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In May, flower_ballet mused on what she'd do as a writer of musmeyaku-lead bow hall plays, which I thought was an awesome idea. Now, tsuki_gumi is passing a casting meme.

I've recently been reading a lot of Victorian fiction and am now reading the classic Jane Eyre. I can't believe Zuka never made it into a play! It's all gothic shadows and a romance of two souls in ( Read more... )

Saw recordings of Hoshigumi's 2010 Romeo et Juliette:
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I'm on a Takarazuka roll here, huh. :D

So, Wasureyuki: the story of a young veterinarian not great with people who loves animals, and a young girl who loves him, and the people around them trying to Destroy Their Love and kill their dogs ( Read more... )

Woke up early to get in an application for the JET program and found out about the Zuka news (namely: Tomu as top of Hanagumi, Teru moving to Soragumi).

I totally get why people are upset.  Hoshigumi is perfect as it is; Chie and Nene, Teru and Remi are both fabulous conbi who also work brilliantly together, and adding in Toyoko and Yuzurun it's one ( Read more... )

Finally, we get the cast list!  (http://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/revue/170/cast.htmlRead more... )

In all the (understandable) hubub about who's out sick, I almost missed the new LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENTS on the Takarazuka main page!

Hoshigumi is doing Jose and Carmen! Yes, the Jose and Carmen last done by Zunko and O-Hana a decade ago! I'm thrilled, it's a perfect play for the leads. Nene isn't a great singer, but I really like her acting and ( Read more... )

Generally speaking, Zuka fandom frowns on uploading full plays online.  However, as this play was never released on DVD, so there's no way I could buy it anyway, I made an exception.  Besides, I'm now so besotted you can bet I WILL be buying the DVD if it ever comes out.

凍てついた明日 -ボニー＆クライド-(Frozen Tomorrow: Bonnie and Clyde)
Takarazuka Snow Troupe ( Read more... )