Introducing Kirk Kanesaka " Kabuki Consultant for PACIFIC OVERTURES
PACIFIC OVERTURES Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman Directed by Ethan Heard March 7 " April 9, 2023 A stunning exploration of tradition and transformation based on historical events. In 1853, after 200 years of stability, Japan faces an American expedition determined to open the "floating kingdom" to trade. The isolationist island's reckoning with the unwelcome western influence is brilliantly…