It's been announced that Kanjani8 member, Maruyama Ryuhei will star in a stage performance, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" as a lead actor. �As many of you may know, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is originally a novel�written�by Peter Hedges, and was released as a movie starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio in 1993.�Maruyama will play the role of Gilbert Grape while Nakao Akiyoshi plays his brother, Arnie Grape.



The stage performance will run from January 16th ~ February 6th 2011 at Tokyo Globe Theatre, and February 18th ~ 23rd at Morinomiya Piloty Hall, Osaka.

Source: jnews1