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Takarazuka Revue Show To Stream With Multi-Language Subtitles
In a move delighting international fans, the all-female Takarazuka Revue theater group will stream a show subtitled in multiple languages.
By Kay Benton
The Takarazuka Revue will be making one of its productions available via streaming to an international audience.
Takarazuka is a Japan-based all-female theater troupe. The streaming announcement delighted global Takarazuka fans, who have found it hard to experience the troupe’s shows outside of Japan. Many hope that this will not be a one-off occasion and that the trouple will air more international subtitled streams.
My Name is Bond
The online streaming service Beyond LIVE will host the stream on June 11, 2023 at 1:30 PM Japanese Standard Time / 12:30 AM Eastern Standard Time / 4:30 AM Greenwich Mean Time. A second, non-live, Re-Streaming Event will occur on June 26, 2023 at 4:00 AM JST / 3:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM GMT.
A digital ticket for the live-streaming event costs $27 USD. Subtitles will be available in English, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Thai.
The production chosen to stream is the Cosmos Troupe (Soragumi)’s performance of Casino Royale — My Name Is Bond, a Takarazuka original show inspired by the internationally popular James Bond book and film series. The troupe will stream from the Takarazuka Theater in Tokyo.
This will be the Cosmos Troupe’s final performance of Casino Royale before the show’s closure. Due to copyright reasons, the after-show or “Sayonara Show,” a special presentation during which the Takarazuka troupe thanks their audience for attending, will not be streamed.
Longtime Takarazuka collaborator Koike Shuichiro wrote and directed Casino Royale -My Name Is Bond-. It draws inspiration from several James Bond stories, primarily the titular Casino Royale. It stars current Cosmos Troupe top star Makaze Suzuho as James Bond. Casino Royale is Mazake’s last show…
