简介：PacificOverturesisamusicalwithmusicandlyricsbyStephenSondheim,alibrettobyJohnWeidman,andadditionalmaterialbyHughWheeler.Themusicalissetin1853JapanandfollowsthedifficultWesternizationofJapan,throughthelivesoftwofriendscaughtinthechange.Thetitleoftheworkisironic,noddingtoward"overture"asamusicalform,notingthattheinitiativesoftheWesternpowersforcommercialexploitationofthePacificnationwereanythingbut"pacific"overtures.Builtaroundaquasi-Japanesepentatonicscale,themusiccontrastsJapanesecontemplationwithWesterningenuousness.　　TheoriginalBroadwayproductionofPacificOverturesin1976waspresentedinKabukistyle,withmenplayingwomen'spartsandsetchangesmadeinfullviewoftheaudiencebypeopledressedinblack.Itopenedtomixedreviewsandclosedaftersixmonths,neverthelessbeingnominatedfortenTonyAwards.AccordingtoStevenSuskin,thescoreis"uniformlyinteresting"andcontains"someofSondheim'sfinestwriting".…