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Boston Try-Out | Preview | November 8, 1975 | Tracked
Cast: Mako (Reciter), Soon-Teck Oh (Tamate), Isao Sato (Kayama), Yuki Shimoda (Lord Abe), Sab Shimono (Manjiro)
Notes: The recording includes an earlier version of "The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea," titled "The Advantages of Being Set in the Middle of the Sea," with many differences from the final version of the song; the cut song, "Prayers"; a completely different version of the of scene at the U.S.S. Powhatan; the completely different first version of "Chrysanthemum Tea"; and "Someone in a Tree" with Soon-Teck Oh as the Old Man.
Broadway | January 11, 1976 | Tracked
Cast: Mako (Reciter/American Businessman), Yuki Shimoda (Abe [First Councillor]), Sab Shimono (Manjiro), James Dybas (Old Man/Third Councillor/French Admiral), Alvin Ing (Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/Perry/American Admiral), Freddy Mao (Second Councillor), Isao Sato (Kayama), Soon-Teck Oh (Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman), Ernest Abuba (Samurai/Physician), Mark Hsu Syers (Samurai/Thief/Physician/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor/Ensemble), Haruki Fujimoto (Servant/Lion Dance), Ricardo Tobia (Observer/Ensemble), Jae Woo Lee (Fisherman/Sumo/Lord), Timm Fujii (Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble), Conrad Yama (Grandmother/Sumo/Japanese Merchant), Ernest Abuba (Adams/Noble), Larry Hama (Williams/Lord), Foh Shen (Shogun's Wife), Gedde Watanabe (Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble), Ernest Harada (Madam/British Admiral), Patrick Kinser-Lau (Girl/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Ensemble), Leslie Watanabe (Girl/Ensemble), Tom Matsusaka (Priest), Freddy Mao (Daughter), Joey Ginza (Musician/Ensemble), Genji Ito (Musician), Fusako Yoshida (Musician), Susan Kikuchi, Diane Lam, Freda Foh Shen, Kenneth S. Eiland, Richard Magpiong, Tony Marinyo, Kevin Maung, Kim Miyori, Dingo Secretario
English National Opera | September 30, 1987 | Tracked
Cast: Richard Angas (Reciter/Shogun/Emperor), Leon Berger (Fourth Geisha Girl/British Sailor/Second Councillor), Christopher Booth-Jones (John Manjiro), Edward Byles (First Observer/Shogun's Wife/British Sailor/First Noble), John Cashmore (Thief/Shogun'sCompanion/Third Geisha Girl), Gordon Christie (Second Shogun Priest/First Geisha Girl/Second Lord of the South/Third Councillor), Ian Comboy (Soothsayer/Russian Admiral/Third Assassin), Graham Fletcher (Commodore Perry), Terry Jenkins (Fisherman/Shogun's Physician/Madam/Story-Teller), John Kitchiner (Lord Abe/Spirit of a Samurai), Simon Masterton-Smith (Shogun's Mother/Second Noble/Fencing Master), Harry Nicoll (First Shogun Priest/Boy/French Admiral/Merchant's Son/Fencing Master's Daughter/First Assassin), Malcolm Rivers (Kayama Yesaemon), Eric Roberts (Old Man/British Admiral/Merchant/Second Assassin), Michael Sadler (Second Geisha Girl/Tamate/Second American Officer/Fourth Assassin), Paul Strathearn (Dutch Admiral/Grandmother/First American Officer/First Lord of the South), Alan Woodrow (Second Observer/Warrior/American Admiral/British Sailor)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC Radio
Tokyo | 2000 | Tracked
Cast: Takeharu Kunimoto (Reciter/Shogun/Emperor), Norihide Ochi (Councillor/Monk/Priest/Old Man/Guard), Ben Hiura (Abe/Carpenter/Superior Warrior), Haruki Sayama (Shogun's Mother/Russian Admiral/Fireman/Officer/Assassin), Usaburo Oshima (Councillor/Grandmother), Shintaro Sonooka (Thief/Swordsman/Guard), Atsushi Haruta (Madam/French Admiral/Merchant/Officer/Palanquin Bearer), Yuji Hirota (Observer/Noble/Sailor/Peasant/Warrior/Officer), Akira Sakemoto (Fisherman/Physician/Officer/British Admiral/Palanquin Bearer), Masaki Kosuzu (Manjiro/Peasant/Officer), Kanjiro Murakami (Priest/Girl/Dutch Admiral/Samurai/Messenger/Officer/Assassin), Shuji Honda (Kayama/Fish Seller), Kirihito Saito (Samurai/Companion/Boy/Noble/Peasant), Makoto Okada (Observer/Merchant/Soothsayer/Lord/Sailor/Priest), Shinichiro Hara (American Admiral/Sailor/Commodore Perry [Act One, Scene 9-10]/Warrior), Takanori Yamamoto (Warrior/Commodore Perry [Act 1, Scene 4/Act 2, Scene 6]), Kyoko Donowaki (Shogun's Wife/Middle-Aged Wife/Girl/Priest), Urara Awata (Girl/Samurai's Daughter), Shunpo (Tamate/Middle-Aged Wife), Mayu Yamada (Son/Companion of Shogun's Wife/Girl), Takeshi Ishikawa (Warrior/Officer)
