[Report] Road to Playzone
Here is a belated report for PLAYZONE 2010: Road to Playzone! I had it typed on my netbook and just finally transferred it over (after returning from Japan)
---July 13th, 2010---
Playzone was at 青山劇場 (Aoyama Theater) - accessible from Shibuya Station. We got there around 4ish. In front of the theater there was a little purikura thing set up - 1000 for a picture with the Johnnys that were in Playzone. I think there were around 5 or 6 booths set up side-by-side. There was practically no line! I took a picture with Goseki. Other options were Yara, Tsubasa, A.B.C.-Z. as a group and as individuals, Nakayama Yuma, Morimoto Shintaro, TheyBudou (group only) and M.A.D. (group only). I don't remember if they had picture options with all the younger juniors whose names I don't know.
Just that day they added the stage photos (before it was only rehearsal photos) so there were over 30 new photo sets. I couldn't do my usual order of one each because that would be wayyy too much, so I just got one of Tsubasa's, one of Yara's, all of Goseki's, and Yamamoto Ryota's photos...11 in total. Also bought a poster (it was pretty cool looking! All the cast members standing next to each other) and a pamphlet.
We stood around until the doors opened, then eventually wandered in. seats were row D in the second level - second to last row, but they weren't bad because the second level was pretty steep. the seats were cushy too :]
Playzone this year was called "road to playzone" and it follows Nakayama Yuma and his little junior friends (whose names I do not know and am too lazy to look up) and their dreams to be part of playzone. they're little meddlesome kiddies who do stuff like steal because they're poor, but then one day Yara comes dancing by (literally.) and they decide to try to be in playzone so they can earn money. Oh, and Yuma wants to see his parents or something like that too.
The play focused on "Yuma-tachi" (Yuma and friends), and then Morimoto Shintaro was in it (i think he was part of Yuma-tachi) and Tsubasa and Yara and A.B.C.-Z and M.A.D. and TheyBudou. Since A.B.C.-Z and TheyBudou were in it, I focused my attention mainly on Goseki and Yamamoto Ryota. Luckily Ryota's hair was light, so that paired with his spazzy dancing made it easy for me to follow him :] Goseki's hair was actually normal-Japanese-person-dark.
Overall the play was very good. Morimoto and Yuma-tachi "auditioned" for Playzone. Morimoto sang his Snow Prince song. Then they ('cept Tsubasa, TheyBudou, and M.A.D.) went to the beach and got threatened by bears. Then Noeru (Noel?) got arrested because earlier in the play he left his handkerchief/scarf on some injured guy who he was going to help before the police came. So then Yuma-tachi risked their appearance in Playzone to go rescue from jail. I believe a combo of M.A.D. and TheyBudou members played the cops. They rescued him from jail and successfully put on Playzone. Yay :]
I really enjoyed it and I was glad I got to see Goseki and yamamoto :D One of the TheyBudou members (I think it was Takahashi) fell toward the end but he seemed to be all right.
The soccer player matsui #8 was the guest, but I didn't see him. there was also some Caucasian couple who was looking rather confused outside haha I have no clue who those people are/were.
---July 18th, 2010---
Yamamoto ryota put his hair up in a ponytail during one of the breaks. At the end when they lined up he was right in front of us all smiley and stuff!! I couldn't stop grinning whenever i watched him. He had shiny light gold-ish shoes in the beginning! (and Yuma's Vans shoes kind of matched mine...). Oh, and one point he bumped into one of the junior's shoulders and we just burst out laughing. TOO FUNNY. Then at the end he got up on Hasshi's shoulders to pose :D Not sure if he did that the day before because I didn't notice.
During the beach scene Kawai had a big salmon fish which he shook when he held HAHA it was so funny. But he lost his sombrero :[ Maybe they told him he couldn't have both.
---July 13th, 2010---
Playzone was at 青山劇場 (Aoyama Theater) - accessible from Shibuya Station. We got there around 4ish. In front of the theater there was a little purikura thing set up - 1000 for a picture with the Johnnys that were in Playzone. I think there were around 5 or 6 booths set up side-by-side. There was practically no line! I took a picture with Goseki. Other options were Yara, Tsubasa, A.B.C.-Z. as a group and as individuals, Nakayama Yuma, Morimoto Shintaro, TheyBudou (group only) and M.A.D. (group only). I don't remember if they had picture options with all the younger juniors whose names I don't know.
Just that day they added the stage photos (before it was only rehearsal photos) so there were over 30 new photo sets. I couldn't do my usual order of one each because that would be wayyy too much, so I just got one of Tsubasa's, one of Yara's, all of Goseki's, and Yamamoto Ryota's photos...11 in total. Also bought a poster (it was pretty cool looking! All the cast members standing next to each other) and a pamphlet.
We stood around until the doors opened, then eventually wandered in. seats were row D in the second level - second to last row, but they weren't bad because the second level was pretty steep. the seats were cushy too :]
Playzone this year was called "road to playzone" and it follows Nakayama Yuma and his little junior friends (whose names I do not know and am too lazy to look up) and their dreams to be part of playzone. they're little meddlesome kiddies who do stuff like steal because they're poor, but then one day Yara comes dancing by (literally.) and they decide to try to be in playzone so they can earn money. Oh, and Yuma wants to see his parents or something like that too.
The play focused on "Yuma-tachi" (Yuma and friends), and then Morimoto Shintaro was in it (i think he was part of Yuma-tachi) and Tsubasa and Yara and A.B.C.-Z and M.A.D. and TheyBudou. Since A.B.C.-Z and TheyBudou were in it, I focused my attention mainly on Goseki and Yamamoto Ryota. Luckily Ryota's hair was light, so that paired with his spazzy dancing made it easy for me to follow him :] Goseki's hair was actually normal-Japanese-person-dark.
Overall the play was very good. Morimoto and Yuma-tachi "auditioned" for Playzone. Morimoto sang his Snow Prince song. Then they ('cept Tsubasa, TheyBudou, and M.A.D.) went to the beach and got threatened by bears. Then Noeru (Noel?) got arrested because earlier in the play he left his handkerchief/scarf on some injured guy who he was going to help before the police came. So then Yuma-tachi risked their appearance in Playzone to go rescue from jail. I believe a combo of M.A.D. and TheyBudou members played the cops. They rescued him from jail and successfully put on Playzone. Yay :]
I really enjoyed it and I was glad I got to see Goseki and yamamoto :D One of the TheyBudou members (I think it was Takahashi) fell toward the end but he seemed to be all right.
The soccer player matsui #8 was the guest, but I didn't see him. there was also some Caucasian couple who was looking rather confused outside haha I have no clue who those people are/were.
---July 18th, 2010---
Yamamoto ryota put his hair up in a ponytail during one of the breaks. At the end when they lined up he was right in front of us all smiley and stuff!! I couldn't stop grinning whenever i watched him. He had shiny light gold-ish shoes in the beginning! (and Yuma's Vans shoes kind of matched mine...). Oh, and one point he bumped into one of the junior's shoulders and we just burst out laughing. TOO FUNNY. Then at the end he got up on Hasshi's shoulders to pose :D Not sure if he did that the day before because I didn't notice.
During the beach scene Kawai had a big salmon fish which he shook when he held HAHA it was so funny. But he lost his sombrero :[ Maybe they told him he couldn't have both.