''Your Lie in April'' is the

musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

adaptation of

Naoshi Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his work ''Your Lie in April''. Early life Naoshi Arakawa grew up in the countryside of Japan with an older brother. They used to get manga magazines like ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and ''Monthly Shōnen Maga ...

's Kodansha manga, '' Your Lie in April''. The show features an original score by Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn, a Japanese book by Riko Sakaguchi, lyrics by Tracy Miller and

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, and arrangements and orchestrations by

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. The show is a co-production between

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and Fuji Television. 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. The original Japanese cast featured Yuta Koseki and Tatsunari Kimura as ''Kosei Arima'' (double cast), Jpop singer

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as ''Kaori Miyazono,'' Fuka Yuzuki as ''Tsubaki Sawabe,'' and Koka Mizuta and Takuto Teranishi as ''Ryota Watari'' (double cast). A nationwide tour followed throughout Japan, featuring the original cast. In November 2023, an English-language concert staging was announced, with an English-language book by Rinne B. Groff and direction by

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. 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.

Cast Albums & Recordings

A cast album was released in 2020, featuring

, Yuta Koseki, Tatsunari Kimura, Fuka Yuzuki, and Kouki Mizuta.

References

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