Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures” is one of the master songwriter’s most rarely performed works. The show begins in 1853 and tells the tale of how an isolationist Japan was westernized when ...

George Takei, who recently starred in the Broadway musical Allegiance, has been cast as "Reciter" in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's PACIFIC ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. East West Players has a long history with “Pacific Overtures,” Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s 1976 musical about the opening ...

The enchanted woods of past and current Stephen Sondheim productions are full of Mama Roses and Georges and Sweeney Todds. Washington audiences have journeyed up the beanstalk with that giant killer ...

Following this season's triumphant production of Assassins, Roundabout presents another landmark musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. Pacific Overtures tells the history of Japan, from ...

Eric Schaeffer's gutsy new production of "Pacific Overtures" finds its footing in Stephen Sondheim's brilliant second-act number "Please Hello!" The multilayered comic song, caricaturing five ...

If gunboat diplomacy, which is perhaps a less offensive phrase than imperialism, strikes you as an odd choice for the subject of a musical, you're not alone. When "Pacific Overtures," with music and ...

NEW YORK -- The roar of Commodore Perry's cannons rattles the seats of Studio 54, but all the noise is, alas, in service of a misfire. The Roundabout Theatre Company has rolled out Stephen Sondheim's ...

NEW YORK (AP) - "Star Trek" star George Takei is going from Broadway to off-Broadway - he'll next star in a spring revival of "Pacific Overtures" by the Classic Stage Company. Takei, who was on ...

The Menier Chocolate Factory has given a look at their co-production with the Umeda Arts Theater of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures. Directed by Matthew White, Sondheim’s musical ...

George Takei, who recently starred in the Broadway musical Allegiance, has been cast as "Reciter" in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's PACIFIC ...

East West Players has a long history with "Pacific Overtures," Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's 1976 musical about the opening of Japan to international trade by American warships in 1853 and the ...