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July 13–31, 2016

This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.

Support provided by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, MitsubishiCorporation (Americas), J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York,and MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group).

Public support for Festival 2016 is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts.

July 20–24 David H. Koch Theater

TAKARAZUKA in

CHICAGO

Lincoln Center Festival lead support is provided by American Express

Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Bob FosseBased on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins

Starring

Lyrics byFred Ebb

Music byJohn Kander

Book byFred Ebb & Bob Fosse

Saori MineYoka WaoHikaru Asami

Saki AsajiWataru Kozuki

Asato ShizukiNatsuki MizuYuga Yamato

Resident Supervising Music DirectorSatoshi Uegaki

Resident Dance SupervisorKenya Osumi

Resident DirectorNoriko Kawai

Scenic DesignJohn Lee Beatty

Costume DesignWilliam Ivey Long

Lighting DesignKen Billington

Supervising Music DirectorRob Fisher

Based on the presentation by City Center’s Encores!SM

Produced by Umeda Arts Theater Co., Ltd., Kyodo Tokyo, Inc., & Tokyo Broadcasting SystemIn association with Barry & Fran Weissler

Executive Producer for Kyodo Tokyo, Inc. Ronnie Lee

Choreographer Original New York ProductionAnn Reinking

in the style of Bob Fosse

Director Original New York ProductionWalter Bobbie

Re-creation of Original Production Choreography byGary Chryst

Re-creation of Original Production Direction byDavid Hyslop

Dance Music ArrangementsPeter Howard

Script AdaptationDavid Thompson

OrchestrationsRalph Burns

LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2016 TAKARAZUKA in CHICAGO

Also StarringJun Hatsukaze Keaki Mori

Chihiro IsonoT. Okamoto

Yuri Hoshina Yuki Aono

Haruki Suzu Kai Makise Sora Manami Shun Yuzumi Kazusa Tsukio�Kazuki Misho Yuki Kaon Maito Komi Izumi Maki Sei HayamiNodoka Maishiro Yuri Otohana Kirari Kayo Yuma Hanazuki

Mariya Kitori Moe Urara

TAKARAZUKA ENCORE

Music DirectorYuko Yoshida

Music ArrangementsShinichi Kuratomi and Kazuhiro Takeuchi

Set DesignYoko Kunikane

Lighting DesignNobuo Koritani

Costume DesignJun Arimura

ChoreographerKoji Aoyama

DirectorAkio Miki

Performed in Japanese with English supertitles

Approximate performance time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission


The all-female Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1913 by Kobayashi Ichizo, an innovativeindustrialist who six years earlier had established what is today the transnational HankyuHanshin Holdings, Inc. When a public swimming pool complex he built in Takarazuka, thena hot springs resort 15 miles west of Osaka, failed to attract users, Kobayashi turned the facility into an opulent theater. The savvy impresario believed that an all-female revue would become a commercially viable alternative to the 400 year-old all-male Kabukitheater—and he was right.

Kobayashi recruited teenage girls who, after nine months of training in the performingarts, debuted in 1914 as the first Takarasiennes in a play based on the folktale Momotaro�(Peach Boy), about a heroic boy born from a peach. Today, with two huge theaters inTakarazuka and Tokyo, and regularly scheduled regional and international tours, not tomention television and radio broadcasts, the Revue remains one of the most widely rec-ognized and watched of the “theaters for the masses” that were created in the early 20thcentury. For most of its history, Takarazuka, billed as “wholesome family entertainment,”attracted fans of both sexes; today, mainly women of all ages fill the auditoriums.

Kobayashi hired talented playwrights and musicians who created many original produc-tions, such as Japan’s first Parisian-style revue, Mon Paris (1927), a panoramic voyagefrom Asia to Europe via the Middle East. Takarazuka productions range from Japanese his-torical dramas, such as the Tale of Genji, to comic book-based dramas, such as theRevue’s trademark The Rose of Versailles, to American musicals, such as West Side Storyand Oklahoma! In the ’30s and ’40s, the Revue’s repertoire included propaganda playsand dramas set in “exotic” locales within the Japanese empire.

When Kobayashi founded the Revue, stage acting was regarded as something only loosewomen did. By establishing a performing arts school (with the motto “Purity, Honesty,Beauty”) he helped to transform acting into a respectable profession for women. Since1919, all Revue actors must graduate from the two-year Takarazuka Music School. Theyremain among the best-trained musical theater performers in Japan. Many well-knownactresses graduated from the music school or retired from the Revue to pursue careersin show business.

