Pacific Overtures

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Pacific Overtures is a 1976 Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman that explores the Westernization of Japan in the 19th century through a stylized, Kabuki-inspired form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
actStructure two-act musical ⓘ
awardNomination Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
bookBy John Weidman ⓘ
composer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation considered one of Stephen Sondheim’s most experimental works ⓘ
depictsCountry Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
director Harold Prince ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasOriginalCastRecording Pacific Overtures (original Broadway cast recording) ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Overtures
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
musicalFormInfluence Japanese musical idioms ⓘ
Kabuki theatre ⓘ
linked to: kabuki theater
narrativeDevice recitation by the Reciter ⓘ
notableProduction 2002 Japanese-language production ⓘ
notableSong A Bowler Hat ⓘ
Chrysanthemum Tea ⓘ
linked to: Chrysanthemum

Four Black Dragons ⓘ
Next ⓘ
Pretty Lady ⓘ
Someone in a Tree ⓘ
There Is No Other Way ⓘ
Welcome to Kanagawa ⓘ
openingYearOnBroadway 1976 ⓘ
orchestrator Jonathan Tunick ⓘ
originalBroadwayCastMember Alvin Ing ⓘ
Isao Sato ⓘ
Mako Iwamatsu ⓘ
Sab Shimono ⓘ
Soon-Tek Oh ⓘ
Yuki Shimoda ⓘ
originalBroadwayChoreographer Patricia Birch ⓘ
originalBroadwayClosingDate 1976-06-27 ⓘ
originalBroadwayCostumeDesigner Florence Klotz ⓘ
originalBroadwayLightingDesigner Tharon Musser ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1976-01-11 ⓘ
originalBroadwayPreviews 13 previews ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength 193 performances ⓘ
originalBroadwayScenicDesigner Boris Aronson ⓘ
originalCastRecordingLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
originalLanguageOfLyrics English ⓘ
portraysEvent Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan ⓘ
opening of Japan to the West ⓘ
premiereDate 1976-01-11 ⓘ
premiereLocation Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ
producer Harold Prince ⓘ
revival 1984 Off-Broadway revival ⓘ
2004 Broadway revival ⓘ
2017 Classic Stage Company revival ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
subject Westernization of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era
theatricalStyle Kabuki-inspired ⓘ
theme clash between tradition and change ⓘ
cultural imperialism ⓘ
modernization ⓘ

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Stephen Sondheim → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Harold Prince → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Harold Prince → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
subject linked to: Harold Smith Prince
Pacific Overtures → hasOriginalCastRecording → Pacific Overtures (original Broadway cast recording) ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Overtures
Hugh Wheeler → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Hugh Wheeler → wroteLibrettoFor → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Boris Aronson → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Florence Klotz → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Gedde Watanabe → notableWork → Pacific Overtures ⓘ