{"id":227,"date":"2016-01-01T00:18:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T07:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2021-01-09T23:05:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T06:05:18","slug":"takarazuka-grand-theatre-grand-stairs-featured-in-every-scene-for-first-time-in-33-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/01\/takarazuka-grand-theatre-grand-stairs-featured-in-every-scene-for-first-time-in-33-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Takarazuka Grand Theatre: Grand Stairs featured in every scene for first time in 33 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article about the opening of Cosmos Troupe\u2019s <em>Shakespeare\/Hot Eyes!!<\/em> was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daily.co.jp\/gossip\/2016\/01\/02\/0008690704.shtml\">Daily Sports Online on January 1st, 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Takarazuka Grand Theatre: Grand Stage featured in every scene for first time in 33 years!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening performance of Cosmos Troupe\u2019s <em>Shakespeare\/Hot Eyes!!<\/em> took place at the Takarazuka Grand Theatre in Hyogo on the 1st, adorning the beginning of the Takarazuka Revue\u2019s 102nd year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play is a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of British playwright William Shakespeare. It features excerpts of many of his works, such as <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, <em>Hamlet<\/em>, and <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, as well as portraying the love between Shakespeare and his wife Anne. \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be able to perform starting on New Year\u2019s Day, but I\u2019m a bit tense as well,\u201d Top Star Asaka Manato said with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, during the revue, for the first time in 33 years the Grand Stairs\u2014which are normally reserved for the finale\u2014are being used in every scene. \u201cWe\u2019ll be a lot closer to the audience members on the balcony,\u201d said Asaka. She seemed to be enjoying herself in this slightly different scenery. \u201cSince I\u2019ll have to climb the back stairs [in order to descend the Grand Staircase] just as much, by the time the performances are over my legs will be in really good shape,\u201d she said with a playful smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article about the opening of Cosmos Troupe\u2019s Shakespeare\/Hot Eyes!! was published by Daily Sports Online on January 1st, 2016. Takarazuka Grand Theatre: Grand Stage featured in every scene for first time in 33 years! The opening performance of Cosmos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/01\/takarazuka-grand-theatre-grand-stairs-featured-in-every-scene-for-first-time-in-33-years\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[13,360,25,68],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}