The school, one of the most competitive in Japan, accepts about 40 teenagers each spring.Divided into deferential juniors and domineering seniors, the young women live in a dormi-tory and must conform to a strict and strenuous regimen of training, which for juniorsincludes the meticulous cleaning of the rehearsal room. They are also divided into otokoy-aku (players of men’s roles) and musumeyaku (players of women’s roles). The former tendto be taller and have more angular features, the latter shorter with rounder features. Theotokoyaku learn how to stride and adopt a wide stance, the musumeyaku to take mincingsteps. Once they graduate and join the Revue proper, their natural attributes are aug-mented by greasepaint and costume: men should have darker skin, thicker eyebrows, and

Takarazuka—A Historyby Jennifer Robertson

straighter shoulders, while women should have lighter skin, delicately arched eyebrows,and rounded shoulders. The femininity embodied and enacted by the musumeyaku servesas a foil for the masculinity of the otokoyaku.

From its debut over a century ago, the Takarazuka Revue has been in the business of sell-ing dreams—of romance, of mysterious lands, of luxurious lifestyles. In addition, manyfemale fans have said that they see the otokoyaku as a female unconstrained by a sexualand gendered division of labor, thus feeding an offstage dream of liberating self-sufficiency.

Jennifer Robertson is a Professor of Anthropology and History of Art at the University ofMichigan. Her book, Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan,was published by University of California Press.


The Cast(in order of appearance)

Velma Kelly (July 20, 21) ......................................................................................Yoka WaoVelma Kelly (July 23 evening, 24) ................................................................Wataru KozukiVelma Kelly (July 22, 23 matinee) ..................................................................Natsuki MizuRoxie Hart (July 20, 21, 23 evening, 24) ........................................................Hikaru AsamiRoxie Hart (July 22, 23 matinee) ....................................................................Yuga YamatoFred Casely ........................................................................................................ Yuki KaonSergeant Fogarty............................................................................................ Shun YuzumiAmos Hart .................................................................................................... Chihiro IsonoLiz........................................................................................................................Kirari KayoAnnie ..............................................................................................................Yuri OtohanaJune ............................................................................................................Yuma HanazukiHunyak ............................................................................................................Yuri HoshinaMona ........................................................................................................Nodoka MaishiroMatron “Mama” Morton (July 20, 22, 23 evening) ....................................Jun HatsukazeMatron “Mama” Morton (July 21, 23 matinee, 24) ..........................................Keaki MoriBilly Flynn (July 20, 21) ......................................................................................Saori MineBilly Flynn (July 22, 23 matinee............................................................................Saki AsajiBilly Flynn (July 23 evening, 24 ......................................................................Asato ShizukiMary Sunshine ..................................................................................................T. OkamotoGo-To-Hell Kitty ....................................................................................................Yuki AonoHarry ..............................................................................................................Kazusa TsukioDoctor ............................................................................................................Kazuki MishoAaron ..................................................................................................................Kai MakiseJudge ..............................................................................................................Shun YuzumiBailiff ................................................................................................................Haruki SuzuMartin Harrison.............................................................................................. Kazuki MishoCourt Clerk ........................................................................................................Haruki SuzuJury ................................................................................................................Sora Manami

THE SCENEChicago, Illinois. The late 1920s.

SWINGSFor Male Roles: Maito Komi, Izumi Maki, Sei Hayami

For Female Roles: Mariya Kitori, Moe Urara


Musical NumbersACT I

“All That Jazz” ....................................................................................Velma and Company“Funny Honey” ..........................................................................................................Roxie“Cell Block Tango” ..............................................................................Velma and the Girls“When You’re Good to Mama” ..............................................................................Matron“Tap Dance”....................................................................................Roxie, Amos and Boys“All I Care About” ........................................................................................Billy and Girls“A Little Bit of Good” ..................................................................................Mary Sunshine“We Both Reached for the Gun” ....................Billy, Roxie, Mary Sunshine and Company“Roxie” ......................................................................................................Roxie and Boys“I Can’t Do It Alone”..................................................................................................Velma“My Own Best Friend” ............................................................................Roxie and Velma

ACT IIEntr’acte ..............................................................................................................The Band“I Know a Girl” ..........................................................................................................Velma“Me and My Baby” ....................................................................................Roxie and Boys“Mister Cellophane” ..................................................................................................Amos“When Velma Takes the Stand” ................................................................Velma and Boys“Razzle Dazzle”......................................................................................Billy and Company“Class” ..................................................................................................Velma and Matron“Nowadays”..............................................................................................Roxie and Velma“Hot Honey Rag”......................................................................................Roxie and VelmaFinale ..................................................................................................................Company

Original Choreography for “Hot Honey Rag” by Bob Fosse

Orchestra Conducted by Hideo Hirata; Violin: Elizabeth Nielsen; Alto/SopranoSaxophones, Clarinet, Piccolo: Dan Block; Tenor/Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Piccolo:

Mark Lopeman; Saxophone: Ed Salkin; Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Tim Leopold; Trumpet: Dave Trigg; Trombones: Wayne Goodman, Ron Hay; Tuba, String Bass: Ernie Collins;

Mandolin, Ukulele, Banjo: Stephen Benson; Percussion: Yasuo Tan; Piano: Noritaka Tanaka; Piano/Accordion: Maki Matsuda.

