Candide
1st June 2010
Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
This adaptation of Candide is published by Music Theatre International (MTI) in New York. You can access the relevant pages on the MTI website by clicking here.
The Japanese production opened at Teikoku Gekijo (Imperial Theatre) on 1st June 2010, and was produced by TOHO with the following creative team and cast.
In the list below, Japanese names are written with family name first, given name second.
Candide
| Music by | Leonard Bernstein |
| Book adapted from | Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler |
| In a New Version by | John Caird |
| Lyrics by | Richard Wilbur |
| Additional lyrics by | Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker & Leonard Bernstein |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Design | John Napier & Yoon Bae |
| Costume Design | Handa Etsuko |
| Lighting | Nakagawa Ryuichi |
| Choreographer | Hirosaki Uran |
| Music Director | Yamaguchi Birri |
| Orchestrations | Bruce Coghlin |
| Sound | Honma Toshiya |
| Assistant Director | Suzuki Higashi |
The Players
| Voltaire | Ichimura Masachika |
| Candide | Inoue Yoshio |
| Cunégonde | Niizuma Seiko |
| Maximilian | Sakamoto Kenji |
| Paquette | Sudo Kana |
| Pangloss | Ichimura Masachika |
| Old Woman | Achiwa Satomi |
| Cacambo | Komada Hajime |
| Vanderdendur | Azaki Motomu |
| Martin | Murai Kunio |