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100 1 a| Sondheim, Stephen.=| ^A635128;

240 10 a| Pacific overtures.s| Libretto=| ^A1213563;

245 10 a| Pacific overtures /c| music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by John Weidman ; additional material by Hugh Wheeler ; originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince ; illustrated with a drawing by Al Hirschfeld and photographs.;

300 a| 128 pages, 8 leaves of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Musical play.;

520 a| "In both its style and subject matter, Pacific Overtures is unique in the history of the American musical theater. It tells the story of Commodore Matthew Perry's 1853 expedition to Japan, and describes the upheaval which resulted when America's gunboat diplomacy forced the Japanese to forsake their self-imposed policy of national isolation. It is a play concerned with 'progress,' and both explicitly and implicitly it raises universal questions about tradition, change, and the cost of modernization. The style of Pacific Overtures reflects and reinforces its thematic concerns in an unprecedented way. A musical play in the great tradition of American musicals, Overtures nonetheless incorporates the dramatic techniques of the Japanese kabuki theater. Eastern devices are freely adapted and fused with western stage techniques to produce a theatrical experience both as familiar and exotic as a stroll down Tokyo's eastern/western Ginza. Pacific Overtures is a musical unlike any other. It demands to be seen--and read."--Dust jacket.;

600 10 a| Perry, Matthew Calbraith,d| 1794-1858v| Drama.=| ^A46679;

611 20 a| United States Naval Expedition to Japand| (1852-1854)v| Drama.=| ^A579221;

650 0 a| Musicalsv| Librettos.=| ^A458327;

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700 1 a| Weidman, John,d| 1946-t| Pacific overtures.=| ^A1471898;

700 1 a| Wheeler, Hugh,d| 1912-1987.=| ^A680929;

700 1 a| Prince, Harold,d| 1928-2019,e| producer.=| ^A240989;

700 1 a| Hirschfeld, Al,e| illustrator.=| ^A118523;

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Pacific overtures / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by John Weidman ; additional material by Hugh Wheeler ; originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince ; illustrated with a drawing by Al Hirschfeld and photographs.

Author/creator	Sondheim, Stephen
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, ©1977.
Description	128 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858--Drama. Musicals--Librettos. Japan--History. --Restoration, 1853-1870. --Drama.

Other author/creator	Weidman, John, 1946- Pacific overtures.
Other author/creator	Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987.
Other author/creator	Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, producer.
Other author/creator	Hirschfeld, Al, illustrator.
Uniform title	Pacific overtures. Libretto
Abstract	"In both its style and subject matter, Pacific Overtures is unique in the history of the American musical theater. It tells the story of Commodore Matthew Perry's 1853 expedition to Japan, and describes the upheaval which resulted when America's gunboat diplomacy forced the Japanese to forsake their self-imposed policy of national isolation. It is a play concerned with 'progress,' and both explicitly and implicitly it raises universal questions about tradition, change, and the cost of modernization. The style of Pacific Overtures reflects and reinforces its thematic concerns in an unprecedented way. A musical play in the great tradition of American musicals, Overtures nonetheless incorporates the dramatic techniques of the Japanese kabuki theater. Eastern devices are freely adapted and fused with western stage techniques to produce a theatrical experience both as familiar and exotic as a stroll down Tokyo's eastern/western Ginza. Pacific Overtures is a musical unlike any other. It demands to be seen--and read."--Dust jacket.
General note	Musical play.
Genre/form	Librettos.
LCCN	76055020
ISBN	0396074146 :
ISBN	9780396074144

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Pacific overtures / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by John Weidman ; additional material by Hugh Wheeler ; originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince ; illustrated with a drawing by Al Hirschfeld and photographs.

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