CHICAGO - CHICAGO SET FOR JAPANESE MAKEOVER

CHICAGO SET FOR JAPANESE MAKEOVER

Hit musical CHICAGO is turning Japanese after producers of the Broadway show gave impresarios at Kyodo Tokyo Inc. the OK to translate the production. The long-running Kander and Ebb musical will make its Japanese debut at the Akasaka ACT Theatre in Tokyo in October (08). The English-language version of the show has toured Japan three times since debuting in 1999, and has become a big hit in the Far East. The new Japanese production will star Ryoko Yonekura and Yoka Wao as Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly respectively, and Ryuichi Kawamura as scheming lawyer Billy Flynn. The show has already been translated into French, German, Russian, Swedish and Spanish, among other languages for engagements around the globe.