Pacific Overtures
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
PACIFIC OVERTURES
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
“Musical theater at its most intellectually challenging. Extraordinary songs!” – NY Times
“It’s enthralling to see Sondheim’s songs work so magically well!” – Huffington Post
This startling, entertaining, and thrilling masterpiece puts a cap on Spiro Veloudos’ multi-year Sondheim Initiative. An unlikely friendship is forged between a samurai, Kayama, and an Americanized fisherman, Manjiro, during Commodore Matthew Perry’s 1853 mission to open trade relations with isolationist Japan. The two friends are caught in the inevitable winds of change and tell the story of Japan’s painful and harrowing Westernization. A highly original, inventive, powerful, and surprisingly humorous theatrical experience.
WHEN: May 10 – June 16, 2019
Wednesdays, Thursdays – 7:30pm
Wednesday matinees – 2pm, May 15 & 29
Fridays – 8pm
Saturdays – 3pm & 8pm
Sundays – 3pm
Post-show Q&A with the artists: May 12 & 26, after the 3pm performance
TICKETS: Start at $25
Seniors – $10 off regular price
Student rush – $10
Group rates available
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
“Musical theater at its most intellectually challenging. Extraordinary songs!” – NY Times
“It’s enthralling to see Sondheim’s songs work so magically well!” – Huffington Post
This startling, entertaining, and thrilling masterpiece puts a cap on Spiro Veloudos’ multi-year Sondheim Initiative. An unlikely friendship is forged between a samurai, Kayama, and an Americanized fisherman, Manjiro, during Commodore Matthew Perry’s 1853 mission to open trade relations with isolationist Japan. The two friends are caught in the inevitable winds of change and tell the story of Japan’s painful and harrowing Westernization. A highly original, inventive, powerful, and surprisingly humorous theatrical experience.
WHEN: May 10 – June 16, 2019
Wednesdays, Thursdays – 7:30pm
Wednesday matinees – 2pm, May 15 & 29
Fridays – 8pm
Saturdays – 3pm & 8pm
Sundays – 3pm
Post-show Q&A with the artists: May 12 & 26, after the 3pm performance
TICKETS: Start at $25
Seniors – $10 off regular price
Student rush – $10
Group rates available
Performances run through
2019-06-16For more information visit
https://www.lyricstage.com/Type:
Theater