Gedde Watanabe spills some 'Chrysanthemum Tea' on 'Pacific Overtures,' past and present
Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:27 pm EST 11/14/24
Posted by: WaymanWong01:24 pm EST 11/14/24
TheaterMania's Brian Scott Lipton did a wonderful interview with Gedde Watanabe. In 1976, he was in the original Broadway cast of ''Pacific Overtures'' and played the Boy in ''Someone in a Tree.'' Now, he's playing the Old Man in the same number at East-West Players' ''Pacific Overtures'' in L.A.
Watanabe also plays the Shogun's Mother, so he also sings ''Chrysanthemum Tea'' in this revival that stars Jon Jon Briones as the Reciter.
