This Japanese version lacks the passion and darkness necessary to make this morality tale pop. The two leading ladies, Wataru Kozuki as Velma and Hikaru Asami as Roxie looked too wide-eyed and innocent to portray such trampy characters, but they moved and sang well. Keaki Mori as Matron "Mama" Morton, in her high, curly wig, totally missed the seamier sexual ambiguity of the character while Chihiro Isono as the put…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:06PM on July 30, 2016