Takarazuka Revue
宝塚歌劇団 | |
Read western style, left-to-right, then top-to-bottom | |
Parisette, 1930 | |
| Formation | 1913 |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Musical theatre |
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| Website | kageki |
The Takarazuka Revue (Japanese: 宝塚歌劇団, Hepburn: Takarazuka Kagekidan) is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, shōjo manga, and Japanese folktales. The Takarazuka Revue Company is a division of the Hankyu Railway company; all members of the troupe are employed by Hankyu.