TAKARAZUKA ENCORE“Hello Takarazuka!” ..............................................................................................Company“Mambo! No.5” .................................................................................................. Company“Mira Cat” ............................................................................................................Company “Solamente Una Vez” ......................................Saki Asaji, Natsuki Mizu and Yuga Yamato“El Tango de Roxanne” ..........Asato Shizuki, Wataru Kozuki, Yuri Hoshina and Yuki Aono “That’s Life” ................................................................................Keaki Mori and Company“Glory to Be Takarasiennes (Takarasienne ni Eiko Ale)” ...... Yoka Wao and Hikaru Asami“Takarazuka, Home in My Heart (Takarazuka,

Waga Kokoro no Furusato)” ....................................................Saori Mine and Company“Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht

(Sumire no Hana Sakukoro)”..............................................Jun Hatsukaze and Company


About Takarazuka RevueTakarazuka Revue was founded by IchizoKobayashi, founder of Hankyu Railways, inTakarazuka. The terminus of a railway linefrom Osaka, the city was already a destina-tion for tourists because of its hot springs,and Kobayashi wanted another attractionthat would bring more visitors to the city,boosting train ridership in the process.Takarazuka Revue is a female-only troupewhose first performance was in 1914. In1919 Kobayashi also established theTakarazuka Music and Opera School totrain Takarazuka Revue performers. Today,in addition to the original theater inTakarazuka, the company operates anothertheater in Tokyo, and annually performs formillions of fans throughout Japan.

About the Artists,Creative Team, andProducers

Saori Mine (Billy Flynn, July 20, 21) joinedTakarazuka Revue in 1972 and became amale-role top star of Star Troupe in TheMan from Algiers in 1983. Her notablecredits in Takarazuka include Yukariko andSorrowful Cordoba. She left in 1987, afterPortraits of Parting. She is currently anactress, singer, and classical Japanesedancer/choreographer for the Revue. Othercredits include Billy in Chicago: Takarazuka100th Anniv., Annie, and Les Misérables.She choreographed One Night of Stars andThe New Tale of Genji.

Saki Asaji (Billy Flynn, July 22, 23 matinee)joined Takarazuka Revue in 1983. After sheplayed Fersen and Andre in The Rose ofVersailles and Rhett Butler in Gone withthe Wind, she became a male-role top starof Star Troupe in A Map without Borders in1995. She also starred in Elisabeth andLove at Dal Lake. She left in 1998, after

Emperor/Hemingway Revue. Other creditsinclude Billy in Chicago: Takarazuka 100thAnniv., Zatoichi, and Cinderella.

Asato Shizuki (Billy Flynn, July 23evening, 24) joined Takarazuka Revue in1987 and became the first male-role topstar of Cosmos Troupe in 1998 in Excalibur.She starred in Elisabeth and Passion: Joseand Carmen before leaving in 2000, and iscurrently a vocalist and an actress appear-ing on TV and radio. Other credits includeBilly in Chicago: Takarazuka 100th Anniv.,Golden Songs, and Super Gift! She alsoproduced The Prayer.

Yoka Wao/TAKAKO (Velma Kelly, July 20,21) joined Takarazuka Revue in 1988 andbecame a male-role top star of CosmosTroupe in 2000. She won the Kikuta KazuoDrama Award in 2004 for Boxman. Shestarred in Rose of Versailles and Phantomand left in 2006, after Never Say Goodbye.She played Velma in Chicago (Japan pre-miere) in 2008 and in Chicago: Takarazuka100th Anniv. Other credits include Dracula,Dietrich, and Frank Wildhorn & Friends(Japan tour). She won the Osaka CinemaFestival Award for Best Actress (Chacha).

Wataru Kozuki (Velma Kelly, July 23evening, 24) became a male-role top star ofStar Troupe of Takarazuka Revue in A Songfor Kingdoms, winning the TheatricalAward of National Arts Festival in 2003.She left in 2006, after Too Short a Time toFall in Love. She played Velma in Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv. and National Tourin Japan. Other credits include DamnYankees, Calamity Jane, Silk Stockings,and Grand Hotel.

