Yoka Wao

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

Dracula, the Musical is a musical based on the original 1897 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. The Japanese premiere took place in August 2011 in Tokyo. Dracula was played by female performer Yoka Wao, the first woman to play the role of the Count on stage.

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2000 production of Utakata no Koi (Translated as Ephemeral Love, also known as Mayerling). Based on the true story of the the doomed love affair between the crown prince of Austria Rudolf and his young mistress, Marie Vetsera.

In this special VHS released by the Takarazuka Revue, four stars of the four troupes at the time (Flower, Moon, Snow, Star) perform songs from popular musicals, accompanied by interviews and studio recording footage.

Snow troupe's performance.

The story of a young man who was abandoned as a child and subsequently raised by gypsies. He returns to the city of his birth to seek his fortune, only to become involved in the affairs of an ailing pimp with money problems. The only way to save Duchain from being killed by gangsters is to swindle his young friend Helena into attending a shady party for them. Alphonso tries to stick to his principles, but when everything goes wrong will he run away or face the consequences of his actions?

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

To celebrate Maury Yeston's 80th birthday, a dream collaboration of cast members from past productions of "Grand Hotel," "Phantom," "Titanic," "Nine," and "Death Takes a Holiday"! Alongside our gratitude for the 20th anniversary of the Umeda Arts Theater, they bring you a “truly unforgettable moment.”

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

Early in the nineteenth century in Paris, an evening party is held at Martin's residence on rue de la Chaussee d'Antin. Galantine, the residence's owner and widow of Duke Martin, holds a salon which is a social gathering of important people such as famous nobles, artists, and industrialists. At the party, a baron's second son Albert reunites with a count's daughter Vivianne whom he has known since childhood. After the loss of her father and elder brother who had stood against the present government, she was exiled to England along with her mother. However, following the advice of her aunt Galantine, she returned to Paris several years later when the government's vengeance against the opposition had subsided. Vivian and Albert are very delighted at their meeting again after a long interval and enthusiastically talk as if they were filling in the long blank of several years.

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.

Wao Youka's dinner show.

TV director Eric and his film crew are in Scotland, filming an old castle. At an auction, Eric buys his reporter Marie a pendant. This pendant helps to awaken the ghost of the castle, a man dead for 140 years, and former heir to the castle, Charles.

Special performance.

Takarazuka Snow Troupe 1992-93 production based on The 47 Ronin.

Wao Youka's dinner show.

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 1996 production of the Viennese musical 'Elisabeth'. This was the Revue Company's first 'Elisabeth' production.

Takarazuka special performance.

Anniversary concert for The Rose of Versailles.

In the autumn of 1756, the Kuki clan is found in the mountainous fief of Sanda. It has been relocated from the seashore by the Tokugawa shogunate because of the clan's navy, known as the strongest during the age of civil wars and therefore regarded as a menace to the security of the new rulers. The lord of Sanda, Takamura Kuki, is determined to defend the fief as a land warrior, whereas Umihito Kuki, his younger brother, maintains the pride of a sea warrior and dreams of sailing out to unseen foreign lands notwithstanding the shogunate's isolation policy. Umihito is engaged to Princess Yu, a beautiful and lively daughter of the lord of Tanba-Ayabe fief. Although the match itself was made for the convenience of their families, they have known each other since childhood and are strongly bound by mutual respect and profound love.

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

Jack Wilkins is a news writer who prefers to go by his pen name, Ernest Milton. He receives a mysterious invitation to the Cheshire Cat Hotel and takes a week off in order to go check it out. The hotel is a lively if somewhat strange place with curious staff members, and at first Ernest is wary about staying. The hotel manager eventually persuades him, though, offering Ernest free services if he does a favor for another patron. They want him to help break up the engagement of a certain couple, Mary and Charles.