{"id":264,"date":"2009-02-25T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/25\/pacific-overtures-a-musical-night-for-afc-march-21\/"},"modified":"2009-02-25T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T18:34:10","slug":"pacific-overtures-a-musical-night-for-afc-march-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/25\/pacific-overtures-a-musical-night-for-afc-march-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Overtures&#8211;a musical night for AFC, March 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Save the date, Saturday, March 21, 2009! Asians and Friends Chicago is getting a group together to see Porchlight Music Theatre\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Interested AFC members can meet for drinks beforehand at 7 p.m. at Joey\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman\u2019s Pacific Overtures is an epic musical that spans 120 turbulent years of Japanese history. It\u2019s the sweeping depiction of the nation\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wanting to see Pacific Overtures on their own can get tickets directly through Group Theater Tix. Here\u2019s there information:<\/p>\n<p>Group Theater Tix<br \/>\n312.423.6612 direct<br \/>\n866-809-3075 toll free<br \/>\nwww.grouptheatertix.com<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/pacific.jpg\" alt=\"Porchlight Theatre&#39;s upcoming musical\" width=\"150\" height=\"192\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/pacific.jpg 150w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/pacific-117x150.jpg 117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porchlight Theatre's upcoming musical<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save the date, Saturday, March 21, 2009! Asians and Friends Chicago is getting a group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}