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

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

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“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.

“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.

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

“NEWSIES The Broadway Musial” (ミュージカル『ニュージーズ』)

Toho

Set in New York City in 1899, the film depicts the struggles of the “Newsies,” a group of newspaper salesmen. The film features music by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a screenplay by four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Firestein, known for “La Caje aux Folles” and “The Torch Song Trilogy. The musical, written by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Firestein, is filled with beautiful melodies and lively dance numbers.
Story

Summer, 1899. New York City. A young boy, Jack, lives with his disabled friend Crutchie and other orphans and homeless newsstand boys, the “Newsies,” and sells newspapers every day for a living. Jack dreams of one day leaving New York and going to Santa Fe, but he lives for the day.
Jack meets Davey and his brother Les one day. Unlike the other “Newsies,” Davey and Les have a home and family. Still, they have just joined the “Newsies” because of their father’s unemployment. Jack decides to help them, thinking he can sell more newspapers with the help of the young Les. At the same time, Pulitzer, the owner of The World, is planning to raise the wholesale price of newspapers to “Newsies” while keeping the selling price unchanged to make more money than his competitors.
Jack, who is working with Davey and Les, is pursued by Snyder of the reformatory for past events—the three escape to Medda’s theater, where another great show is put on that day.
The following day, Jack learns that the wholesale price of 50 cents per 100 copies of the newspaper has risen to 60 cents, and he leads the “Newsies” on strike to protect their livelihood and rights. Catherine, a newspaper reporter, is moved by Jack’s actions and decides to follow and cover the strike.
Will the mighty Pulitzer or the young “Newsies” win? What awaits the boys living their lives to the fullest, and what awaits them in the future?

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Tickets

Tickets informations to be announced soon

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…

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?

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