Pacific Overtures

Winter Garden Theatre, (1/11/1976 - 6/27/1976)

First Preview:	Dec 31, 1975	Total Previews:	13
Opening Date:	Jan 11, 1976
Closing Date:	Jun 27, 1976	Total Performances:	193

Category: Musical, Comedy, Drama, Original, Broadway

Setting: Japan. July, 1853 and on.

Media

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Harold Prince; Produced in association with Ruth Mitchell
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman; Additional material by Hugh Wheeler; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Musical Director: Paul Gemignani; Dance music by Danny Troob
Directed by Harold Prince; Choreographed by Patricia Birch; Kabuki consultant: Haruki Fujimoto
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Florence Klotz; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Sound Design by Jack Mann; Make-Up Design by Richard Allen; Wig Design by Richard Allen and Paul Huntley; Masks & Dolls by E.J. Taylor
General Manager: Howard Haines; Company Manager: Leo K. Cohen
Production Stage Manager: George Martin; Stage Manager: John Grigas; Technical Supervisor: John J. Moore
Music published by Tommy Valando; Original cast album & tapes: RCA Records; Musician - Percussion: Genji Ito; Associate Conductor: Les Scott; Musician - Shamisen: Fusako Yoshida
Casting: Joanna Merlin; Press Representative: Mary Bryant; Dance Captain: Haruki Fujimoto; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne; Martial Arts Sequence by Soon-Teck Oh

Cast

Mako Broadway debut	Reciter
	Shogun
	Jonathan Goble
Soon-Teck Oh	Tamate Kayama's Wife
	Samurai
	Storyteller
	Swordsman
Isao Sato Broadway debut	Kayama
Yuki Shimoda	Abe, First Councillor
Sab Shimono	Manjiro
Ernest Abuba	Samurai
	Adams
	Noble
James Dybas	Second Councillor
	Old Man
	French Admiral
Kenneth S. Eiland	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Timm Fujii	Son
	Priest
	Girl
	Noble
	British Sailor
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Haruki Fujimoto	Servant
	Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
Joey Ginza	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Larry Hama	Williams
	Lord of the South
Ernest Harada	Physician
	Madam
	British Admiral
Alvin Ing	Shogun's Mother
	Observer
	Merchant
	American Admiral
Susan Kikuchi	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Patrick Kinser-Lau	Shogun's Companion
	Girl
	Dutch Admiral
	British Sailor
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Diane Lam	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Jae Woo Lee	Fisherman
	Sumo Wrestler
	Lord of the South
Freddy Mao	Third Councillor
	Samurai's Daughter
Tony Marinyo	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Tom Matsusaka	Imperial Priest
Kevin Maung	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Kim Miyori	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Dingo Secretario	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Freda Foh Shen	Shogun's Wife
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Mark Hsu Syers	Samurai
	Thief
	Soothsayer
	Warrior
	Russian Admiral
	British Sailor
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Ricardo Tobia	Observer
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Gedde Watanabe	Priest
	Girl
	Boy
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Leslie Watanabe	Girl
	Proscenium Servant, Sailor and Townsperson
Conrad Yama	Grandmother
	Sumo Wrestler
	Japanese Merchant
Fusako Yoshida	Musician - Shamisen

Understudies: Ernest Abuba (Abe, First Councillor, Swordsman), Patrick Kinser-Lau (Manjiro), Jae Woo Lee (Reciter), Freddy Mao (Samurai, Storyteller), Tony Marinyo (Third Councillor), Tom Matsusaka (Kayama), Ricardo Tobia (Second Councillor) and Gedde Watanabe (Tamate)

Tony Award^®
1976 Best Musical [nominee]
Produced by Harold Prince; Produced in association with Ruth Mitchell
1976 Best Book of a Musical [nominee]
Book by John Weidman
1976 Best Original Score [nominee]
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1976 Best Actor in a Musical [nominee]
Mako
1976 Best Featured Actor in a Musical [nominee]
Isao Sato
1976 Best Scenic Design [winner]
Boris Aronson
1976 Best Costume Design [winner]
Florence Klotz
1976 Best Lighting Design [nominee]
Tharon Musser
1976 Best Choreography [nominee]
Patricia Birch
1976 Best Direction of a Musical [nominee]
Harold Prince
Drama Desk Award
1976 Outstanding Musical/Book [nominee]
Produced by Harold Prince; Produced in association with Ruth Mitchell; Book by John Weidman
1976 Outstanding Music and Lyrics [nominee]
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1976 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical [nominee]
Haruki Fujimoto
1976 Outstanding Choreography [nominee]
Patricia Birch
1976 Outstanding Director of a Musical [nominee]
Directed by Harold Prince
1976 Outstanding Costume Design [winner]
Florence Klotz
1976 Outstanding Set Design [winner]
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson

music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea	Reciter and Company
There Is No Other Way	Tamate and Observers
Four Black Dragons	Fisherman, Thief, Reciter and Townspeople
Chrysanthemum Tea	Shogun, Shogun's Mother, Shogun's Wife, Soothsayer, Priests, Shogun's Companion, Physician and Sumo Wrestlers
Poems	Kayama and Manjiro
Welcome To Kanagawa	Madam and Girls
Someone in a Tree	Old Man, Reciter, Boy and Warrior
Lion Dance	Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
Please Hello!	Lord Abe, Reciter, American Admiral, British Admiral, Dutch Admiral, Russian Admiral and French Admiral
A Bowler Hat	Kayama and Manjiro
Pretty Lady	Sailors
Next	Reciter and Company