Natsuki Mizu (Velma Kelly, July 22, July 23matinee) joined Takarazuka Revue in 1993and became a male-role top star of SnowTroupe in 2007 (Hoshikage no Hito), whereshe starred in Elisabeth, La Mariposa, and


Passionate Barcelona. She left in 2010,after Roget. Other credits include Velma inChicago: Takarazuka 100th Anniv., Fiddleron the Roof, Love Chase, BGBB DanceLegend Vol.1, Argentango, and DanceSymphony.

Hikaru Asami (Roxie Hart, July 20, 21, 23evening, 24) joined Takarazuka Revue in1991 and became a male-role top star ofSnow Troupe in 2002, where she starred inThe Rose of Versailles before leaving in2006. Other credits include Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv., Kiss of the SpiderWoman, Elisabeth, Wait Until Dark, RomanHoliday, All My Sons, Bombay Dreams,and Message to Adolf.

Yuga Yamato (Roxie Hart, July 22, July 23matinee) joined Takarazuka Revue in 1995and became a male-role top star ofCosmos Troupe in 2007. She left in 2009,after Raindrops Fall On Roses, and is cur-rently an actress for theaters and televi-sion, a hostess for MET Live Viewing inJapan, and writes about opera. Other cred-its include Roxie in Chicago: Takarazuka100th Anniv., Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon,and Sistina Kabuki. She has written twobooks, Fashionable Paris and Journey withOpera & Sweets.

Jun Hatsukaze (Matron “Mama” Morton,July 20, 22, 23 evening), a female-role topstar of Star and Moon Troupes, joinedTakarazuka Revue in 1961, where sheappeared in Brilliant Holiday, Oklahoma!,and The Rose of Versailles before leavingin 1976. In 2000 she returned to the stagein Elisabeth. Other credits include Mortonin Chicago: Takarazuka 100th Anniv., Meand My Girl, Kiss of the Spider Woman,and A New Brain.

Keaki Mori (Matron “Mama” Morton, July21, 23 matinee, 24) joined TakarazukaRevue in 1979 and became a male-role top

star of Snow Troupe in 1988, where shestarred in The Great Gatsby and The Roseof Versailles. After she left in 1993, othercredits include Elisabeth, Cabaret, TheSound of Music, and Fiddler on the Roof.

Chihiro Isono (Amos Hart) was a male-rolemember of Takarazuka Revue from 1974 to2013, where she starred in Nova BossaNova, The Great Gatsby, Casablanca,Edward VIII, An Officer and a Gentleman,Kiss Me, Kate, and The Rose of Versailles.Other credits include Chicago: Takarazuka100th Anniv.

T. Okamoto (Mary Sunshine) is a“sopranista” who graduated from KunitachiCollege of Music and from ConservatoireFrancis Poulenc (as top graduate). Notablecredits include The Wiz and Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv.

Yuri Hoshina (Hunyak), a female-role topstar of Takarazuka’s Star Troupe from 1997to 2001, appeared in West Side Story, Gonewith the Wind, and The Rose of Versailles.Other credits include Cabaret, Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv., and Souvenir.

Yuki Aono (Go-To-Hell-Kitty), a female-roletop star of Takarazuka’s Moon Troupe from2010 to 2014, appeared in The ScarletPimpernel and Studio 54. Other creditsinclude Chicago: Takarazuka 100th Anniv.and Celebration 100! Takarazuka.

Haruki Suzu (Bailiff/Court Clerk), a male-role member of Takarazuka’s CosmosTroupe from 1997 to 2011, appeared inElisabeth and Singin’ in the Rain. Othercredits include La Vie and Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv.

Kai Makise (Aaron), a male-role member ofTakarazuka’s Snow Troupe from 1997 to2003, appeared in Anna Karenina andRomance de Paris. Other credits include


Dancin’ Crazy and Chicago: Takarazuka100th Anniv.

Sora Manami (Jury), a male-role memberof Takarazuka’s Snow Troupe from 2000 to 2010, appeared in Elisabeth andRoget/Rock On! Other credits includeDancin’ Crazy 2 and Chicago: Takarazuka100th Anniv.

Shun Yuzumi (Sergeant Fogarty/Judge), amale-role member of Takarazuka’s FlowerTroupe from 2002 to 2011, appeared inElisabeth and Phantom. Other creditsinclude Celebration 100! Takarazuka andChicago: Takarazuka 100th Anniv.

Kazusa Tsukio (Harry), a male-role mem-ber of Takarazuka’s Flower Troupe from2002 to 2014, appeared in TakarazukaDazzling Dreams. Other credits include LaVie and Super Gift!

Kazuki Misho (Doctor/Martin Harrison), amale-role member of Takarazuka’s MoonTroupe from 2003 to 2014, appeared inElisabeth and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Othercredits include Chicago: Takarazuka 100thAnniv. and Super Gift!

