Yonekura debuts on Broadway with lead role in "Chicago"

Yonekura debuts on Broadway with lead role in "Chicago"

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese actress Ryoko Yonekura (C) speaks in New York on the evening of July 10, 2012, after making her debut on Broadway in the lead role in the musical "Chicago" -- the first Japanese woman to take a lead role in a Broadway musical in 54 years.

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