During the month of September, the Kabukiza Theater and the nearby Shinbashi Enbujo Theater are presenting competing kabuki midori (selections). The Kabukiza's program features such veteran actors as Kichiemon Nakamura, Baigyoku Nakamura and Jakuemon Nakamura, as well as up-and-coming performers in their 30s such as Hashinosuke Nakamura and Somegoro Ichikawa.
Baigyoku Nakamura and Kichiemon Nakamura star in the Kabukiza's fall program of "selections."At the Shinbashi Enbujo, by contrast, we can see how kabuki stars in their 20s are growing up, with a program titled "Hanagata Kabuki" (All-star kabuki) in which Shinnosuke Ichikawa, Kikunosuke Onoe and Tatsunosuke Onoe tackle difficult roles under the guidance of Shinnosuke's father Danjuro, the 12th head of the Ichikawa line of kabuki actors.