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Tokyo Musical Experiences in July, 2024: Schedule, Tickets, Theatre and More

Want a great musical experiences in Tokyo? Here is the list of Tokyo musicals for July 2024! Performance schedules, ticket information, and theater information are listed by production.

This list is updated regularly. It is organized by types of shows.

Broadway Musicals

These are Broadway musicals that will be performed in Japanese.

“FROZEN” (ミュージカル『アナと雪の女王』)

Shiki Theatre Company

Based on the 2013 animated feature film, the Disney musical “FROZEN” premiered on Broadway in March 2018. In 2020, Shiki Theatre Company and Disney will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their partnership. What is true love to save the frozen world – the story of two sisters bound by a bond will once again bring love and inspiration to Japan.
Story

Elsa and Anna, the young princesses of the Kingdom of Arendelle, are two very close sisters.
One night, Elsa, who has the magical power to manipulate snow and ice, accidentally casts a spell on her sister Anna’s head. To save Anna, who is now as cold as ice, the queen summons the “Hidden Ones.” Their chief, Pabbie, removes the spell placed on Anna and her memory of it.
Elsa, terrified of her power, begs Pabbie to remove the magic, but he tells her that it is part of her and cannot be removed.

Information
Tickets

“Aladdin” (ミュージカル『アラジン』)

Shiki Theatre Company

The Broadway production of “Aladdin” has been one of the top-ranked shows since its opening in March 2014, and it is a hit musical that lives up to its name with overwhelming support from modern audiences. The stage version of “Aladdin” has been carefully crafted to enhance the original animated film by carefully portraying the characters, their emotions, and their relationships with each other. This makes the story a human drama with even more depth.
Story

Agrabah is a mysterious and enchanting city surrounded by desert.
In the downtown area, there was a young man named Aladdin. To make ends meet, he and his friends repeatedly steal from the marketplace and are chased by the guards. However, he yearns for his mother, who has just passed away and vows to become a decent person someday.
Meanwhile, Jasmine, the princess of the Kingdom of Agrabah, feels the strain of life in the royal palace. The king urges her to get married, but she is bound by law and can only marry someone with the rank of “prince.” As an intelligent and independent woman, she finds this unbearable. She longs with all her heart to be free, so she finally escapes from the royal palace and goes down to the city.

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Long-running show
  • THEATRE:
    Dentsu Shiki Theatre UMI
  • WEBSITE:
    “Aladdin” (written in English)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    shows until Tuesday, December 31, 2024 are now on sale.
Tickets
  • BOX OFFICE:
    Dentsu Shiki Theatre UMI
  • ONLINE:
    SHIKI ONLINE (written in English)

“The Beauty and the Beast” (ミュージカル『美女と野獣』)

Shiki Theatre Company

The Disney musical “Beauty and the Beast” is being staged at the Maihama Amphitheater in the Tokyo Disney Resort (R) for a long run starting in October 2022. Oriental Land Co., Ltd operates the Maihama Amphitheater.

The theater where “The Beauty and the Beast” will be performed is not in Tokyo but in Maihama, Chiba. Maihama is accessible from Tokyo Station.

Story

Once upon a time, a young and beautiful prince lived in a shining castle in a land. The prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. One cold night, a shabby older woman came to the castle and begged for lodging in exchange for a single rose. The prince turns away the older woman, who tells him not to judge people by their appearance. Still, just as he tries to get rid of her again, she transforms into a sorceress, turning the prince into a hideous beast and the servants into things. She says, “Before the roses fall, the prince will die. If the prince does not love and be loved before the rose falls, the spell will never be broken, and he will never be human again.
One day, Belle, a beautiful and intelligent girl from a nearby village, wanders into the castle. The servants entertain her, offering her a chance to break the spell. Meanwhile, the Beast gradually falls in love with Belle. Still, he is troubled by his inability to express his love and suffers from the shame of his hideous appearance.
Belle escapes from the castle and is surrounded by a pack of wolves in the forest. Just as she is about to flee, a wild beast rushes in and saves her. Belle returns to the castle and tends to the wounded Beast.
The two realize each other’s kindness and gradually begin to feel each other’s heart. However, the roses are falling day by day, and the Beast is in danger. Will the day ever come when they will love and be loved, and the spell will be broken?