Yuki Kaon (Fred Casely), a male-role mem-ber of Takarazuka’s Snow Troupe from2003 to 2014, appeared in Elisabeth andFootloose. Other credits include Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv. and PrettyGuardian Sailor Moon.

Maito Komi (Swing), a male-role memberof Takarazuka’s Cosmos Troupe from 2004to 2011, appeared in Valentino. Other cred-its include Chicago: Takarazuka 100thAnniv. She trained at The Ailey School from2012 to 2013.

Izumi Maki (Swing), a male-role member ofTakarazuka’s Flower Troupe from 2007 to

2015, appeared in Phantom, Ocean’s 11,The Rose of Versailles, and Elisabeth. This isher first appearance since December 2015.

Sei Hayami (Swing), a male-role memberof Takarazuka’s Moon Troupe from 2008 to2014, appeared in Elisabeth, The ScarletPimpernel, and Roméo & Juliette. Sheteaches various genres of dance.

Nodoka Maishiro (Mona), a female-role ofTakarazuka’s Flower Troupe from 1998 to2008, appeared in Elisabeth and YoungBloods!! Other credits include Rudolf andChicago: Takarazuka 100th Anniv.

Yuri Otohana (Annie), a female-role mem-ber of Takarazuka’s Star Troupe from 2001to 2015, appeared in The Scarlet Pimperneland Roméo & Juliette. Other creditsinclude Super Gift! and Reon Jack.

Kirari Kayo (Liz), a female-role member ofTakarazuka’s Flower Troupe from 2002 to2015, appeared in Aoi Kuchizuke, Phan -tom, Fifty-Fifty, Nocturne, and Elisabeth.Other credits include Wana.

Yuma Hanazuki (June), a female-rolemember of Takarazuka’s Flower Troupefrom 2003 to 2011, appeared in Mai-Hime,Melancholic Gigolo, and Phantom. Othercredits include Super Gift!

Mariya Kitori (Swing), a female-role mem-ber of Takarazuka’s Star Troupe from 2005to 2012, appeared in Young Bloods!!, El Halcon—The Falcon, and Roméo &Juliette. Other credits include Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv.

Moe Urara (Swing), a female-role memberof Takarazuka’s Moon Troupe from 2005 to2009, appeared in Elisabeth and Me andMy Girl. Other credits include Chicago:Takarazuka 100th Anniv., and Super Gift!


John Kander & Fred Ebb (Music;Book/Lyrics) Broadway: Flora, the RedMenace; Cabaret (Tony Award); The HappyTime; Zorba; 70, Girls, 70; Chicago; TheAct; Woman of the Year (Tony Award, BestScore); The Rink; Kiss of the Spider Woman(Tony Award, Best Score); Steel Pier; andCurtains. Their collaboration also trans-ferred itself to movies and television asthey wrote original material for theAcademy Awards; Liza With a Z (EmmyAward); HBO’s Liza Minnelli’s Stepping Out(Emmy Award); Funny Lady (Oscar nomi-nated for “How Lucky Can You Get”);Lucky Lady; New York, New York; SteppingOut; and Chicago (Oscar nominated forBest Song). In the mid ’80s the song “NewYork, New York” became the officialanthem of New York City. Life goes on.

Bob Fosse (Book) First director in history towin Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards in oneyear (1973) for the film Cabaret, the musi-cal Pippin and the television special LizaWith a Z. He won the first of eight Tonys aschoreographer for The Pajama Game fol-lowed by directing and choreographingRedhead, Little Me, Sweet Charity (stageand film), Chicago, and Dancin’. Otherchoreography: Damn Yankees, New Girl inTown, How to Succeed…, Big Deal. Film:My Sister Eileen, The Pajama Game, DamnYankees. Director: Lenny (Oscar nom.), AllThat Jazz (Oscar nom.), Star 80.

Walter Bobbie (Director, Original NewYork production) won Tony, Drama Desk,and Outer Critics Circle awards for his pro-duction of the international hit Chicago,now the longest-running American musicalin Broadway history. Other NY creditsinclude Venus in Fur, The Landing, GoldenAge, The School for Lies, Irving Berlin’sWhite Christmas, The Submission, TheSavannah Disputation, New Jerusalem,High Fidelity, The Marriage of Bette andBoo, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century,

and Footloose, as well as Encores! produc-tions of Fiorello!; Tenderloin; Golden Boy;No, No, Nanette; and Zorba!, in addition tothe Carnegie Hall concerts of South Pacificand Carousel. Mr. Bobbie served as artisticdirector of City Center Encores! and on theExecutive Board of the Stage Directors andChoreographers Society.

