PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/20/22 at 6:18pm
Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures is set for a London revival, coming to the Menier Chocolate Factory, it has been revealed.
The new revival is to be presented as a co-production between Japan and the UK.
After running in Tokyo/Osaka in early 2023, it is intended to transfer to the Menier Chocolate Factory. Dates for the London run are to be announced at a later date.
http://theatrefan.co.uk/stephen-sondheims-pacific-overtures-london-revival-set-for-menier-chocolate-factory/
#2PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/21/22 at 7:26am
Yes! Saw the OBC 17 times. Bring this on to NYC!
Updated On: 9/21/22 at 07:26 AM
JasonC3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/21
#3PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/21/22 at 7:37am
Interesting as I've read reports that Menier lost the lease to its space as the building is being converted to a residential tower. Perhaps that got resolved or they will play in a rental space or a new home?
#4PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/21/22 at 7:51am
EthelMae said: "Yes! Saw the OBC 17 times. Bring this on to NYC!"
Seventeen times?!?!?! Wow! Now that’s what I call dedication!
I would love to see this when it comes to NY. I’ve never seen it and know little of its score.
#5PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/21/22 at 8:28am
For a production that only ran six months, 17 times is….something.
Wonder if this is going to be based on the 90-minute 2017 revival or the original production.
I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.
#6PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/21/22 at 9:45am
Oh god, another 5 piece Menier orchestra.
#7PACIFIC OVERTURES to be revived by Osaka & Menier Chocolate Factory
Posted: 9/21/22 at 9:47am
The artwork is beautiful. Happy to catch this as I missed the recent off Broadway revival (my own fault, I was too fatigued from seeing so much theatre).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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