Ayabuki Mao

To celebrate Maury Yeston's 80th birthday, a dream collaboration of cast members from past productions of "Grand Hotel," "Phantom," "Titanic," "Nine," and "Death Takes a Holiday"! Alongside our gratitude for the 20th anniversary of the Umeda Arts Theater, they bring you a “truly unforgettable moment.”

The carnival of Venice, a city of water. This is a classical kind of festival, staged with extravagance. Festival-goers hide their true selves under their costumes and behind their masks. This show portrays the yearnings possessed by everyone, the excitement of the heart, and the lingering twinge of loneliness that occurs after the passage of time.

Henri Dunant, a traveler who is on his way from Geneva, Switzerland, to Paris, happens to pass through this battlefield in Solferino. He is greatly shocked when setting his eyes on this graphic scene that tells the tragedy of war. As he stands watching dumbfounded, an injured Austrian soldier clings to his feet, begging for some water. Dunant has heard about a nearby church serving as an emergency field hospital. So he races there in a bid to save the life of the still-breathing solider.

Mizu Natsuki, Ayabuki Mao, Otozuki Kei and Ayana Oto's concert.

Heian era Japan. A gentleman discovers an abandoned baby and raises the boy as his adopted son, naming him Nijihito after the rainbow in the sky at the time he was found. The only clue to the boy’s origin is a special drum found with him. Nijihito proves to be a drumming prodigy, outshining his best friend Tatsuru. Although young Ibuki is secretly in love with Nijihito, he falls in love with a mysterious woman he sees playing the flute outside one night.

Aika Mire's dinner show.

A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, leading a delegation of stage artists, comes to Moscow and a female russian government official welcomes his entourage. The congressman is hoping, through the results of the visit, to make a name for himself in order to move up to the Senate. Meanwhile, the female government official - whose nickname is "Iron Lady" - keeps a watchful eye on the him in suspicion of espionage. As a result, the two get along like cats and dogs.

A man called Nero is sneaking political prisoners out of a small country into nearby Mexico hiding them in cargo. He outwardly runs a high-class nightclub while smuggling behind closed doors. Although Escobar, Nero's best friend, knows that President Saldivar is secretly allowing them to carry on this illegal trade, he is afraid of attracting people's attention. Nero is determined to do his best for his country that has gone through coup after coup with the result of its people growing more and more discontented.

Sidestory of The Rose of Versailles was written by Ikeda Riyoko herself.

There is a certain hotel which caters to people who have lost their way. People trying to get their lives back on track, or simply trying to find out where they went wrong. One of the people staying at this hotel is Wolf, who playfully follows the self-absorbed young Anna around the hotel. No one knows what he did before he came there, though he used to joke that he was an assassin. Anna is a one-hit movie actress who now spends all of her time cultivating "patrons" to support her.

Taking shelter in the tavern is Sydney Carton and Lucie Manette. This is their first meeting. Lucie Manette, a young woman who has been raised as an orphan and a ward of Tellson's bank, has learned that her father is alive and has recently been released from prison after eighteen years of unjust incarceration. She is traveling to the French suburb of Saint Antoine with Mr. Jarvis Lorry, a longtime Tellson's employee who had managed her father's affairs before his imprisonment. They find her father at the home of Ernest Defarge, a former domestic of Dr. Manette's who has housed the doctor since his release. Though her father is teetering on the brink of insanity, she solemnly vows that she will be true to him and devote her life to helping him recover himself.

Returning to Barcelona from schooling abroad in Italy, the young Francisco meets the beautiful young girl Rosalia at a ball and falls in love with her, but the two part without being able to exchange a word. One day, Francisco learns that his friend Raphael is back in town as well. The two go out to a taproom, and there Francisco asks Raphael's younger sister Monica to dance. Monica's lover gets jealous and starts a fight, and is killed. Francisco is now a criminal. He is captured, and then he meets Rosalia once more in the prison. She has planned a jailbreak with Francisco's aunt....

Takarazuka special performance.

Takarazuka special performance.

