"Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler. Set in 19th-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization starting in 1853, when American ships forcibly opened it to the rest of the world."

The original Broadway cast includes:

• Mako - Reciter, Shogun, Jonathan Goble, Emperor Meiji.
• Soon-Tek Oh - Tamate, Samurai, Storyteller, Swordsman
• Isao Sato - Kayama
• Yuki Shimoda - Lord Abe
• Sab Shimono - Manjiro
• Ernest Abuba - Samurai, Adams, Noble.
• James Dybas - Councillor, Old Man, French admiral.
• Timm Fuji - Son, Priest, Kanagawa Girl, Noble, British Sailor
• Haruki Fujimoto - Servant, Commodore Matthew Perry
• Larry Hama - Williams, Lord of the South, Gangster
• Ernest Harada - Physician, Madam, British Admiral
• Alvin ing - Shogun's Mother, Observer, Merchant, American Admiral
• Patrick Kinser-Lau - Shogun's companion, Kanagawa girl, Dutch Admiral, British Sailor
• Jae Woo Lee - Fisherman, Sumo Wrestler, Lord of the South
• Freddy Mao - Counciller, Samurai's Daughter
• Tom Matsusaka - Imperial Preist
• Freda Foh Shen - Shogun's wife
• Mar Hsu Syers - Samurai, Thief, Soothsayer, Warrior, Russian Admiral, British Sailor
• Ricardo Tobia - Observer
• Gedde Watanabe - Preist, Kanagawa Girl, The Boy
• Conrad Yama - Grandmother, Sumo Wrestler, Japanese Merchant
• Fusako Yoshida - Shamisen accompaniment

Proscenium Servants, Sailors and Townspeople: Kenneth S. Eiland, Timm Fujii, Joey Ginza, Patrick Kinser-Lau, Diane Lam, Tony Marinyo, Kevin Maung, Kim Miyori, Dingo Secretario, Freda Foh Shen, Mark Hsu Seyers, Gedde Watanabe, Leslie Watanabe, Ricardo Tobia

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