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Long-running show
  • THEATRE:
    MAIHAMA AMPHITHEATER
  • WEBSITE:
    “The Beauty and the Beast” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    shows until Wednesday, July 31, 2024 are now on sale.
Tickets
  • BOX OFFICE:
    MAIHAMA AMPHITHEATER
  • ONLINE:
    SHIKI ONLINE (written in English)

“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” (『ムーラン・ルージュ! ザ・ミュージカル』)

Toho

“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” is a revolutionary musical that transports audiences into a dazzling world, enhanced by director Baz Luhrmann’s glittering vision of the visual arts and directed by Alex Timbers.
Story

Paris, 1899.
The beauty of decadence, the incomparable luxury of the shows, the world of bohemians, aristocrats, playboys, and hoodlums.
Satine, the star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub, and Christian, an American composer, meet at the Moulin Rouge and fall madly in love.
However, Satine’s patron, Harold Zidler, the club’s owner and promoter, has a problem.
The Duke (Duke of Monroth), a wealthy aristocrat, tears them apart.
The Duke believed that everything he wanted, even Satine, could be bought with money.
Christian, who loves Satine, tries to win her heart by putting on a glamorous musical show with his bohemian friends (Toulouse-Lautrec, a day-living but talented painter, and Santiago, the best tango dancer in Paris) and saving Moulin Rouge from a disaster. The story is about a young girl who tries to win the heart of Satine by putting on a glamorous musical show with Toulouse-Lautrec and Santiago, the best tango dancer in Paris.

Information
Tickets
  • TELEPHONE:
    +81-3-3201-7777 (available from Sunday, February 18, 2024)
  • ONLINE:
    TOHO NAVI (written in Japanese)
    PIA (written in Japanese)
    e+ (written in Japanese)
    LAWSON TICKET (written in Japanese)
    CN Play Guide (written in Japanese)
    TicketMe (written in Japanese)
  • CONCENIENCE STORE:
    LAWSON, Mini Stop: Use “Loppi” to search the show. L-code is “34086.”

“Lisa and Lottie” (ミュージカル『ふたりのロッテ』)

Shiki Theatre Company

２人のロッテ
The German novelist Erich Kästner’s “Lisa and Lottie” (Das doppelte Lottchen) is a world-class masterpiece. It is also popular in movies and animated films. The Shiki Theatre Company has staged this highly popular family musical for the first time in about ten years.
Story

Lotte, a quiet girl from Munich, Germany, and Louise, a tomboy from Vienna, Austria, are surprised to see each other at a summer school! They are as alike as if they were looking in a mirror. They were two sisters who had been separated as babies due to their parents’ circumstances.
When they realize this, they decide to make a plan so that they can live together with their mother and father again. The sisters, who look the same but have opposite personalities and skills, courageously take on the challenge. Will their wish come true?

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, August 25
  • THEATRE:
    JIYU Theatre
  • WEBSITE:
    “Lisa and Lottie” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    from Sunday, April 28, 2024 10:00 AM (JST) –
Tickets

“PETER PAN” (ミュージカル『ピーター・パン』)

Horipro

This year marks the 44th anniversary of “Peter Pan” since the first Peter Pan by Ikue Sakakibara descended in 1981.
It is a fun and slightly sad story of Peter Pan, who wants to remain a child forever, and the children who grow up in the adventures of Neverland. The show features memorable and beautiful music, dynamic dancing, decisive action, and Peter’s giant flying over the audience! Why don’t you create beautiful memories with “Peter Pan,” a show full of attractions for children and adults?
Story

One night, the fairy tale Peter Pan appears to Wendy, a young girl living in the suburbs of London, along with the fairy Tinker Bell. Wendy, her brother Michael, and John are sprinkled with magic dust that allows them to fly, and they travel to Neverland, where they can remain children forever.

