Candide
Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler
New version by John Caird
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur
Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein
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.
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 |