Notes: Songs only
Donmar Warehouse | London | August 16, 2003 | Tracked
Cast: Joseph Anthony Foronda (Reciter/Shogun), Togo Igawa (Lord Abe/Old Man), Richard Henders (Manjiro/Dutch Admiral), Teddy Kempner (Second Councillor/Madam/British Admiral), Jerome Pradon (Shogun's Mother/French Admiral), Ian McLarnon (Third Councillor/American Admiral), Kevin Gudahl (Kayama), Mo Zainai (Tamate/Boy), Richard Manera (Commodore Perry/Lion Dancer), Cornell John (Warrior/Russian Admiral)
Broadway | January 5, 2005 | Tracked
Cast: BD Wong (Reciter), Paolo Montalban (Manjiro), Francis Jue Madame/French Admiral), Sab Shimono, Alvin Ing
Off-Broadway | Preview | April 11, 2017 | Untracked
Cast: George Takei (Reciter), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Steven Eng (Kayama), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral)
Off-Broadway | April 23, 2017 | Matinee | Untracked
Cast: George Takei (Reciter), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Steven Eng (Kayama), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral), Marc delaCruz (Ensemble), Kimberly Immanuel (Ensemble)
Off-Broadway | May 31, 2017 | Untracked
Cast: George Takai (Receiter), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Steven Eng (Kayama), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe/Old Man)
Off-Broadway | June 18, 2017 | Solo's Master | Untracked
Cast: George Takei (Reciter), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Steven Eng (Kayama), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral)
Notes: Closing night
Washington, D.C. | April 6, 2023 | NinthDiffName's Master | Untracked
Cast: Eymard Meneses Cabling (Lord Abe and others), Andrew Cristi (Mother of Shogun and others), Albert Hsueh (Boy and others), Jonny Lee Jr. (Manjiro and others), Quynh-My Luu (Tamate and others), Jason Ma (Reciter and others), Daniel May (Kayama and others), Christopher Mueller (Warrior and others), Chani Wereley (Madam and others), Nicholas Yenson (Perry and others)
Menier Chocolate Factory | December 14, 2023 | MusicalShoes' Master | Untracked
Cast: Eu Jin Hwang (u/s Reciter),Takuro Ohno (Kayama), Saori Oda (Shogun/Madam), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Manijo), Kanako Nakano (Tamate), Rachel Jayne Picar (Councillor/Kanagawa Girl), Adel Law (s/w Counciller/Dutch Admiral), Lee V G (American Officer/Russian Admiral/Sailor), Ethan Le Phong (Fisherman/American Admiral), Jojo Meredith (s/w Thief/French Admiral), Joy Tan (Kanagawa Girl/Boy In A Tree), Luoran Ding (Kanagawa Girl/Pretty Lady), Masashi Fujimoto (Old Man/Priest), Patrick Munday (British Admiral/Sailor), Iverson Yabut (Warrior/Sailor)
Notes: Eu Jin Hwang & Abel Law’s debuts in their roles, Eu Jin Hwang needed line prompt a few times during the show. Possible backstage noise can be heard as the master was sat on the end by the very thin wall
Menier Chocolate Factory | London | January 23, 2024 | sitting-in-my-hotel's Master | Tracked
Cast: Jon Chew (Reciter), Takuro Ohno (Kayama), Saori Oda (Shogun/Madam), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Manijo), Kanako Nakano (Tamate), Rachel Jayne Picar (Councillor/Kanagawa Girl), Eu Jin Hwang (Councillor/Dutch Admiral), Lee V G (American Officer/Russian Admiral/Sailor), Ethan Le Phong (Fisherman/American Admiral), Sario Solomon (Thief/French Admiral), Joy Tan (Kanagawa Girl/Boy In A Tree), Luoran Ding (Kanagawa Girl/Pretty Lady), Masashi Fujimoto (Old Man/Priest), Patrick Munday (British Admiral/Sailor), Iverson Yabut (Warrior/Sailor), Abel Law, JoJo Meredith
Notes: Not for sale.
