Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1976
Standard Broadway
Pacific Overtures
Music & lyricsStephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
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Start ratingA Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical that tells the story of Japan's forced westernization, beginning in 1853 when Commodore Matthew Perry's American ships arrive to open the isolated country to trade. The events are told from the Japanese point of view, following two friends, Kayama and Manjiro, as their world changes.
Cast recordings
Pacific Overtures (Original London Cast – English National Opera)
1988
Pacific Overtures (The New Broadway Cast Recording)
2005
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