Was watching “Dream Boy” just now. This is the only DVD I brought over to my bf’s house, and I took it that day only because it was performed at Imperial Theatre! It’s been a long while and… awww, I could just rewatch some of these parts over and over again — the red coat and jeans, the circus part (hilarious!), the scene where he strummed the guitar and sang (awwww~~)… For Show Time, I especially love “Negai” ♥ And the interview~ Kakkoii!! I was hypnotized yet again by the closeups LOL!
While I was watching, so many things went through my mind… so many questions too… Imperial Theatre looks bigger than Shimbashi Theatre, but the DVD can be deceiving. Does anyone know its exact seating capacity? There seem to be only 2 floors, so where do the A-seats start?
Will Takizawa Revolution have a female lead, since the tagline is about “revolution of love between woman and man”? Logically, there should be one desho, unless erm… Takki plays the female role via kabuki? LOL! Will there be any kiss scenes? What kind of reaction will fans have? LOL…
Makoto, the female lead who acted the boxer’s wife in Dream Boy, was an actress from Takarazuka Revue. Earlier this month, Takki was spotted watching one of their butais, “The Scarlet Pimpernel”. At that time, we were wondering why he was there. Now I’m thinking… maybe he was there for Takizawa Revolution. Maybe the female role will be one of the leads from that play? Or maybe I’m just thinking too much lol…
Ooh, and Takki just updated Takiren! Seems like Takizawa Revolution is even harder than Enbujo!! But it’s Takki, so it’ll be OK ^^ I think he wrote about Kokuchisezu as well~ Fans are saying he wrote a lot ~~ :D
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Mich,
I think the Shimbashi Enbujou has 1428 seats while the Imperial has 1917 seats, 1229 on the floor (1F) and 688 in the balcony (2F). Only the last 4-5 rows in the balcony are the A seats. All the rest are the S seats.
It doesn’t seem too large though. We sat in the 4th row of the balcony for Dream Boys this year and they were excellent seats, with Kame spinning right in front of us.
The front of house though is a HUGE space, very cavernous compared to all the other little theatres the boys play. Plenty of room for merchandise, food, theatre paraphernalia (you can buy all the industry mags there) there was even a display of all the Dream Boy productions in past years with theatre props, etc.
I have a seating plan from the last Dream Boys that I saved off. If you’re interested,I can send it to you.
And fortunately all the theatres (Enbujou, Nissay and Imperial) are all within walking distance of each other. It’s like Tokyo’s Broadway or West End.
I have as many questions as you have, Mich. I would prefer, I think, that Takki play his onnagata part in the first half, since it is the traditional one, it seems more appropriate. And then, onnagatas can hardly be called revolutionary…But???
I was re-watching “Dream Boy” also, which I am fond of, and had the same question about the number of seats, which Kaz has just answered.
I want to weep when I think that once again, I will miss Takki’s show, and in such a nice theatre too!
kaz~ thanks for all the details!! i got ur email! u’ll hear from me soon hehe… arigato gozaimasu m(_ _)m
simone~ lol! yea, same question… onnagata part can fit in act 1, but for act 2? lol… though i wish, if there’s an enbujo next yr (if kakumei isn’t an enbujo in disguise lol), then i would rather kabuki be done in shimbashi, with a proper hanamichi & “feel” :)