Takarazuka Revue

Takarazuka Revue
宝塚歌劇団
Formation1913 (1913)
TypeTheatre group
PurposeMusical theatre
Location
Websitekageki.hankyu.co.jp

The Takarazuka Revue (Japanese: 宝塚歌劇団, Hepburn: Takarazuka Kagekidan) is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, shōjo manga, and Japanese folktales. The Takarazuka Revue Company is a division of the Hankyu Railway company; all members of the troupe are employed by Hankyu.