Terrific Overtures
Photos by Danny Kim.Critics have often been as confused and confounded by Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures as the Japanese were by the warships of Commodore Perry, whose arrival in Uraga Harbor in 1853 kick-starts this unique melding of Eastern and Western stage traditions. The original Broadway production - helmed by Harold Prince - leaned shockingly far (for its day) toward kabuki and bunraku conventions; in th…