   Dec 14, 2023 · the week recommends. Pacific Overtures review: 'thrilling' musical is a 'revelation' This is one for Stephen Sondheim's many fans – and the 'intellectually curious' “One of the most original and...

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   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.

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   Dec 5, 2023 · There’s a lot that’s unlikely about ‘Pacific Overtures’. First, it’s a musical about the westernisation of Japan, starting in 1853: not your standard plot. Second, the book, music and...

6. www.express.co.uk › entertainment › theatrePacific Overtures: A witty and innovative musical in mid-19th ...

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   Dec 15, 2023 · With just 10 songs ranging from the heartbreaking Someone In A Tree to the hilarious Gilbert & Sullivan-style Please Hello – in which a succession of foreign admirals arrive to negotiate trade ...

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7. everything-theatre.co.uk › 2023 › 12Review: Pacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory

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   Dec 7, 2023 · Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim Additional Material by: Hugh Wheeler Directed by: Matthew White Musical Direction by: Paul Bogaev. Pacific Overtures plays at Menier Chocolate Factory until 24 February 2024. Further information and bookings can be found here.

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   Dec 7, 2023 · Pacific Overtures continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 24 February 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ . Pacific Overtures is one of Stephen Sondheim’s most sophisticated and brilliant scores.

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   Pacific Overtures plays for an hour and 45 minutes with no interval but holds every minute. Theatre review of Pacific Overtures (Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman) from Menier Chocolate Factory with Umeda Arts Theater at Menier Chocolate Factory - reviewer: Howard Loxton.