In 20th century Paris, a farewell reception is being held after the a millionaire who had founded many enterprises. His will says that his eldest son George will succeed the count with the stipulation that he marry a woman of either blue blood or high society within half a year but Georges dreams of marrying and loving forever a woman destined to cross his path. He feels oppressed by the idea of getting married merely to fulfill his father's will. His friend tells George to go easy, advising him that marriage is one thing and love another. He then leads George to a revue theater he knows well. George, who gets drunk at the theater, remembers his father's advice in the will: Go to church when in distress. He heads for a church. However, on the way to the church, he falls down. At the moment he thinks in fading consciousness that he is freezing to death, he sees an angel.

Takarazuka special performance.

2006 Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe production of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's "Phantom."

A modern, fast paced Takarazuka Revue in keeping with the spirit of the Paris Revue, yet looking forward to the 21st century.

Takarazuka special performance.

The end of the 18th century. In California, in the "New World" of America, people suffer beneath Spanish despotism and hope their saviour will come. His face hidden by a black mask, his form disguised with a black cape, the legendary knight appears to punish evildoers as both Zorro and Lady Zorro. The deeds and loves of Zorro and Lady Zorro are portrayed in this swashbuckling play full of unrivaled delights.

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 2007 production of the Viennese musical 'Elisabeth'

Takarazuka special performance.

Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe 2002-2003 production of the Viennese musical Elisabeth

The musical begins mid-way through the trial of Dmitri Karamazov (Mizu Natsuki) for the murder of his father Fyodor (Mirai Yuuki). Dmitri maintains his innocence, and we are then taken back in time to see how things reached the point they are at now.

Takarazuka special performance.

A romantic tale of a young man who risks and grows up through his love for a female vampire.

Duke Claude de Bernard returns home exhausted from World War I. In the autumn of 1922, while walking in the Forest of Fontainebleau, he comes across an incredibly beautiful woman named Sharon Kazatti. Soon joined by ladies and gentlemen coming out of a soiree, she slips away out of his sight. Claude utters in spite of himself that she is a woman of sublime beauty. Hearing Claude's exclamation, a young man tells Claude that she is only a mannequin, not worthy of his praise and belonging to a world other than his. The young man's name is Louis Valentin and he is a gigolo. It seems that Louis cares for Sharon as well. Claude denies Louis's assertion, saying that she also has a soul just like him. A strange kinship grows between the two as they find that they both are attracted to the same woman. They decide to fairly compete to win Sharon's heart.

Based on The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding.

Paris, New Year's 2000. On a Paris street, a strange mood is brought about by the appearance of some young men. They are, in fact, not human. At the turn of every century, the season for graduation at Hell's School of Demons returns. These young men's last task before they may graduate is to go to the human world. Vim is given the task of making the life of Adjani, who happens to be the first person he meets, as utterably miserable as possible. This is troublesome to Vim, for Adjani is a woman who already draws unhappiness to her. Vim becomes very anxious... A little black spice for the New Year, in this fantastic love comedy for adults.

This play is based on “The Makropulos Case”, written by the famous Czech writer Karel Čapek. As usual, Takarazuka has added their own spin to the original story; the most notable change in this play is that the genders of most of the major characters have been reversed. (In the original play, the main character is a woman.)

An original, semi-modernized musical adaptation of Shakespeare's classic romance.

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 1996 production of the Viennese musical 'Elisabeth'. This was the Revue Company's first 'Elisabeth' production.

Jack Wilkins is a news writer who prefers to go by his pen name, Ernest Milton. He receives a mysterious invitation to the Cheshire Cat Hotel and takes a week off in order to go check it out. The hotel is a lively if somewhat strange place with curious staff members, and at first Ernest is wary about staying. The hotel manager eventually persuades him, though, offering Ernest free services if he does a favor for another patron. They want him to help break up the engagement of a certain couple, Mary and Charles.

Takarazuka Snow Troupe's 1997 stage adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.

A grand restaging of the show "The Revue," which premiered in 1977 and won the Art Festival Excellence Award, based on the original "luxury, splendor and beauty" of the Takarazuka Revue, and reconstructed with a modern sense while maintaining the spirit of the first performance.

A show inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince".

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