Tokyo Takarazuka Theater

Tokyo Takarazuka Theater
Former names	Ernie Pyle Theatre
Location	1-1-3 Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Owner	Toho
Type	Indoor theatre
Seating type	Reserved
Capacity	2,069
Construction
Opened	1934
Expanded	2001
Demolished	1998

Tokyo Takarazuka Theater (東京宝塚劇場, Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō) is another home for Takarazuka Creative Arts in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo.

It served as the second round performing theater for the Revue's performing cycle. The original theater was built in 1934. It was taken over by the American GHQ after the defeat of Japan in 1945 and renamed the "Ernie Pyle Theater" from 1945–55.^[1] It was demolished in 1998. The current theater was built in 2001. It has 1,229 seats on the first level and 840 on the second.

References

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External links

Tarakazuka Revue official website

Preceded by Sankei Hall	Host of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 1956-1957	Succeeded by Shinjuku Koma Theater
Preceded by Shinjuku Koma Theater	Host of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 1959	Succeeded by Nihon Theater
Preceded by Nihon Theater	Host of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 1961-1972	Succeeded by NHK Hall

35°40′22.8″N 139°45′33″E / 35.673000°N 139.75917°E / 35.673000; 139.75917

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