Shōgun

About the show

Shōgun: The Musical is a musical with a book and lyrics by John Driver and music by Paul Chihara. Based on James Clavell's 1975 novel and the 1980 television mini-series of the same name, the musical centers on shipwrecked English sea captain John Blackthorne, who finds himself drawn into a political power play while involved in an illicit affair with a married noblewoman in 17th-century Japan. Clavell's novel was itself originally inspired by the true story of English navigator William Adams.