I want to dedicate this post to two wonderful actors who play the role of Sebastian in the musical "Black Butler" — Toshiki Tateishi and Yuta Furukawa. For me, they both did a magnificent job with this role.
But there's one detail that makes their connection even more interesting. Before "Black Butler," Yuta Furukawa performed in the musical "Elisabeth" — playing the role of Prince Rudolf.
In that musical, there's a famous duet between Rudolf and the Angel of Death (Der Tod). Back when Yuta played Rudolf, the role of Death was performed by the equally magnificent Shirota Yu. And as it later turned out, Shirota Yu is also connected to "Black Butler" — he played a supporting role in the film adaptation.
(Yu Shirota played Charles Bennett Sato in the 2014 live-action film "Black Butler)
And here's what's most symbolic: now, in some versions of "Elisabeth," Toshiki Tateishi plays the role of Rudolf, while Yuta Furukawa plays the Angel of Death. So their positions in the musical have essentially swapped.
And considering that Toshiki is now playing Sebastian after Yuta, there really is a sense of theatrical fate in all of this. To me, it looks very symbolic.
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