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

Want a great musical experiences in Tokyo? Here is the list of Tokyo musicals for November 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.

“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)

West End Musicals

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

“Les Misérables” (ミュージカル『レ・ミゼラブル』)

Toho

Whether the show will begin in November has not yet been determined.

Based on his own experiences, the master of French literature, Victor Hugo, wrote an epic novel set in France’s turbulent period of the early 19th century, which clearly depicts the social conditions and the lives of the people of that time. The musical, which fully captures the essence of the original story, including “ignorance and poverty,” “love and faith,” “revolution and justice,” and “pride and dignity,” was first performed in London in 1985 and premiered in Japan at the Imperial Theatre in June 1987.
Story

Jean Valjean, who spent 19 years in prison for stealing a slice of bread due to poverty, is released from prison with a hatred for society. He finds lodging for the night in a church and steals a silver candlestick. However, when he is caught, Bishop Mirière tells him that it was given to him.
This awakens Jean Valjean’s conscience, and he changes his name and becomes the mayor of a town. However, Inspector Javert, who has been assigned to the town, has doubts about Jean Valjean’s identity and pursues him relentlessly.
Jean Valjean adopts Cosette, the daughter of a poor prostitute, and disappears from Javert’s life.
Jean Valjean is reunited with Cosette, who has grown up in a convent in Paris, and enjoys a brief moment of peace. However, he loses his life defending Cossette’s fiancée, Marijus, from a bullet fired by Javert, who has followed him.

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    2024 – 2025 (Details to be announced)
  • THEATRE:
    Imperial Theatre
  • WEBSITE:
    “Les Misérables” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    (Details to be announced)
Tickets

(Details to be announced)

Japanese Original Musicals

These are Japanese original musicals that are not based on manga or anime.

“SONGWRITERS” (ミュージカル『ソング・ライターズ』)

Toho

In the fall of 2013, “SONGWRITERS,” a full-fledged original musical by Yukinojo Mori, one of Japan’s leading lyricists, and Goro Kishitani, a famous and talented actor and acclaimed director, premiered at the Theater Creative. The revival of the show has been long awaited, and now, after almost 10 years, it has come to fruition.
Story

1976, America. Two childhood friends, overconfident lyricist Eddie Lake and timid composer Peter Fox, hope their musical will be performed on Broadway and succeed. I’m dreaming of this and working hard on songwriting. One day, Nick Crawford, a music publishing company director, shows up. The boss liked the two songs. However, the condition of her contract is that she completes the musical she is writing within a year and finds a suitable diva for the musical.
There’s another visitor. Marie Lawrence is an aspiring musical actress whom Eddie met by chance and fell in love with her singing voice. Marie was mysterious but showed off her incredible voice once she started singing. She is a diva!
Meanwhile, this is the world of the story that Eddie has begun writing. Mafia boss Carlo Gambino escapes from the clutches of the New York City Police Department thanks to an informant detective, Jimmy Graham, and his henchmen Benjamin Denaro and Antonio Balboa, and others, he is involved in a wide range of underground business. Patti Gray, a club singer and Carlo’s mistress, is Jimmy’s ex-girlfriend. She doesn’t understand that he suddenly broke up with her two years ago, and she still has feelings for Jimmy…
Peter and Mary responded positively to Eddie’s story. Then Nick arrives with good news. A famous producer has offered to invest in the two’s musical, and he wants Marie to make her debut in this production. When the three hear this, they are overjoyed.
But Eddie is starting to need help with writing the story. Story and reality intertwine, and the story progresses toward tragedy. Eddie is left stranded in his musical world…

Information
  • PERFORMANCE PERIODS:
    Wednesday, November 6 – Thursday, November 28
  • THEATRE:
    Theatre Creation
  • WEBSITE:
    “SONGWRITERS” (written in Japanese)
  • GENERAL SALE:
    from Saturday, September 7
Tickets

(Details to be announced)

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