Menier Chocolate Factory | London | January 27, 2024 | batbootlegs' Master | Untracked
Cast: Jon Chew (Reciter), Takuro Ohno (Kayama), Saori Oda (Shogun/Madam), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Manijo), Kanako Nakano (Tamate), Rachel Jayne Picar (Councillor/Kanagawa Girl), Eu Jin Hwang (Councillor/Dutch Admiral), Lee V G (American Officer/Russian Admiral/Sailor), Ethan Le Phong (Fisherman/American Admiral), Sario Solomon (Thief/French Admiral), Joy Tan (Kanagawa Girl/Boy In A Tree), Luoran Ding (Kanagawa Girl/Pretty Lady), Masashi Fujimoto (Old Man/Priest), Patrick Munday (British Admiral/Sailor), Abel Law (s/w Warrior/Sailor)
Cast: Mako (Reciter), Soon-Teck Oh (Tamate), Isao Sato (Kayama), Yuki Shimoda (Lord Abe), Sab Shimono (Manjiro)
Notes: The recording includes an earlier version of "The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea," titled "The Advantages of Being Set in the Middle of the Sea," with many differences from the final version of the song; the cut song, "Prayers"; a completely different version of the of scene at the U.S.S. Powhatan; the completely different first version of "Chrysanthemum Tea"; and "Someone in a Tree" with Soon-Teck Oh as the Old Man.
Broadway | January 11, 1976 | Tracked
Cast: Mako (Reciter/American Businessman), Yuki Shimoda (Abe [First Councillor]), Sab Shimono (Manjiro), James Dybas (Old Man/Third Councillor/French Admiral), Alvin Ing (Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/Perry/American Admiral), Freddy Mao (Second Councillor), Isao Sato (Kayama), Soon-Teck Oh (Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman), Ernest Abuba (Samurai/Physician), Mark Hsu Syers (Samurai/Thief/Physician/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor/Ensemble), Haruki Fujimoto (Servant/Lion Dance), Ricardo Tobia (Observer/Ensemble), Jae Woo Lee (Fisherman/Sumo/Lord), Timm Fujii (Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble), Conrad Yama (Grandmother/Sumo/Japanese Merchant), Ernest Abuba (Adams/Noble), Larry Hama (Williams/Lord), Foh Shen (Shogun's Wife), Gedde Watanabe (Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble), Ernest Harada (Madam/British Admiral), Patrick Kinser-Lau (Girl/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Ensemble), Leslie Watanabe (Girl/Ensemble), Tom Matsusaka (Priest), Freddy Mao (Daughter), Joey Ginza (Musician/Ensemble), Genji Ito (Musician), Fusako Yoshida (Musician), Susan Kikuchi, Diane Lam, Freda Foh Shen, Kenneth S. Eiland, Richard Magpiong, Tony Marinyo, Kevin Maung, Kim Miyori, Dingo Secretario
English National Opera | September 30, 1987 | Tracked
Cast: Richard Angas (Reciter/Shogun/Emperor), Leon Berger (Fourth Geisha Girl/British Sailor/Second Councillor), Christopher Booth-Jones (John Manjiro), Edward Byles (First Observer/Shogun's Wife/British Sailor/First Noble), John Cashmore (Thief/Shogun'sCompanion/Third Geisha Girl), Gordon Christie (Second Shogun Priest/First Geisha Girl/Second Lord of the South/Third Councillor), Ian Comboy (Soothsayer/Russian Admiral/Third Assassin), Graham Fletcher (Commodore Perry), Terry Jenkins (Fisherman/Shogun's