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS
    Wednesday, July 24 – Friday, August 2
  • THEATRE
    Tokyo International Forum Hall C
  • WEBSITE
    “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE
    Saturday, May 4
Tickets
  • TELEPHONE:
    +81-3-3490-4949 (HORIPRO TICKET CENTER, Monday – Friday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
  • ONLINE:
    HORIPRO STAGE (written in Japanese)

“The Phantom of the Opera” (ミュージカル『オペラ座の怪人』)

Shiki Theatre Company

Based on the novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece musical “The Phantom of the Opera” depicts the tragic love between the “Phantom” who lives deep underground in the Paris Opera House and the young diva Christine. Shiki Theatre Company will present the production in Yokohama for the first time in about seven years since 2017.

The theater where “The Phantom of the Opera” will be performed is not in Tokyo but in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Yokohama is accessible from Tokyo Station.

Story

Onstage at the Paris Opera House in 1905. The property of the opera house is being auctioned off. An older man in a wheelchair stops to look at one of the items, a music box.
Half a century ago, on the stage of the Paris Opera House, a rehearsal for the opera “Hannibal” was underway.
However, outside the splendor of the stage, a series of mysterious incidents are taking place that are believed to be the work of the “Phantom of the Opera. The prima donna Carlotta, annoyed at the manager’s lack of action, announces that she will not perform in the opera.

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Tuesday, April 23 – Sunday, August 11
  • THEATRE:
    KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater
  • WEBSITE:
    “The Phantom of the Opera” (written in English)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    now on sale
Tickets
  • BOX OFFICE:
    KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater
  • TELEPHONE:
    +81-570-015-415 (10:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
  • ONLINE:
    SHIKI ONLINE (written in Japanese)

“Thoroughly Modern Millie” (ミュージカル『モダン・ミリー』)

Toho

Based on the highly acclaimed 1967 musical film “Modern Millie,” in which Julie Andrews played Millie. Almost 30 years after the film’s release, the Broadway version, with almost entirely new songs, became a high-quality musical. Manato Asaka (Instagram: asaka_manato_official) attracted a large audience in Japan, and it is now scheduled to be performed again in July 2024.
Story

New York City in the 1920s. Millie has come from the countryside to become a modern girl under the motto, “What’s more important than romance is reason! She becomes friends with Dorothy, whom she meets at a boarding house, and Jimmy, whom she meets repeatedly by chance. She also makes a fierce approach to Graydon, the president of a company where she has a job with the aim of getting a golden opportunity. She attends a party given by Mazie, a world-famous singer. They enjoy their new life.
Then, Dorothy goes missing! When Millie and her friends find out that Mrs. Mears, the landlady of the boarding house, has been kidnapping the women who come to the boarding house and have no relatives, they decide on a plan to rescue Dorothy!
What will be the fate of Millie and her friends? And what is the most essential thing that Millie has found?

Information
Tickets
  • TELEPHONE:
    +81-3-3201-7777 (available from Sunday, February 18, 2024)
  • ONLINE:
    TOHO NAVI (written in Japanese)
    PIA (written in Japanese)
    e+ (written in Japanese)
    LAWSON TICKET (written in Japanese)
    CN Play Guide (written in Japanese)
    7 TICKET (written in Japanese)
  • CONCENIENCE STORE:
    LAWSON, Mini Stop: Use “Loppi” to search the show. L-code is “35615.”

West End Musicals

These are West End musicals that will be performed in Japanese.

“BILLY ELLIOT” (ミュージカル『ビリー・エリオット　～リトル・ダンサー～』)

Horipro

“BILLY ELLIOT” is a film about a boy and the adults surrounding him in a coal-mining town in northern England during the recession. Following the film, the musical version will be directed by master director Stephen Daldry. In Japan, it premiered in 2017 and will be performed again in 2020, and will run from July to November 2024!
Story

1984, a coal mining town in northern England. Billy, a young boy learning boxing, becomes interested in a ballet class that has moved into the boxing class hall. Then, he jumps into a lesson on a whim and is hooked.

Information
Tickets
  • TELEPHONE:
    +81-3-3490-4949 (HORIPRO TICKET CENTER, Monday – Friday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
  • ONLINE:
    HORIPRO STAGE (written in Japanese)

Japanese Original Musicals

Coming soon…

Musicals Based on Manga and Anime

These are the musicals based on Japanese manga and anime.

