I'm exhausted and drained.

Gypsy Baron was great fun. Lots of silliness and gaudy costumes and pig sound effects, but also good singing and this amazing pair dance -- if there's one thing I like about Kiriyan x Marimo it's how they tell a story with their dancing ( Read more... )

A handful of additional roles went up for Tsukigumi a couple of days ago, and their shinko counterparts were announced today ( Read more... )

I could post at length of my thoughts on these things, but opting for the short versions ( Read more... )

◊ ☆ ◊ ☆ TOSHI SHINKO LEAD!!!!!!!! ☆ ◊ ☆ ◊

OH HANKYUU GODS FOR ONCE, FOR ONCE YOU GOT IT RIGHT.

EVEN IF SHE NEVER DOES ANYTHING BIG AGAIN, AT LEAST SHE FINALLY GETS THE CHANCE THIS ONE TIME. ^___________^

ALSO

♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥ SABRINA / EXCITER!! ♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥
IT MAKES ME WANT TO STAND UP AND DANCE AND SING THIS IS THE TAKARAZUKA I LOVE. NOT ( Read more... )

I'm back from the second Tokyo trip. I am not dead, although I certainly felt that way for parts of it ( Read more... )

Tokyo Trafalgar initial ticket sales are mostly triangles, not circles, and all the weekends are sold out.

Gypsy Baron has a poster, four role names and a cast list (obviously everyone in Tsukigumi, plus Natori Rei ( Read more... )

...Huh. Well, based only on rumor and her dinner show title I would have put good money on Tom retiring at the end of the year, but... It looks like she's not appearing in Hoshigumi's next show after all? So much for that theory. ^_^;;;

Still, argh. Takarazuka would put on a full-length buyou show right after I leave ( Read more... )

It's become my hobby to check, so...

Mizu & Mika's retirement show is selling a little better than previous performances, but not by a whole lot. Nothing like Last Play.

Still, it beats Trafalgar's maru-maru-maru state of sales ( Read more... )