Sorry B-kun if you already posted this info I read on Japan Today:
Ryoko Yonekura to play Scarlett O'Hara in stage version of 'Gone With the Wind'
Monday 02nd August, 05:00 AM JST
TOKYO —
Actress Ryoko Yonekura, 34, will take on the role of Scarlett OfHara, the main character of gGone with the Wind,h in a play scheduled to open in June next year at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo.
Producer Toho said the play will commemorate its 100th anniversary. Yonekura said she will be under great pressure since the story is a masterpiece of not only world literature and film history, but will also be a milestone in the history of the Imperial Theater.
A musical version of gGone with the Windh was staged once before in 2003 with Mao Daichi as Scarlett, but next yearfs version will be a drama with no music.
It is the first time for Yonekura to perform in a TOHO theatrical. According to the companyfs repertoire, in the companyfs internal voting for gwho would fit the role of Scarlett,h Yonekura was ranked No. 1. In recent years, Yonekura has distinguished herself on the stage, especially with the Broadway musical gChicago.h
The role of Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable in the 1939 film, will go to Yasufumi Terawaki, 48, while Jun Shibuki, 41, will play Melanie Wilkes, and Koki OKada, 44, takes the Ashley Wilkes role
Ryoko Yonekura to play Scarlett O'Hara in stage version of 'Gone With the Wind'
Monday 02nd August, 05:00 AM JST
TOKYO —
Actress Ryoko Yonekura, 34, will take on the role of Scarlett OfHara, the main character of gGone with the Wind,h in a play scheduled to open in June next year at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo.
Producer Toho said the play will commemorate its 100th anniversary. Yonekura said she will be under great pressure since the story is a masterpiece of not only world literature and film history, but will also be a milestone in the history of the Imperial Theater.
A musical version of gGone with the Windh was staged once before in 2003 with Mao Daichi as Scarlett, but next yearfs version will be a drama with no music.
It is the first time for Yonekura to perform in a TOHO theatrical. According to the companyfs repertoire, in the companyfs internal voting for gwho would fit the role of Scarlett,h Yonekura was ranked No. 1. In recent years, Yonekura has distinguished herself on the stage, especially with the Broadway musical gChicago.h
The role of Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable in the 1939 film, will go to Yasufumi Terawaki, 48, while Jun Shibuki, 41, will play Melanie Wilkes, and Koki OKada, 44, takes the Ashley Wilkes role