A rare recording of the OBC of Pacific Overtures (1976). The Musical (music/lyrics: Stephen Sondheim book: John Weidman) was nominated for 10 Tony awards (won two) and 7 Drama Desk awards (won two). Featuring Mako, James Dybas, Timm Fujii, Alvin Ing, Patrick Kinser-Lau, Isao Sato, Sab Shimono, Mark Syers, Ricardo Tobia, Gedde Watanabe, Fusaka Yoshida.
Part 13 of 20.
On a couple of parts there is an occasional VHS distortion/drop outs, please excuse this!
Coming soon: Annotations and details of songs
A word too for Danny Troob, who wrote the dance music for the show.
This is probably the last Sondheim/Prince show to have a really important dance element, and it helps. (Some of Sondheim's later shows could have done with more of a role for the choreographer.)
carpalton 2 years ago 2
That was brilliant
tyrizzo1 2 years ago
This is "The Lion Dance" choreographed by Patricia Birch. Excellent!
TexasPhoneMan 3 years ago