Your Lie in April is the musical theatre adaptation of the manga series Your Lie in April written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. The show features an original score by Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn, a Japanese book by Riko Sakaguchi, lyrics by Tracy Miller and Carly Robyn Green, and arrangements and orchestrations by Jason Howland. The show is a co-production between Toho Co. Ltd. and Fuji Television.[1]

After delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the show made its world premiere in May 2022 at the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo, directed by Ikko Ueda.[2] The original Japanese cast featured Yuta Koseki and Tatsunari Kimura as Kosei Arima (double cast), Jpop singer Erika Ikuta as Kaori Miyazono, Fuka Yuzuki as Tsubaki Sawabe, and Koka Mizuta and Takuto Teranishi as Ryota Watari (double cast).[3] A nationwide tour followed throughout Japan, featuring the original cast.[4]

In November 2023, an English-language concert staging was announced, with an English-language book by Rinne B. Groff and direction by Nick Winston. This English-language production based on the Japanese original, is produced by Carter Dixon MCGill Productions and Indie Theatricals. The European premiere is set for April 2024 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on London's West End.[5]

Cast Albums & Recordings

A cast album was released in 2020, featuring Erika Ikuta, Yuta Koseki, Tatsunari Kimura, Fuka Yuzuki, and Kouki Mizuta.[6]

Your Lie in April, Studio Cast Japan 2020
No.TitleLyricsMusicPerformerLength
1."If I Can't Hear the Music"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornYuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura5:25
2."Just Like a Movie"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornYuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura3:39
3."Who Put You in Charge Here?"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornYuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura / Erika Ikuta3:14
4."Perfect"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornErika Ikuta3:56
5."The Beautiful Game"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornKouki Mizuta4:30
6."Where's My Superhero?"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornFuka Yuzuki4:51
7."Speed of Sound"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornErika Ikuta / Fuka Yuzuki / Yuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura / Kouki Mizuta3:22
8."Catch a Shooting Star"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornErika Ikuta / Yuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura4:18
9."One Hundred Thousand Million Stars"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornErika Ikuta / Yuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura3:41
10."100 Lost Days"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornFuka Yuzuki / Yuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura / Kouki Mizuta4:53
11."I Can Hear You"Carly Robyn Green / Tracy MillerFrank WildhornYuta Koseki / Tatsunari Kimura3:47

References

  1. ↑ Raven Brunner (May 5, 2022). "World Premiere of Frank Wildhorn's New Musical Your Lie in April Sets Tokyo Run". Playbill. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda (July 20, 2021). "Your Lie in April Stage Musical Runs Next May After COVID-19 Delay". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Chloe Rabinowitz (May 16, 2022). "First Look at the World Premiere of Frank Wildhorn's YOUR LIE IN APRIL in Tokyo". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hayley Levitt (May 19, 2022). "Frank Wildhorn Musical Your Lie in April Celebrates Tokyo World Premiere". TheaterMania. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ Alex Wood (November 29, 2023). "Your Lie in April Manga Musical to have European Premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane". What's On Stage. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ Staff (December 1, 2021). "CD Your Lie in April - Studio Cast Japan 2020". Sound of Music. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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