Toho Elisabeth: Omigod you guys!

[yukinojou]

Toho Elisabeth cast is up for the August-October 2010 run.

I saw it and kind of fell over.

First of all, I hereby crow about the Asako!Elisabeth rumour being confirmed. She must be working hard on recovering her soprano, but this is a glorious normal-theatre debut, a great role to start with, and she's going to own the stage.

Komu got Elisabeth again ♥ I just hope that this time, enterprising fans with cameras will do better ;)

Yuichiro Yamaguchi is Death again, because you'll have to hit him over the head with a shovel to get him off the stage. Since his voice is pure honeyed velvet, that is a YAY in my book.

We get two new Deaths, too. Shirota Yuu (since he has TeniMyu and SeraMyu history... *eyes TeniMyu and SeraMyu fans* any comments on how he'll handle a forceful rockstar demon?) and Ishimaru Kanji, an ex-Raoul I haven't seen.

And the real Omigod-You-Guys is for Sophie. Mori Keaki. Who's had like one role since her retirement as Yukigumi topstar (and Andre to Maki's Oscar) in 1993. Kotobuki Hizuru's the other Sophie, as usual, but Mori!

FYI, the Rudolf-of-the-month for October is Urai Kenji, Lucheni is Takashima Masahiro (aka Mr Sylvia Grab), and Franz Joseph is... Ishikawa Zen. Dear heavens, this is going to be good.

Now, where was my airplane ticket search engine?

Comments

[yukinojou]

Go see :D Yamaguchi's voice is completely unbelievable live, and it's a kickass musical overall. So different from the book - all about female empowerment, with a female lead and a female villain, and the English aristocrat romance hero male lead as the damsel in (mental) distress who has to be rescued.

One of these days we have to get you somewhere with us so you can go to a musical with masahi and see what happens when she goes to see a show ;) I fully expect to trip over Asako's dog or help Mori Keaki carry her bags this time around.

[masahi]

*snickers* You know you exaggerate slightly ;)

[galynthia]

I am actually not familiar with that play but if you say its good it must be! I'll have to look up info on it when I get a chance.

*laughs* She has that kind of luck does she? I bet it makes a fun night even more amusing!

I'll have to see where I'm at closer to summer money-wise. Plane prices aren't too terrible (though they could get cheaper) so maybe I'll be able to make it somewhere by late Sept/early Oct. *demands a raise now*

[yukinojou]

Here's the title song - with the right Mrs Danvers it's mesmerising :)

*snickers* Nothing will ever surprise me with her anymore. Not even rabbits.

[everchangingmuse]

Musical of Rebecca?! Why do I not know of such things? Oh, wait, it's in German. I need to really start studying my German and Japanese more. And start looking into more foreign (to me) musicals.

Although, Wikipedia tells me it might be coming to Broadway next season. I hope it's not butchered the way Tanz der Vampire was.

[yukinojou]

There's been an English demo done while they were shopping it on Broadway, with all the songs in quite decent translations. If you want, I can dig around for it?

[everchangingmuse]

If you wouldn't mind pointing me in the right direction....^^