Troupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe or ask troupe members for questions to answers sent in by readers. Reporters rotate more slowly and in many troupes are only replaced on retirement or transfer, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.
The July 2023 column for Star Troupe was Otosaki Itsuki and features backstage commentary from 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille.
Continue readingRyuu Masaki’s talk with the top students of the 101st class (who debuted in the 2015 performance of 1789 – Les Amants de la Bastille) was published in the June 2015 issue of Kageki.
Continue readingThis review of 1789, by freelance theatre and film reviewer Kotooda Chieko (d. 2018), was published in the June 2015 issue of Kageki.
Continue readingCARNIVAL was longtime Takarazuka interviewer Ashizawa Jin’s 2015 GRAPH column. This talk with then-Moon Troupe member Asami Jun was published in April.
Continue readingThis rehearsal roundtable talk was recorded for the May 2015 issue of Kageki.
Besides Director Koike Shuuichiro, 15 performers from Senka and Moon Troupe participated.
Continue readingThis article about Ryuu’s upcoming performance in the co-ed production of 1789 was published in Osaka Daily News on Feb 16, 2018 (source link has regrettably been mislaid).
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