Teigeki (帝劇) | |
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 |
Website | |
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.