Ann Reinking (Choreographer, OriginalNew York Production) 1997 Tony Award,Best Choreography for Chicago, as well asDrama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Astaire,and NY Drama Critics awards. Other creditsinclude director, co-choreographer for Fosse(1998 Tony Award for Best Musical); Tonynominations for her leading performances inDancin’ and Goodtime Charlie; recipient ofTheatre World, Clarence Derwent, andOuter Critics Circle awards for her work asMaggie in Over Here! Film credits: Movie,Movie; All That Jazz; Annie; Micki andMaude. Recent choreography: SuiteKander for Missouri State Ballet, Ritmo &Ruido for Ballet Hispanico, Legends forJoffrey Ballet of Chicago, The ThreepennyOpera for Williamstown Theatre Festival,Nilsson/Schmillson for Seattle’s SpectrumDance Theatre, Bye Bye Birdie for ABC-TV,national tour of the revival of Applause.She is the recipient of the Drama LeagueAward for Distinguished Achievement inMusical Theatre 1999, Musical Hall ofFame Award 1999, Dance Library of IsraelAward 1998, Distinguished Artist Award1998, School of American Ballet ArtisticAchievement Award 1997, National ArtClub Award for Service to the Arts 1995,and Governor’s Award-Ambassador of theArts for the State of Florida 1994.

David Hyslop (Re-creation of OriginalProduction Direction) has been affiliatedwith the Broadway production of Chicagosince 2005. One of his duties there hasbeen to rehearse dozens of new castmembers including Brandy, Huey Lewis,



Usher, Brian McKnight, John O’Hurley, LisaRinna, George Hamilton, and Sofia Vergara.He has over 20 Broadway credits as astage manager, including Priscilla, Queenof the Desert, La Cage, Democracy, 16Wounded, The Rocky Horror Show, TheBlue Room, Jekyll & Hyde, An IdealHusband, Grease!, and A Few Good Men.Resident theaters include seasons withPCPA/Solvang Theatrefest and with TheAmerican Conservatory Theatre in SanFrancisco. He has served as associatedirector for the U.S. Tour of Chicago since2012, as well as the U.S. Tours of PeterPan 360 and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Gary Chryst (Re-creation of OriginalProduction Choreography) staged theChicago choreography on every continentexcept Antarctica. In June 2016 Mr. Chrystappeared as the Tsar in the American pre-miere of Alexei Ratmansky’s The GoldenCockerel with American Ballet Theatre atthe Metropolitan Opera House. In 2013 JiriKylian created a work featuring Mr. Chryst,East Shadow, which has been seen in the-aters throughout the world. His stagingsinclude Michel Fokine’s Petrouchka for theMariinsky Theater, the National Ballet ofCanada, and American Ballet Theatre, andJerome Robbins’ NY Export: Opus Jazz forthe Juilliard School. He was co-choreographerof a new production of West Side Story inBrazil and choreographed a new Americanproduction of South Pacific, Nijinsky inJapan and numerous MTV videos. Mr.Chryst danced on Broadway in Guys andDolls, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, and A ChorusLine, and international tours of A ChorusLine and West Side Story. He had a notablecareer as a classical dancer with the JoffreyBallet and Nederlans Dans Theatre 3 and asa guest with the companies of Twyla Tharp,David Parsons, Lar Lubovitch, Eliot Feld,Jose Limon, and Nureyev and Friends,among others.

John Lee Beatty (Set Design) Broadway: ADelicate Balance, The Heiress, The SistersRosensweig, The Most Happy Fella, BurnThis, Penn & Teller, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Tally’sFolly, Fifth of July, Crimes of the Heart,Baby, and Anna Christie, among many oth-ers. Off-Broad way: Sylvia; The Cryptogram;The Destiny of Me; The Substance of Fire;The Road to Mecca; Song of Singapore;Lips Together, Teeth Apart; A Life in theTheatre; 20 seasons at MTC and Circle Rep.Major regional theaters, film, opera, andtelevision. Recipient of Tony, Obie, DramaDesk, and Outer Critics Circle awards.Graduate: Brown and Yale.

William Ivey Long (Costume Designer)For Kander and Ebb: Steel Pier, Cabaret(1998 and 2014 revivals), Curtains andChicago, now in its 20th year on Broadway.Other Broadway credits include On theTwentieth Century, Rodgers + Hammer -stein’s Cinderella, The Mystery of EdwinDrood, Grey Gardens, The Producers, TheBoy From Oz, Hairspray, Contact, Cabaret,The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun,Swing!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Crazy for You,Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol, LendMe a Tenor, Nine. Mr. Long has designed70 Broadway shows, been nominated for15 Tony Awards and won six times. Hewas inducted into the Theater Hall of Famein 2005 and was elected chairman of theAmerican Theatre Wing in June 2012.WilliamIveyLong.com

Ken Billington (Lighting Designer) Almost100 Broadway shows, including Chaplin;Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway; TheScottsboro Boys; [title of show]; WhiteChristmas; The Drowsy Chaperone;Footloose; Sweeney Todd; Sondheim onSondheim; Side by Side by Sondheim;Sunday in the Park with George (’08);Chicago (Tony Award); Annie (’97); Hello,Dolly! (’95); and Fiddler on the Roof (’76,’81, ’90). Tours include 9 to 5, High School

Musical, Annie. Other: Riverdance (lightingsupervisor), Radio City ChristmasSpectacular (’79–’06), Smash for NBC,SeaWorld Parks’ One Ocean and ShamuCelebration, Tavern on the Green (’14).Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics,Lumen, Ace.

Rob Fisher (Supervising Music Director)Original conductor and music director forChicago and its Grammy Award–winningcast album and supervisor of Chicago com-panies worldwide. Music director and con-ductor of City Center’s Tony Award–winningEncores! series since its inception in 1994.Other credits: Garrison Keillor’s radio broad-casts, concerts at Carnegie Hall, New YorkCity Opera, PBS, the White House, guestsymphony conductor, and more than 20recordings. Broadway/tour: 3 Penny Operastarring Sting, Me and My Girl, A History ofthe American Film, A Day in Hollywood/ANight in the Ukraine, Little Johnny Jones,Big River.

David Thompson (Script Adaptation)Projects include The Scottsboro Boys(London’s Critics’ Circle Award, EveningStandard Award, Tony and Drama DeskAward nominations), Steel Pier (Tony nom-ination), Thou Shalt Not. Off-Broadway:And the World Goes ’Round (Drama Deskand Outer Critics Circle Awards); Flora, theRed Menace (Drama Desk nomination). Mr.Thompson is a graduate of Northwestern’sMedill School of Journalism.

Akiko Miki (Director of Takarazuka Encore)recently directed and adapted Me and MyGirl for Flower Troupe of Takarazuka Revue.Joining Takarazuka Revue in 1971, hemade his debut as a director with OneMore Dream (Moon Troupe) at Bow Hall in1980. The same year, he directed FancyGame at Takarazuka Grand Theater. Othernotable credits include Barry Manilow’sCopacabana, Celebration 100! Takarazuka,Super Gift! from Takarazuka stars, and

more. He has also directed shows in NewYork, London, and Hong Kong.

Satoshi Uegaki (Resident SupervisingMusic Director) attended Hochschule fürMusik Berlin after graduating from TokyoUniversity of the Arts. As a guest conduc-tor, he has led various orchestras in Japan,and he has conducted most musicals ofthe Shiki Company from 1990 to 2012.Other music director/conductor creditsinclude Chicago, Dracula, Mitsuko, TheCount of Monte Cristo (Takarazuka), Chess,The Full Monty, The Mystery of EdwinDrood, Lady Bess, and Elisabeth (Toho).

Kenya Osumi (Resident Dance Supervisor)performed in Japan with the touring com-pany of Fosse in 2002. He played Fred inChicago’s Japan production in 2008 and2010 and served as assistant choreographerunder Gary Chryst. He also staged Takara -zuka 100th Anniv. Other credits includeSaturday Night Fever, Grand Hotel, Titanic,The Wedding Singer, Damn Yankees,Pippin, and Sister Act. He has also appearedin many television shows and films.

Noriko Kawai (Resident Director) has cred-its including The Addams Family, Big,Dames at Sea, Fantasticks, Godspell, TheGoodbye Girl, Grand Hotel, The King and I,Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Light in thePiazza, Merrily We Roll Along, Mikado,Nine, Pacific Overtures, Prelude to a Kiss,Silk Stockings, South Pacific, SweeneyTodd, Triumph of Love, and The Wiz. Shehas worked for the Siegfried & Roy produc-tion (directed by Joe Layton) and has a mas-ter’s degree from New York University.

Barry & Fran Weissler (Producers) Barryand Fran Weissler are the recipients ofseven Tony Awards: Othello starring JamesEarl Jones and Christopher Plummer,Fiddler on the Roof with Topol, Gypsy withTyne Daly, Annie Get Your Gun withBernadette Peters and Reba McEntire, the


2010 revival of La Cage aux Folles withKelsey Grammer, the 2013 revival of Pippin(currently on tour), and Chicago, thelongest-running American musical on bothBroadway and the West End. OtherBroadway credits include FindingNeverland, Zorba, My One & Only,Falsettos, Grease, Seussical, WonderfulTown, Sweet Charity, and The ScottsboroBoys. Most recently, the Weisslers pro-duced Waitress, the musical adaptation ofAdrienne Shelly’s independent film directedby Diane Paulus with an original score bySara Bareilles, starring Jessie Mueller.

