Death Note: The Musical

Death Note: The Musical is a stage production based on the Death Note manga series.

The musical was originally written in English and translated into Japanese and Korean for their respective productions performed in 2015.

The musical was composed by Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy and book by Ivan Menchell. In 2014, some of the English versions of the songs were leaked online, leading to rumors of an English performance, but no English performance is currently planned.

Music
The music was composed by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy.

Table key:
 * Titles marked with a single asterisk * are from the original English demo titles.
 * Titles marked with double asterisk ** are translated from Japanese titles.
 * The track numbers and the Japanese titles are from the official Japanese soundtracks.

For the English-to-Japanese translation, several of the titles were not translated literally. Many of the lyrics were changed as well. For instance, the Japanese version Inside of Him has very different lyrics from the original Playing His Game.

Japan
The musical ran in Japan from April 6, 2015 to April 29, 2015.


 * Light Yagami - Kenji Urai and Hayato Kakizawa (double-cast)
 * L - Teppei Koike
 * Misa Amane - Fuka Yuzuki
 * Soichiro Yagami - Takeshi Kaga
 * Ryuk - Kohtaloh Yoshida
 * Rem - Megumi Hamada
 * Sayu Yagami - Ami Maeshima

A CD of the songs performed was released July 2015.

Two of the live performances were recorded to air on TV in Japan. The first, with Kenji Urai as Light, aired on October 17th, 2015. The second, with Hayato Kakizawa as Light, will air on November 7th, 2015.

South Korea
The Korean-language musical ran in South Korea from June 11, 2015 to August 11, 2015.


 * Light Yagami - Hong Kwang-ho
 * L - Kim Junsu
 * Misa - Jeong Sun-Ah
 * Ryuk - Kang Hong-Suk
 * Rem - Park Hye-Na

America
There have been rumors since 2014 of a Broadway production, but no production has been announced.

The songs were originally composed in English, and were demoed by a New York cast:
 * Light Yagami - Jeremy Jordan
 * L - Jarrod Spector
 * Misa Amane - Adrienne Warren
 * Soichiro Yagami - Michael Lanning
 * Ryuk - Eric Anderson
 * Rem - Carrie Manolakos