Pacific Overtures
1976, music
140 minutes
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 from the point of view of the Japanese. In particular, the story focuses on...
Cast
Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Abe, First Councillor
Manjiro
Kayama
Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Physician/Madam/British Admiral
Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
Samurai/Adams/Noble
Williams/Lord of the South
Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South
Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter
Imperial Priest
Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant
Ensemble
Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble
Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
Observer/Ensemble
Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
Crew
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Costume and make-up
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