"Death Note" Musical Shows Off Its L

Posted by : Unknown September 15, 2014

Following the recent launch of its official Facebook pace, the social media feeds for the upcoming Death Note stage musical have introduced 28-year-old actor/singer Teppei Koike as the production's genius detective L. Koike made his musical debut last year in a production of Merrily We Roll.

Kenji Urai and Hayato Kakizawa were previously introduced in the double cast role of Light Yagami. The adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's manga will be staged in Japan and South Korea. After opening at Tokyo Nissay in April 2015, it will be playing in Seoul over the summer wtih a different cast.

American composer Frank Wildhorn will be writing the music, with Jack Murphy writing the lyrics and Ivan Menchell the script. Tamiya Kuriyama directs.