Another unlikely vehicle tor Broadway was John Weidman's musical, Pacific Overtures of 1976, with music and Iyrics by Sondheim. Here he dealt with Commodore Perry's 1852 "civilizing" visit to Japan. I found the Kabuki staging and Sondheim's "Japanoiserie" sounds intriguing, but it never caught on and ran less than a year. Ditto for an off-Broadway revival at the Promenade in 1985.
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“Assassins is about how society interprets the American Dream, marginalizes outsiders and rewrites and sanitizes its collective history. "Something Just Broke" is a major distraction and plays like an afterthought, shoe horned simply to appease. The song breaks the dramatic fluidity and obstructs the overall pacing and climactic arc which derails the very intent and momentum that makes this work so compelling...”
- Mark Bakalor
“I found [the Sondheim Celebration's Company] to be completely delightful. Almost all of the numbers excited and energized me, and most of the scenes were about as pitch-perfect as you can get. I just sat there with a big smile on my face the whole show.
Which is not to say that it is perfect...”
- popcornonmyknees
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