The Imperial Theatre (帝国劇場, Teikoku Gekijō), often referred to simply as the Teigeki (帝劇), and previously the Imperial Garden Theater, is a Japanese theater located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan operated by Toho.
Teigeki (帝劇) | |
 Imperial Theatre | |
 | |
| Address | 3-1-1 Marunouchi |
|---|---|
| Location | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Owner | Toho |
| Type | Indoor theatre |
| Seating type | Reserved |
| Capacity | 1,897 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1963 |
| Built | 1964 |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Closed | 2025 |
| Demolished | February 2025 |
| Website | |
| Theatre website | |
History edit
Opened in 1911 as the first Western-style theater in Japan, it stages a varied program of musicals and operas.[1] The original structure was rebuilt in 1966 as Toho's "flagship" theater, opening with the premiere of Scaretto, a local adaptation of Gone With the Wind, which drew 380,000 attendees over the course of the theater's first five months of operation.[2]
It will close in mid February 2025 due to its demolishment and refurbishing.
References edit
- ^ Wetmore Jr., Kevin J. (2017). "The West End (and Broadway) Head East: Tõhō International and Gekidan Shiki". In MacDonald, Laura; Everett, William A. (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers. Springer. p. 280. ISBN 9781137433084.
- ^ Wetmore Jr., Kevin J. (2007). "From Scaretto to Kaze to tomo ni sarinu: Musical Adaptations of Gone With the Wind in Japan". In Jortner, David; McDonald, Keiko I.; Wetmore, Kevin J. (eds.). Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance. Lexington Books. pp. 238–239. ISBN 9780739123003.
External links edit
- (in Japanese) Website of the Imperial Theatre Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
35°40′35.5″N 139°45′38.7″E / 35.676528°N 139.760750°E
 | This article about a theatre building in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |