Save the date, Saturday, March 21, 2009! Asians and Friends Chicago is getting a group together to see Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of the Steven Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures and its all-Asian cast. The musical will be at the Theater Building, 1225 West Belmont in Chicago and will start at 7:45 p.m. Group rate: $31.
To join the gathering, please RSVP to our hotline at (312) 409-1573 by the Sunday, March 1 (Dim Sum day). We may extend the RSVP, but we need to know we have a group of at least 10 by that date. To secure your ticket, please mail a check made out to Asians and Friends Chicago, P.O. Box A 3916, Chicago, Illinois 60690-3916.
Interested AFC members can meet for drinks beforehand at 7 p.m. at Joey’s Brickhouse, 1258 W. Belmont, across the street (and west) of the Theater Building. AFC is also currently arranging for post-show drinks at the Brickhouse with cast members dropping by for a meet-and-greet.
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures is an epic musical that spans 120 turbulent years of Japanese history. It’s the sweeping depiction of the nation’s first contact with America through the modern age. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Pacific Overtures is considered to be the artistic pinnacle of the legendary collaborations between Sondheim and director Hal Prince. The groundbreaking, passionate Asian-inspired score contains material Sondheim considers his best.
Anyone wanting to see Pacific Overtures on their own can get tickets directly through Group Theater Tix. Here’s there information:
Group Theater Tix
312.423.6612 direct
866-809-3075 toll free
www.grouptheatertix.com
To Those Curious about Pacific Overtures:
The show was really fun, wonderfully sung by very talented Asian actors. The music is lush and lyrical and performances of the lead narrator, the governor and the geisha madam were standouts.
The play itself needed to have built in a bit more of an emotional connection to the characters, but everything was executed with lively enthusiasm–it definitely hit all the right notes!