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

[everchangingmuse]

This cast is made of awesome. Shirota Yuu AND Kenji Urai in the same production?! And Komu AND Asa as Elisabeth?! I think my brain may explode...in a good way.

Yamaguchi is amazing as Der Tod, but I'm sort-of hoping you get to see Yuu, so you can tell me how he's doing in the role. I loved him (and Kenji) in the SeraMyu shows mid-decade. I think he could do it, even if he's quite a bit younger than the other's who've played Der Tod on stage (unless I'm wrong in thinking Yamaguchi's in his 30s?). He can handle strong songs - "Prince of the Earth" was a good rock-ish balad in the SeraMyu shows.

The question is: which Elisabeth do you want to see live? Both will be amazing, I'm sure!

[galynthia]

JEALOUS!

Mizu's leaving in September . . . this is running then . . . work needs to give me a serious raise so I can fund a second trip!