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Pacific Overtures

Book by John Weidman
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Produced by Harold Prince
Choreography by Patricia Birch
Directed by Harold Prince
Opened January 11, 1976 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 193 performances

Synopsis

In 1853, Japan was just Nippon, a simple farmer's island, rooted in tradition and "floating in the middle of the sea." Then the West arrived, seeking trade routes, and bringing with them the conveniences -- and evils -- of industrialized society. Within 135 years, Nippon had rapidly mutated into Japan, dominator of world economics. The Westernization of Japan is painfully related through a pair of doomed friends caught on either side of the struggle between serenity and "civilization."

Mastering the highly theatrical Kabuki-style storytelling, Sondheim and Weidman's first collaboration remains one of the composer's most legendary and haunting works, incorporating music he himself considers among his very best.

Song List

The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea
There Is No Other Way
Four Black Dragons
Chrysanthemum Tea
Poems
Welcome To Kanagawa
Someone In A Tree
Please Hello
A Bowler Hat
Pretty Lady
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Info

Original cast included: Mako, Soon-Teck Oh, Yuki Shimoda, Sab Shimono, & Isao Sato

Related

Pacific Overtures MIDI Files

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Licensing Agent

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