Goast and Lady” (ミュージカル『ゴースト＆レディ』)

Shiki Theatre Company

The Shiki Theatre Company is adapting Kazuhiro Fujita’s medium-length comic book “The Ghost and the Lady (The Black Museum)” into a musical. The production is directed by Scott Schwartz, who also directed the musical “The Bells of Notre Dame.”
Story

The time is the 19th century. The setting is England.
The famous theater ghost, Gray, appears at the Drury Lane Theater. He is a former dueling agent who loves the theater and lost his life in a betrayal.
A young lady visits Gray and begs him to kill her. She is Flo, who has a strong sense of mission in nursing but has almost lost the meaning of life due to her family’s contempt and opposition to her profession. Gray refuses at first but accepts her wish on the condition that he will kill her if she falls to the depths of despair.
The thought of death makes Flo determined to stick to her beliefs, and she and Gray are sent to a field hospital in the Crimea. The two gradually begin to feel a bond between them. Still, what awaits them there is an impoverished environment and the presence of a military doctor who plans to kill Flo, who is working hard to reform the hospital. And a particular ghost, just like Gray, is standing right beside them…

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Monday, May 6, 2024 (national holiday) – Monday, November 11, 2024
  • THEATRE:
    The Shiki Theatre, AKI
  • WEBSITE:
    “Goast and Lady” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    from Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:00 AM (JST) –
Tickets

2.5 Demensional Musicals

Coming soon…

Takarazuka Musicals

Coming soon…

Other Musicals

These are Japanese versions of foreign musicals.

“GIRLFRIEND” (ミュージカル『GIRLFRIEND』)

Matthew Sweet is an American singer-songwriter who shined brightest in the “power pop” scene of the 90’s. His CD album “GIRLFRIEND,” released in 1991, was highly acclaimed for its sweet, sad melodies and powerful sound that tickled young girls’ hearts. The album was highly acclaimed as one of the most popular albums of the 1990s for its melodies and powerful sound.
Story

Will is having trouble adjusting to school in a small town in rural Nebraska. Mike is on the baseball team, athletic, and popular with his friends.
Mike has already decided to leave Nebraska for college. Will, however, needs help seeing what he wants to do.
The two had never been in contact, but they began interacting through a mix tape that Mike gave Will at his high school graduation.
Will’s parents are divorced, and he has a single mother, while his father’s pressure determines Mike’s career path.
As they spend time together, they both realize that they can be themselves when they are alone, and they grow closer.
Just before Mike leaves for Lincoln to attend college, Will writes a letter to Mike but is discovered by a baseball team member.
Distraught, Will distances himself from Mike, but their fates are connected through music.

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Friday, June 14 – Wednesday, July 3
  • THEATRE:
    Theatre Creation
  • WEBSITE:
    “GIRLFRIEND” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    from Saturday, April 6
Tickets
  • TELEPHONE:
    +81-3-3201-7777 (available from Sunday, February 18, 2024)
  • ONLINE:
    TOHO NAVI (written in Japanese)
    PIA (written in Japanese)
    e+ (written in Japanese)
    LAWSON TICKET (written in Japanese)
    CN Play Guide (written in Japanese)
    7 TICKET (written in Japanese)
  • CONCENIENCE STORE:
    LAWSON, Mini Stop: Use “Loppi” to search the show. L-code is “34856.”
    Seven Eleven: Use “Seven-Eleven Multicopy” to search the show. P-code is “105-496.”

Non-Musical Shows

These are non-musicals but you might want to watch in Tokyo.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” (舞台『ハリー・ポッターと呪いの子』)

Horipro

The stage play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which has thrilled fans and won theater awards worldwide, finally opens with an original Japanese cast. The play is an original story created by J.K. Rowling (X: @jk_rowling), the author of the “Harry Potter” series. It is the eighth story in the series and the first time a new Harry Potter story has been depicted using the “stage” method.
Story

Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, a series of unsettling events reminiscent of the dark days of yore are upsetting people.
Harry Potter, who works for the Ministry of Magic, is now the father of three children. His second son, Albus, who will enter Hogwarts this year, rebels against his father as if to contradict his destiny of being born into a family of heroes. Harry’s parents died when he was very young, and he has not been able to act well as a father and has not been able to repair their relationship.
Harry and Albus are now amid an eerie intertwining of past and present, and a new dark shadow looms over them. Can Harry and Albus stop the darkness from taking over?

Information
Tickets