City Center’s Encores! Great American Musicals in ConcertCity Center, a not-for-profit theater foundedin 1943 as Manhattan’s first performingarts center, is home to many of America’sleading dance companies, education pro-grams, and popular engagements. Theaward-winning series Encores! was cre-ated in 1994 to revisit rarely heard scores,of which Chicago is one.

Kyodo Tokyo (Producer) has been Japan’smost innovative promoter/producer of the-ater, concerts, performing arts, and liveevents since 1950. Recent Broadway cred-its include Pippin (Tony Award), SomethingRotten!, Wolf Hall. Concerts include TheBeatles (1966), Paul McCartney, The RollingStones, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, andCyndi Lauper. Theatrical credits in Japaninclude Chicago, Blast, Rent, Jersey Boys,Movin’ Out, Fosse, Full Monty, FuerzaBruta, De La Guarda, and more.

President and Executive Producer YoshitoYamazakiProducers Satoko Kawaike, KazukiTakato, Ruka Katsuta

Umeda Arts Theater (Producer), a theatri-cal producer that owns and operates twotheaters in Osaka, is a group company of

Takarazuka Revue Company that provideslive entertainment worldwide, such as the-ater, musicals, and more. In 2015 the com-pany produced the world premiere ofPrince of Broadway, an autobiographicalmusical of legendary Broadway directorHarold Prince, staged by Prince himselfand Susan Stroman.

President and Executive Producer JunichiOtsukaProducers Katsutoshi Takayama, TakashiArao, Mai Takahashi

Tokyo Broadcasting System (Producer) isone of the major television networks inJapan. In addition, TBS has expanded andtaken a large role in production of musicals,dramas, operas, ballets, and concerts inJapan. Production credits include Rent,Chicago, West Side Story, A Chorus Line,Dreamgirls, War Horse, and more. TBSowns and operates the prominent AkasakaACT Theater and Akasaka BLITZ in Tokyo.

President and Executive Producer NaokoYoshida, Jin YokoiProducers Kumi Shiraishi, Mayu Myoga

Ronnie Lee (Executive Producer for KyodoTokyo, Inc.), who began his performingcareer at age ten, appeared in severalBroadway shows, including the originalproduction of West Side Story. He foundedGroup Sales Box Office, the largest whole-sale theatre ticket service in the U.S., in1960, and produced three plays onBroadway and six musicals on the WestEnd, including the first revivals of SouthPacific and The King and I. He first collabo-rated with Kyodo Tokyo in 1988 as thecompany’s exclusive associate for theimportation of stage productions from theU.S. and the U.K., in addition to produc-tions from Cuba, Argentina, Australia, andSouth Africa.


Staff for Takarazuka ChicagoProduction Electrician Naoshi SoejimaHead Electrician Yoshiyuki HashimotoAssistant Electrician Naoko KaiharaProduction Sound Koichi YamamotoHead Sound Natsuko MiyawakiAssistant Sound Makiko Tsutsumi,Toshiaki NoguchiWardrobe Yayoi Miki, Mikiko Nagayama,Noriko Sakurai, Saori KakehiHair and Make-up Supervisor Emi TanakaHair and Make-up Assistant Kumi Kimura,Sachiko TakahashiProduction Stage Manager ToshikoTakiharaAssociate Production Stage Manager TaroEnokiAssistant Stage Manager HiroakiMasaoka, Yosuke MikamiProduction Manager Kumi OdairaProduction Interpreter Nao SuzukiCompany Manager Masashi MikameAssistant Company Manager NorikoSugigami

Staff for ChicagoJapanese Translation Keiko TsunedaJapanese Lyrics Yukinojo MoriAssociate Resident Supervising Music Director Hideo Hirata

Associate Resident Dance SupervisorsNaoki Kamiya, Rena Hasaya, YukiMorizaneVocal Coach Hiroshi KanazawaSubtitles Yumiko YokooMusic Preparation Keisuke Shimizu,Yukina Miyagi

Staff for Takarazuka EncoreAssociate Dance Supervisor YukiMorizaneStage Set and Stage Costume CoordinationTakarazuka Stage Co., Ltd.Project Cooperation Takarazuka RevueCompany

Chicago WorldwideExecutive Producer Alecia ParkerInternational Manager Nina SkriloffHead of Business Affairs Daniel M. PosenerV.P. of Marketing Billy ZavelsonDirector of Marketing Ken SperrWorldwide Art Direction SpotcoAssociate Costume Designer DonaldSandersAssociate Lighting Designer John DemousMusic Preparation Chelsea Music Services, Inc. Donald Oliver


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