Asia Society hosted a panel discussion and reception for Japanese superstar Ryoko Yonekura in celebration of her return to Broadway in the hit musical Chicago in the role of “Roxie Hart.”
Ryoko Yonekura can be see until July 13 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.), and appears in Chicago with the support of Actors’ Equity Association.
Asia Society, the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context, hosted the panel which included guests: Tomo Akaboshi, Hikari Arai, William Avedon, Mary Chen, Stephanie Cogoni, Brett England, Sachiko Goodman, Jeffrey Haddow, Miyoko Ito, Keisuke Ikuma, Sachi Ikuma, Samuel Jamier, Amy Kass, Stella Kim, Chisato Konda, David Liberton, Kenji Matsumoto, Karen McDonald, Nozomi Miyoshi, Asuka Morinaga, Hiroyuki Morishima, Saturo Murase, Hiroko Murase, Iyasu Nagata, Michiyo Nakaya, Koji Nozaki, Hiroko Onoyama, Rumi Oyama, Alecia Parker, Forest Peng, Yuzhang Peng, Chelsea Salyer, Heath Schwartz, Yuu Shimano, Daisuke Sugimura, Fumihito Shinohara, Reiichiro Takahashi, Masako Takahashi, Kazuki Takato, Ayumi Takita, Shon Uino, Bruce Wilpon, Yuki Wilpon, Barry Weissler, Bon & Sakura Yagi, Sharon Yamada, Yuko Yamagishi, Katsura Yamaguchi, Robert Yanagisawa, and Zac Zinger.