Physician/Madam/Story-Teller), John Kitchiner (Lord Abe/Spirit of a Samurai), Simon Masterton-Smith (Shogun's Mother/Second Noble/Fencing Master), Harry Nicoll (First Shogun Priest/Boy/French Admiral/Merchant's Son/Fencing Master's Daughter/First Assassin), Malcolm Rivers (Kayama Yesaemon), Eric Roberts (Old Man/British Admiral/Merchant/Second Assassin), Michael Sadler (Second Geisha Girl/Tamate/Second American Officer/Fourth Assassin), Paul Strathearn (Dutch Admiral/Grandmother/First American Officer/First Lord of the South), Alan Woodrow (Second Observer/Warrior/American Admiral/British Sailor)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC Radio
Tokyo | 2000 | Tracked
Cast: Takeharu Kunimoto (Reciter/Shogun/Emperor), Norihide Ochi (Councillor/Monk/Priest/Old Man/Guard), Ben Hiura (Abe/Carpenter/Superior Warrior), Haruki Sayama (Shogun's Mother/Russian Admiral/Fireman/Officer/Assassin), Usaburo Oshima (Councillor/Grandmother), Shintaro Sonooka (Thief/Swordsman/Guard), Atsushi Haruta (Madam/French Admiral/Merchant/Officer/Palanquin Bearer), Yuji Hirota (Observer/Noble/Sailor/Peasant/Warrior/Officer), Akira Sakemoto (Fisherman/Physician/Officer/British Admiral/Palanquin Bearer), Masaki Kosuzu (Manjiro/Peasant/Officer), Kanjiro Murakami (Priest/Girl/Dutch Admiral/Samurai/Messenger/Officer/Assassin), Shuji Honda (Kayama/Fish Seller), Kirihito Saito (Samurai/Companion/Boy/Noble/Peasant), Makoto Okada (Observer/Merchant/Soothsayer/Lord/Sailor/Priest), Shinichiro Hara (American Admiral/Sailor/Commodore Perry [Act One, Scene 9-10]/Warrior), Takanori Yamamoto (Warrior/Commodore Perry [Act 1, Scene 4/Act 2, Scene 6]), Kyoko Donowaki (Shogun's Wife/Middle-Aged Wife/Girl/Priest), Urara Awata (Girl/Samurai's Daughter), Shunpo (Tamate/Middle-Aged Wife), Mayu Yamada (Son/Companion of Shogun's Wife/Girl), Takeshi Ishikawa (Warrior/Officer)
Notes: Songs only
Donmar Warehouse | London | August 16, 2003 | Tracked
Cast: Joseph Anthony Foronda (Reciter/Shogun), Togo Igawa (Lord Abe/Old Man), Richard Henders (Manjiro/Dutch Admiral), Teddy Kempner (Second Councillor/Madam/British Admiral), Jerome Pradon (Shogun's Mother/French Admiral), Ian McLarnon (Third Councillor/American Admiral), Kevin Gudahl (Kayama), Mo Zainai (Tamate/Boy), Richard Manera (Commodore Perry/Lion Dancer), Cornell John (Warrior/Russian Admiral)
Broadway | January 5, 2005 | Tracked
Cast: BD Wong (Reciter), Paolo Montalban (Manjiro), Francis Jue Madame/French Admiral), Sab Shimono, Alvin Ing
Off-Broadway | Preview | April 11, 2017 | Untracked
Cast: George Takei (Reciter), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Steven Eng (Kayama), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral)
Off-Broadway | April 23, 2017 | Matinee | Untracked
Cast: George Takei (Reciter), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Steven Eng (Kayama), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral), Marc delaCruz (Ensemble), Kimberly Immanuel (Ensemble)
Off-Broadway | May 31, 2017 | Untracked
Cast: George Takai (Receiter), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Steven Eng (Kayama), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe/Old Man)
