Pacific Overtures (original, best available)

Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s 'Pacific Overtures' exploded onto the stage of the Winter Garden Theatre in 1976, running for an accomplished 193 performances and capturing ten major Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. Conceived as a revolutionary, deconstructive achievement in lyric theater mechanics, the through-composed masterpiece uses traditional Japanese Kabuki conventions, a male ensemble, and an eastern-infused pentatonic score to chronicle Commodore Perry’s 1853 invasion of Japan, introducing numbers like "Someone in a Tree." This entry represents a pristine original artifact tracking Harold Prince's landmark original production.