
Pacific Overtures (Roundabout Revival)
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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s 'Pacific Overtures' received a spectacular, multi-Tony-nominated Broadway revival staging at the Studio 54 arena in 2004 under the auspices of the Roundabout Theatre Company. The brilliant, stylized historical drama chronicles the Westernization and cultural fractures of Japan between 1853 and the modern era, tracking how Commodore Perry's gunboat diplomacy forced open the isolated island nation. Directed with breathtaking expressionistic precision by Amon Miyamoto utilizing traditional Kabuki theater templates, this high-concept production featured an elite Asian-American company anchored by B.D. Wong.

