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Pacific Overtures

The New National Theatre, Tokyo, brings a Japanese perspective to Sondheim's compelling musical exploration of the westernization of Japan.

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About the Program

Artists:
  • Takana Miyamoto, director
The Floating Kingdom. Japan, 1853. The arrival of Commodore Perry's fleet launches this spectacular musical, a visually stunning masterpiece that mingles elements of traditional Japanese theatre with the dazzle of Broadway at its most inventive. With haunting songs and astonishing theatricality, one of the theatre's greatest composers chronicles the Westernization of an island undisturbed for centuries. "An exquisite, enchanting and remarkable work of theatre." -New York Post

This highly-praised production, performed in Japanese with English subtitles, by the New National Theatre of Japan, directed by renowned Japanese director Amon Miyamoto.

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Additional Resources

About the Kennedy Center The Sondheim Celebration Series

About the Kennedy Center Theater Series

Artist's Web Site

Smithsonian Kabuki Exhibit

Reviews and Articles

Japanese View of an American View of Japan
NY Times TEPHEN SONDHEIM and James Lapine's 1976 musical "Pacific Overtures" was an American attempt to imagine how the Japanese experienced the so-called opening of Japan by Commodore Perry and his "black ships" in 1853. In Amon Miyamoto's New National Theater To Read More...

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