Toho Elisabeth: Omigod you guys!
Mar. 5th, 2010 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterToho 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?
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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?
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Date: 2010-03-05 08:30 am (UTC)Ahem. Sorry.
I... don't know about the 'forceful rockstar' aspect. *grins* But Shirotan is definitely much better on stage than on recording. And GODDAMMIT. I can't wait to see him in full costume now.
Heeee, Irei Kanata is still one of the cast for Rudolf?
brb, still keeling over about Shirotan.
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Date: 2010-03-05 08:35 am (UTC)(And how is he at handling imperious rebellious otokoyaku?)
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Date: 2010-03-05 08:52 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0WqNXkaug - Ikkiuchi, Tezuka (Shirota Yuu) vs. Atobe (Kato Kazuki)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VBH3v6CDBQ - Yudan Sezu ni Ikou. The song continued from another song, so just ignore Kaji Masaki and Kujirai Kousuke on the beginning there. *grins*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP92QVgZLZQ - singing GreeeeN's Haruka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgSU2YQA-jk - Natsu no Owari, from his DVD
*keels over* I still can't believe this.
(And how is he at handling imperious rebellious otokoyaku?)
Well... he was very good at handling rebellious, bratty, snarky tennis genius... XD XD
Oh, God. How I wish for rehearsal and backstage pics. Because Shirotan is an absolute DORK off the stage, so there'll be lots of crazy antics, I bet.
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Date: 2010-03-05 08:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 08:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 08:36 am (UTC)EDIT: Ohhh, this time they're switching Deaths around :D This is going to be glorious (and has me hoping for all of 6 DVDs of this run... dammit, this was easier with one Sisi and two Deaths!)
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Date: 2010-03-05 12:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 01:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 09:56 am (UTC)Of course I am spoiled and hold people who perform in musicals up against people who do the same work in NY. And yes, I saw Shirota live. I have no patience to watch Tenimyu things, the music is beyond atrocious.
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Date: 2010-03-05 10:06 am (UTC)Mind you, the Toho production's got a good track record of getting live-action actors up to snuff. I think Death was one of Masaaki Uchino's first musical roles, and yet he was very nice at it in a rockstar way.
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Date: 2010-03-05 10:19 am (UTC)I also don't think he's ever been good at being very manly. >>;; Tezuka and his Tezuka certainly weren't and from what I saw of Rookies and the promo for that new Negotiator movie he's not terribly manly in either of those. But again he does have a decent presence, though I swear in most of the recent things he has been in, all I can think is "There is a white guy in this!" which is terribly distracting.
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Date: 2010-07-23 01:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-23 02:48 am (UTC)I liked him in Rookies, even though I kept wondering why there was a white guy going to school in Japan. He was quite good in his bit role in Konda wa Aisaka (The Good Husband) as well, though I 1) didn't realize it was him at first and 2) I had as hard a time believing he was in high school as the majority of the cast of Beverly Hills 90210. lol It was a great movie overall though with a good script and solid acting. But I've never seen him in anything come off as manly, he's just always so incredibly bottomy.
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Date: 2010-07-23 03:08 am (UTC)LOL nice XD XD I did like him in Hana Kimi though, since his role was that of the main guy's high-jump rival, and I think it suited him better. I'd be afraid to see him in Toho Elisabeth though, as the main male singer character in one of my most favorite musicals. (He and Marina suited each other with their equally horrible singing and acting though *shudders*)
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Date: 2010-07-23 09:42 am (UTC)I never watched HanaKimi. I don't actually watch a lot of dramas. I mostly ended up seeing the movies I saw because I was on the plane and it is 14 hours to Tokyo. ^^;; Though I really really liked Konda wa Aisaka and now sort of want to own it.
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Date: 2010-07-23 04:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 01:38 pm (UTC)Elisabeth: Asako
Tod: Shirota Yuu
Rudolph: Urai Kenji
Though I actually think Kenji has a much better voice than Yuu and should have gotten Tod instead... T___T (But I guess he's just not attractive/manly enough for it... :/ )
I think Yuu has a nice voice, but I am not sure if he can handle Asako... ^^;;;;; But I just know him as "Mamoru, the nice boyfriend and hero", so maybe he does have a much stronger, more forceful side I just haven't seen yet.... ^^
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Date: 2010-03-05 01:42 pm (UTC)It's one of the things I love about Elisabeth, the way it can give to so many equally valid interpretations. I've got audios of the Komu/Yamaguchi combo, and I also think Asako/Yamaguchi will be brilliant because he's definitely man and gentleman enough to handle her. Dammit, I'd like to catch them all...
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Date: 2010-03-05 03:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 03:17 pm (UTC)There are also two Siennes in the ensemble and a Sienne musumeyaku Ludovica :) It's more or less typical for Japanese musical productions lately, now that Siennes can eat their cookie and have it too (read, get married and get a career). You can really tell the difference between them and women like Otsuka Chihiro, who got their start in the idol business.
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Date: 2010-03-05 03:15 pm (UTC)Asabeth <3 <3 <3 I'm so happy, I can't even babble about it in my lj XD
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Date: 2010-03-05 03:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 03:23 pm (UTC)She is. I am so so so excited about this, it's a great role to start her OG career with and actually Asabeth is my favourite 'Zuka Elizabeth ever <3
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Date: 2010-03-05 03:29 pm (UTC)I just hope she doesn't push her voice too far - I think Maki mentioned taking a year after retirement to recover her full soprano range. Then again, Asako has experience at it already in much more extreme circumstances :)
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Date: 2010-03-05 05:11 pm (UTC)But, Yuichiro Yamaguchi? Again? Wasn't there another guy who played Der Tod back in 04? People hated him but I rather liked him, too. -.-
Anyway, sounds good to me! Their staging for Wenn Ich Tanzen Will is good.
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Date: 2010-03-05 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-05 06:31 pm (UTC)XWA
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Date: 2010-03-05 09:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-06 08:55 pm (UTC)*sigh* It probably is the height, at that. But he makes for quite a humdrum though guy.
XWA