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 islands reckoning with the unwelcome western influence is brilliantly illuminated through a kaleidoscope of stories about sailors, samurai, someone in a tree and two friends who choose radically different paths.This innovative epic of East meets West is one of Sondheims most ambitious and rarely produced musicals.One of the great musicals of our time. Variety
Year | Category | |
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1976 | Best Musical | |
2005 | Best Revival of a Musical |
Videos
The Reading Room Festival
Folger Theatre (1/30 - 2/2) | ||
Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Imagination Stage (12/11 - 2/8) | ||
Broadway en Spanglish
Sixth & I (2/1 - 2/1) | ||
Native Gardens
NextStop Theatre (1/23 - 2/16) | ||
Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS
Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 6/1) | ||
Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live & active cultures!)
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (5/4 - 6/1) | ||
Mike Super - Magic & Illusion
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (2/2 - 2/2) | ||
Broadway Center Stage: Schmigadoon!
The Kennedy Center - Eisenhower Theater (1/31 - 8/9) | ||
Beetlejuice
Van Wezel Performing Arts Center (4/23 - 4/27) | ||
The Moth (16 & Over)
Music Hall of Williamsburg (2/11 - 2/11) | ||
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