CATDOLL: Mizuki Nana and Hirahara Ayaka will co-star in a musical to be performed in July 2017

Voice actress and singer Nana Mizuki and famous popular singer Ayaka Hirahara will co-star in the musical "Beautiful", which is scheduled to premiere in July 2017. The two will play the heroine in the play as a double cast, and the legendary American singer Carole King will perform different versions of the heroine with different singing styles and feelings.

Beautiful is a famous Broadway classic musical based on the life of Carole King, who was popular in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. It has been a box office hit since it was performed on Broadway in 2013 and won 7 Tony Award nominations in 2014. The Japanese version will be starred by Ayaka Hirahara and Nana Mizuki. The producers said that the two are good at different types of music, and this configuration can show the uniqueness of Carole.