Pacific Overtures- June 1976

Title: Pacific Overtures
Date: June 1976
Type: Musical
Location: Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, USA
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: John Weidman, with additional material by Hugh Wheeler
Production: Original Broadway Production
Collection Folder: Folder 19

Cast

Reciter, Shogun, Jonathan Goble: Mako
Abe, First Councillor: Yuki Shimoda
Manjiro: Sab Shimono
Second Councillor, Old Man, French Admiral: James Dybas
Shogun’s Mother, Observer, Merchant, American Admiral: Alvin Ing
Third Councillor, Samurai’s Daughter: Freddy Mao
Kayama: Isao Sato
Tamate (Kayama’s Wife), Samurai (with a mask, Storyteller, Swordsman: Soon-Teck Oh
Samurai, Adams, Noble: Ernest Abuba
Samurai, Thief, Soothsayer, Warrior, Russian Admiral, British Sailor: Mark Hsu Syers
Servant, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry: Haruki Fujimoto
Observer: Ricardo Tobia
Fisherman, Sumo Wrestler, Lord of the South: Jae Woo Lee
Son, Priest, Girl, Noble, British Sailor: Timm Fujii
Grandmother, Sumo Wrestler, Japanese Yama: Conrad Yama
Williams, Lord of the South: Larry Hama
Shogun’s Wife: Freda Foh Shen
Physician, Madam, British Admiral: Ernest Harada
Priest, Girl, Boy: Gedde Watanabe
Shogun’s Companion, Girl, Dutch Admiral, British Sailor: Patrick Kinser-Lao
Girl: Dingo Secretario
Imperial Priest: Tom Matsusaka

Proscenium Servants, Sailors, Townspeople: Susan Kikuchi, Diane Lam, Kim Miyori, Freda Foh Shen, Kenneth S. Eiland, Timm Fujii, Joey Ginza, Patrick Kinser-Lau, Richard Magpiong, Tony Marinyo, Kevin Maung, Dingo Secretario, Mark Hsu Syers, Ricardo Tobia, Gedde Wanatabe

Musicians-
Shamisen: Fusako Yoshida
Percussion: Genji Ito

Understudy Reciter: Jae Woo Lee
Understudy Tamate: Gedde Watanabe
Understudy Samurai, Storyteller: Freddy Mao
Understudy Swordsman, Abe: Ernest Abubda
Understudy Manjiro: Patrick Kinser-Lau
Understudy Kayama: Tom Matsusaka
Understudy Second Councillor: Ricardo Tobia
Understudy Third Councillor: Tony Marinyo

Crew

For Pacific Overtures

Producer & Director: Harold Prince
Associate Producer: Ruth Mitchell
Assistant to Mr Prince: Annette Brafman Meyers

Choreographer: Patricia Birch
Assistant to Miss Birch: Haruki Fujimoto
Scenic Design: Boris Aronson
Assistant Designers to Mr Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz, Robert Mitchell
Costume Design: Florence Klotz
Assistant to Miss Klotz: Domingo Rodriguez
Makeup & Wig Design: Richard Allen
Lighting Design: Tharon Musser
Assistant to Miss Musser: Marilyn Rennagel
Masks & Dolls: E.J. Taylor
Sound Design: Jack Mann

Musical Direction: Paul Gemignani
Associate Conductor: Les Scott
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Dance Music: Daniel Thoob
Music Publisher: Tommy Valando
Music Preparation Supervisors: Mathilde Pincus, Al Miller

Kabuki Consultant & Dance Captain: Haruki Fujimoto
Martial Arts Sequence By: Soon-Teck Oh
Casting Director: Joanna Merlin
Front of House Design & Photography: Zoë Dominic

General Manager: Howard Haines
Assistant to the General Manager: Arlene Caruso
Production Stage Manager: George Martin
Stage Manager: John Grigas
Assistant Stage Manager: Carlos Gorbea

Master Carpenter: Fred Feller
Master Electrician: James Maloney
Master Propertyman: George Green
Flyman: William Fennman
Wardrobe Supervisor: Adelaide Laurino
Assistant Hair Dresser: Jerry Masarone

Press Representative: Mary Bryant
Advertising Representative: Jeff Ash, Ash/LaDonne
Printing Consultant: Harold Friedlander

Observer: Artie Manella
Apprentice: Dana Kadison