MusicalComedy DramaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 02, 2004
Closing Date
Jan 30, 2005
1st Preview
Nov 12, 2004
1st Preview
Nov 12, 2004
Previews
24
Performances
69
MusicalComedy DramaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Studio 54
(Dec 02, 2004 - Jan 30, 2005)

Setting
Japan, 1853-Present.

Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman; Additional Material by Hugh Wheeler; Musical Director: Paul Gemignani; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Amon Miyamoto; Assistant Director: Scott Smith; Choreographed by Amon Miyamoto; Associate Choreographer: Darren Lee
Set and Mask Design: Rumi Matsui; Costume Design by Junko Koshino; Associate Costume Design: Maiko Matsushima; Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt; Associate Lighting Design: Anne McMills; Assistant Lighting Design: Rachel Eichorn; Moving Light Programmer: David Arch; Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier; Associate Sound Design: David Bullard
Executive Producer: Sydney Beers; Roundabout General Manager: Sydney Beers; Company Manager: Nichole Larson; House Manager: LaConya Robinson
Roundabout Technical Supervisor: Steve Beers; Production Stage Manager: Arthur Gaffin; Stage Manager: Kenneth McGee and Justin Scribner
Conducted by Paul Gemignani; Associate Conductor: Mark Mitchell; Flute / Clarinet: Dennis Anderson; Cello: Deborah Assael-Migliore; Synthesizer #1: Paul Ford; Synthesizer #2: Mark Mitchell; Violin / Viola: Suzanne Ornstein; Percussion #1: Paul Pizzuti; Percussion #2: Thad Wheeler
Associate Artistic Dir: Scott Ellis; Casting: Jim Carnahan; Dance Captain: Darren Lee; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown and Joe Perrotta; Assistant Dance Captain: Mayumi Omagari; Fight direction by Kuzuki Takase; Assistant Fight Director: Yoshihisa Kuwayama; Roundabout Director of Marketing: David B. Steffen; Dramaturg to the Director: Mariko Kojima; Production Assistant: Brendan Clifford and Sara S. Sahin
Reciter
Observer
 
Warrior
 
Officer
 
British Admiral
 
Soothsayer
 
Samurai
 
Storyteller
Yoko Fumoto
Broadway debut
Tamate
Kayama's Wife
Shogun's Mother
 
Old Man
Fred Isozaki
Broadway debut
Noble
Madam
 
Dutch Admiral
American Admiral
 
Sailor
 
Officer
Sailor
 
Merchant
 
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
 
Lord of the South
Councilor
 
Priest
 
Emperor Priest
 
Observer
 
Sailor
 
Shogun's Companion
 
Noble
Manjiro
Councilor
 
Grandmother
Mayumi Omagari
Broadway debut
Kanagawa Girl
 
Daughter
Daniel Jay Park
Broadway debut
Priest
 
Kanagawa Girl
 
French Admiral
Hazel Anne Raymundo
Broadway debut
Shogun's Wife
 
Kanagawa Girl
Lord Abe
 
Shogun's Wife's Servant
 
Kanagawa Girl
Fisherman
 
Russian Admiral
 
Older Swordsman
 
Physician
 
Samurai Bodyguard
Understudies: Eric Bondoc (Noble, Officer, American Admiral, Sailor, Councilor, Priest, Emperor Priest, Kanagawa Girl, French Admiral, Observer, Shogun's Companion, Boy), Rick Edinger (Observer, Officer, Warrior, British Admiral, Shogun's Mother, Old Man, Merchant, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, Lord of the South, Sailor, Councilor, Grandmother, Fisherman, Physician, Older Swordsman, Russian Admiral), Joseph Anthony Foronda (Reciter), Fred Isozaki (Samurai, Thief, Soothsayer, Storyteller, Fisherman, Physician, Older Swordsman, Russian Admiral), Darren Lee (Manjiro), Hoon Lee (Observer, Officer, Warrior, British Admiral, Samurai, Thief, Soothsayer, Storyteller), Ming Lee (Lord Abe, Shogun's Mother, Old Man), Telly Leung (Kayama), Alan Muraoka (Madam, Dutch Admiral), Daniel Jay Park (Sailor) and Kim Varhola (Tamate, Kanagawa Girl, Daughter, Shogun's Wife, Son, Shogun's Wife's Servant)

Studio 54 (Dec 02, 2004 - Jan 30, 2005)

Understudy: Alan Muraoka (Merchant)
music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Act 1
Sung By
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea
Reciter and Company
There Is No Other Way
Observers
Four Black Dragons
Fisherman, Thief, Reciter and Company
Chrysanthemum Tea
Shogun, Shogun's Mother, Shogun's Wife, Soothsayer, Priests, Shogun's Companion, Physician and Shogun's Wife's Servant
I Will Make a Poem
Kayama and Manjiro
Welcome To Kanagawa
Madam and Girls
Someone in a Tree
Old Man, Reciter, Boy and Warrior
Lion Dance
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Please Hello!
Lord Abe, Reciter, American Admiral, British Admiral, Dutch Admiral, Russian Admiral and French Admiral
A Bowler Hat
Kayama
Pretty Lady
Sailors
Next
Reciter and Company

Tony Award®

 
 

Best Orchestrations

2005 Nominee
Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick
 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

2005 Nominee
Set and Mask Design: Rumi Matsui
 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

2005 Nominee
Costume Design by Junko Koshino
Season:
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