“West Side Story” will begin its performance in Japan. New production will begin on August 22 at 19:26.
Broadway ’s masterpiece musical “West Side Story” came to Tokyo in Tokyo on the 22nd, and the world's first new production was performed on the stage that surrounded the audience 360 degrees.
The musical `` West Side Story '' is a story about the fall of a gangster youth and hostile migrant group women in love in New York in the 1950s. I came.
The “West Side Story” performance in Japan began in Toyosu, Tokyo on the 22nd.
In this performance, a stage was set around 360 degrees around the audience seats, and the world's first new production was performed using a theater where the entire audience seats rotate.
In the new production, a scene change with a sense of speed like a movie is performed, and contents that make you think about problems of modern society such as frequent shootings are taken in. A big applause was sent.
Before the performance, actor George Chakiris, who appeared in the 1961 movie “West Side Story,” appeared on the red carpet and cheered.
A woman in her fifties visited, saying, “It was like a movie and the stage development was fast and I really enjoyed it.”
George Chakiris, who watched the stage, said, “I was really impressed by the spirit of filming when I was filming young actors. I was talking. "
The performance in Japan will be held in Tokyo / Toyosu until October 27th.