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#SigPacificOvertures

Specialty Nights

  • Discussion Nights March 28 & April 5, 2023
  • Pride Night March 31, 2023
  • ASL Interpreted April 7, 2023

Pacific Overtures

March 7 – April 9, 2023

Max

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 island’s 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 Sondheim’s most ambitious and rarely produced musicals.

“One of the great musicals of our time.”
Variety


Flip through the Pacific Overtures Program

Click the arrows to turn the pages, and click the box in the bottom right corner to view in full screen.

ASL Interpreted performance on April 7, 8PM: Use promo code PACIFICASL or click here to gain access to the best seats within view of the interpreter.

  • Masks are always optional in the lobby and other public areas of the building.

    Face masks are required inside the performance spaces on Thursdays and Sundays.
    Face masks are optional inside the performance spaces Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

    Click here to read more about Signature’s current safety policy

  • Running time is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one intermission.

    This show uses strobe lights, loud drumming and theatrical haze. Recommended for teens and adults. Signature does not admit children under 6 years old. Click here to read all content warnings.

  • SPONSORED BY

    LOU MAZAWEY

    SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
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