The stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away will be available to view in cinemas across the United States April 23 and 27. Watch the new trailer for Spirited Away: Live On Stage above.

Adapted from Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 Oscar Award-winning animated movie, the production premiered at Tokyo's Imperial Theatre in 2022 and streamed on Hulu Japan later the same year. Tony winner John Caird (Les Misérables) helmed the production, which he adapted for the stage with Maoko Imai. The production featured 32 performers and more than 50 puppets designed by Toby Olié.

The cast includes Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi sharing the lead role of Chihiro, and Mari Natsuki and Romi Park double-cast as Yubaba the sorceress. Koharu Sugawara and Tomohiko Tsujimoto, who are double-cast as No Face (Kaonashi), play the role until a point where No Face "runs wild" and the character requires 12 puppeteers. 

Due to the double casting system, two different broadcasts streamed featuring different actors in the leading roles. In the U.S. the production featuring Hashimoto will screen April 23, while the Kamishiraishi-led production will screen April 27.

Spirited Away follows 10-year-old Chihiro, who moves to a new home with her parents. After they get lost in a mysterious world and her parents are turned into pigs, the young girl must survive in the strange land and return to the human world.

Following its Tokyo's Imperial Theatre premiere, which concluded April 29, 2022, the show played a successful tour throughout Japan.

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