Off-Broadway | June 18, 2017 | Solo's Master | Untracked
Cast: George Takei (Reciter), Megan Masako Haley (Tamate), Steven Eng (Kayama), Thom Sesma (Lord Abe), Orville Mendoza (Manjiro), Karl Josef Co (Fisherman/American Admiral/First Sailor), Ann Harada (Madam/French Admiral), Austin Ku (Boy/British Admiral/Third Sailor), Kelvin Moon Loh (Warrior/Russian Admiral/Second Sailor), Marc Oka (Thief/Dutch Admiral)
Notes: Closing night
Washington, D.C. | April 6, 2023 | NinthDiffName's Master | Untracked
Cast: Eymard Meneses Cabling (Lord Abe and others), Andrew Cristi (Mother of Shogun and others), Albert Hsueh (Boy and others), Jonny Lee Jr. (Manjiro and others), Quynh-My Luu (Tamate and others), Jason Ma (Reciter and others), Daniel May (Kayama and others), Christopher Mueller (Warrior and others), Chani Wereley (Madam and others), Nicholas Yenson (Perry and others)
Menier Chocolate Factory | December 14, 2023 | MusicalShoes' Master | Untracked
Cast: Eu Jin Hwang (u/s Reciter),Takuro Ohno (Kayama), Saori Oda (Shogun/Madam), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Manijo), Kanako Nakano (Tamate), Rachel Jayne Picar (Councillor/Kanagawa Girl), Adel Law (s/w Counciller/Dutch Admiral), Lee V G (American Officer/Russian Admiral/Sailor), Ethan Le Phong (Fisherman/American Admiral), Jojo Meredith (s/w Thief/French Admiral), Joy Tan (Kanagawa Girl/Boy In A Tree), Luoran Ding (Kanagawa Girl/Pretty Lady), Masashi Fujimoto (Old Man/Priest), Patrick Munday (British Admiral/Sailor), Iverson Yabut (Warrior/Sailor)
Notes: Eu Jin Hwang & Abel Law’s debuts in their roles, Eu Jin Hwang needed line prompt a few times during the show. Possible backstage noise can be heard as the master was sat on the end by the very thin wall
Menier Chocolate Factory | London | January 23, 2024 | sitting-in-my-hotel's Master | Tracked
Cast: Jon Chew (Reciter), Takuro Ohno (Kayama), Saori Oda (Shogun/Madam), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Manijo), Kanako Nakano (Tamate), Rachel Jayne Picar (Councillor/Kanagawa Girl), Eu Jin Hwang (Councillor/Dutch Admiral), Lee V G (American Officer/Russian Admiral/Sailor), Ethan Le Phong (Fisherman/American Admiral), Sario Solomon (Thief/French Admiral), Joy Tan (Kanagawa Girl/Boy In A Tree), Luoran Ding (Kanagawa Girl/Pretty Lady), Masashi Fujimoto (Old Man/Priest), Patrick Munday (British Admiral/Sailor), Iverson Yabut (Warrior/Sailor), Abel Law, JoJo Meredith
Notes: Not for sale.
Menier Chocolate Factory | London | January 27, 2024 | batbootlegs' Master | Untracked
Cast: Jon Chew (Reciter), Takuro Ohno (Kayama), Saori Oda (Shogun/Madam), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Manijo), Kanako Nakano (Tamate), Rachel Jayne Picar (Councillor/Kanagawa Girl), Eu Jin Hwang (Councillor/Dutch Admiral), Lee V G (American Officer/Russian Admiral/Sailor), Ethan Le Phong (Fisherman/American Admiral), Sario Solomon (Thief/French Admiral), Joy Tan (Kanagawa Girl/Boy In A Tree), Luoran Ding (Kanagawa Girl/Pretty Lady), Masashi Fujimoto (Old Man/Priest), Patrick Munday (British Admiral/Sailor), Abel Law (s/w Warrior/Sailor)