Acting
The Takarazuka Revue’s signature Show Groove features a mesmerizing and rousing collection of popular standards. Opening with a prologue highlighting spirited soul music, Greatest Hits! features scenes with popular Christmas songs and other masterpieces that enjoyed great popularity in their day yet continue to tug at our heartstrings. The greatest of the Snow Troupe performers, led by the hot and sexy yet composed Seina Sagiri, combine glimmering harmonies with glamorous dance.
“They have a grand history, but they don’t have any money!” Such is the historic little country Pecchieno. Their prime minister, after struggling with this problem, has hit on the plan of an immense PR campaign to save the country from its financial difficulties… which is to host a highly publicized national tour featuring the three handsome princes, with the oldest prince, the protagonist, at their head, as well as holding a banquet to find wealthy heiresses for the princess to marry. Although the first prince is extremely attractive, due to a certain situation he has been hiding this. However, in order to save his country, he’ll put his beauty to use in this grand PR strategy!!
Takarazuka Snow Troupe production based on the manga by Ikeda Riyoko
The time: the 1920s. The place: New York City. The Lower East Side, on the southeast corner of Manhattan Island, is home to a great many Jewish immigrants who came to the United States, beginning in the late 19th century, from a Russia ravaged by political turmoil and an eastern Europe where they had experienced tremendous poverty. Despite the American dream that anyone can achieve success, for the Jewish immigrants in the Lower East Side this dream is difficult to make a reality. David “Noodles” Aaronson is born into this Jewish enclave, and from a very young age gets his hands dirty in the seedy underbelly of society. Along with his trusted companions Max, Cockeye, Patsy, and Dominic, Noodles lays down roots in the criminal underworld...
This performance delivers a number of “show scenes” depicting the charm of the Snow Troupe. As a National Tour version to which "D" is the newly added keyword, please look forward to a "Dynamic" and "Dramatic" show centering on Nozomi Fuuto, who will lead a reborn Snow Troupe.
