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Pacific Overtures - Wikipedia
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. The story is told from the point of view of the Jap… See more
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Conceived as a Japanese playwright's version of an American musical about American influences on Japan, Pacific Overtures opens in July 1853. Since the foreigners … See more
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Pacific Overtures - Everything Sondheim
Sondheim’s ninth musical, Pacific Overtures (1976), is considered by many to be his most unusual. It was his fourth collaboration with Hal Prince as director …
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Pacific Overtures musical review, Menier Chocolate …
Dec 14, 2023 · Pacific Overtures review: 'thrilling' musical is a 'revelation'. This is one for Stephen Sondheim's many fans – and the 'intellectually curious'. …
Like Family: Gedde Watanabe leads Sondheim’s ‘Pacific Overtures’
1 day ago · Dang, who served as East West’s artistic director for 23 years, has loved “Pacific Overtures” since hearing the cast album when he was 18. He even sent Sondheim a fan …
PACIFIC OVERTURES | 25 Years Later, Sondheim’s Tony …
5 days ago · This production of Pacific Overtures continues the theater’s long-standing relationship with the work of Stephen Sondheim. After performing in the 1976 Broadway …
Sondheim.com - Putting it together since 1994.
A musical with book by John Weidman, Pacific Overtures traces the history of Japan from the first contact with America (via Commodore Matthew Perry) through the modern age. The …
Sondheim Database - Pacific Overtures
Oct 24, 2024 · Pacific Overtures. The Notion. "A chronicle of Japanese history, beginning with the 1853 incursion of American warships, under the command of Commodore Matthew …
Pacific Overtures - Menier Chocolate Factory
Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures at the Menier …
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.
Pacific Overtures - Music Theatre International
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman (authors of Assassins) mix elements of Kabuki theatre with the conventions of the Broadway musical in Pacific Overtures, a highly original, inventive, powerful, educational and …
Pacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory review
Dec 11, 2023 · Stephen Sondheim's fascinating 1976 show enriches aurally and, this time round, visually. Theatre review by Matt Wolf.
Pacific Overtures at Menier Chocolate Factory: a …
Dec 5, 2023 · This is the Stephen Sondheim musical I least expected to see revived, let alone as nimbly as in this thrilling co-production between the Menier and Osaka’s Umeda Arts Theater.
Sondheim Guide / Pacific Overtures
A guide to the work of Stephen Sondheim, including production information, publications, recordings, a complete song listing and more.
Cast Complete for Menier Chocolate Factory's Pacific Overtures …
Oct 23, 2023 · Casting has been announced for the Menier Chocolate Factory's upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's 1976 Tony-nominated musical Pacific Overtures.
Pacific Overtures - Signature Theatre
Mar 31, 2023 · March 7 – April 9, 2023. A stunning exploration of tradition and transformation based on historical events. In 1853, after 200 years of stability, Japan faces an American …
Pacific Overtures - Classic Stage Company
Jun 18, 2017 · Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman‘s remarkable musical tells the tale of a samurai and a fisherman who are caught up in the westernization of the East.
Stephen Sondheim - Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast …
Stephen Sondheim. Released February 1, 1976. Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Tracklist. 1. The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea by Original …
Pacific Overtures - Stephen Sondheim – John Weidman
Dec 1, 2004 · As performed by an all Asian cast, the story of the opening up of a feudal Japanese society in 1853 to the trade-seeking American Commodore Perry is presented within short …
Pacific overtures : Sondheim, Stephen : Free Download, Borrow, …
Sep 23, 2020 · Pacific overtures. by. Sondheim, Stephen. Publication date. 1977. Topics. Musicals -- Librettos. Publisher. New York : Dodd, Mead.
"Pacific Overtures:" Solid, Safe, Sondheim - The Theatre Times
May 30, 2019 · Pacific Overtures, currently running through June 16th at The Lyric Stage in Boston, is one of Stephen Sondheim’s most ambitious but least produced musicals.
Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim - Goodreads
Pacific Overtures, originally produced in 1976, combines an unsurpassed mastery of the American musical with such arts as Kabuki theatre, haiku, dance, and masks to recount …
Stephen Sondheim — Wikipédia
Stephen Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɑ n d h a ɪ m /) fut un compositeur et parolier américain de comédies musicales , né le 22 mars 1930 à New York (État de New York) et mort le 26 novembre 2021 à …
スティーヴン・ソンドハイム - Wikipedia
スティーヴン・ソンドハイム（英語: Stephen Joshua Sondheim ([ˈ s ɒ n d. h aɪ m])、1930年 3月22日 - 2021年 11月26日 [1] ）は、アメリカ合衆国の作曲家・作詞家 [1] 。 半世紀以上に …
