Teigeki (帝劇) | |
 Imperial Theatre | |
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| Address | 3-1-1 Marunouchi |
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| Location | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Owner | Toho |
| Type | Indoor theatre |
| Seating type | Reserved |
| Capacity | 1,897 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1963 |
| Built | 1964 |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Closed | 2025 |
| Demolished | February 2025 |
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| Theatre website | |
The Imperial Theatre (帝国劇場, Teikoku Gekijō), often referred to simply as the Teigeki (帝劇), and previously the Imperial Garden Theater, is a Japanese theater located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan operated by Toho.
Opened in 1911 as the first Western-style theater in Japan, it stages a varied program of musicals and operas. [1] The original structure was rebuilt in 1966 as Toho's "flagship" theater, opening with the premiere of Scaretto, a local adaptation of Gone With the Wind , which drew 380,000 attendees over the course of the theater's first five months of operation. [2]
It will close in mid February 2025 due to its demolishment and refurbishing.
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