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Shuntaro Fujita Directs “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” in Tokyo

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 21st May 2017 | Directing, Japan

At 37, director Shuntaro Fujita says he’s just hitting his prime. “Many people say they liked...

Remembering The Genius of Japanese Playwright Yukio Ninagawa

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 19th May 2017 | Japan, Playwriting

On May 12 last year, theater fans all over the world began mourning the death of one of Japan’s...

Frank Wedekind’s “Spring Awakening” Comes to Japan

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 6th May 2017 | Japan

The old never give the young an easy time. “They think they know everything,” “They’re lazy” — the...

All Shizuoka’s a Stage for SPAC’s Theater Festival in Japan

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 30th Apr 2017 | Festivals, Japan

At a recent news conference, Satoshi Miyagi, the artistic director of Shizuoka Performing Arts...

“Singin’ in the Rain” Returns to a Tokyo Stage

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 3rd Apr 2017 | Japan, Musical Theatre

When Adam Cooper launched into the first verse of Singin’ in the Rain on the stage of Tokyu...

“Hamlet” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 1st Apr 2017 | Japan, Transcultural Collaborations

John Caird is widely known as the co-director with fellow Englishman Trevor Nunn of Les...

Samurai Drama to Put Unique Spin On Evolution of Theater

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Mar 2017 | Design, Japan

Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to...

Tokyo-Based International Centre for Theatre Arts Shakes Up Japanese Theatre With New Production

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 23rd Feb 2017 | Japan, Transmedia

You won’t be alone if you’ve never heard of the Tokyo-based International Centre for Theatre Arts,...

Sagi-ryū: The Elusive Third School of Kyōgen

Posted by Alex Rogals | 11th Feb 2017 | Japan

Today, if you bring up the topic of the traditional Japanese comedic performing art, kyōgen, chances are the conversation you will have will revolve around either the activities of the professional Ōkura (大蔵) or Izumi (和泉)...

A New Version Of “Macbeth” For Today: Minimal, But Relatable

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 6th Feb 2017 | Japan

“When I was studying English literature at the University of Tokyo, even though I had no theater...

Chelfitsch’s “Current Location” – A Mirror To Reality After The March 2011 Earthquake

Posted by Ramona Taranu | 28th Jan 2017 | Japan, Review

Current Location (Genzaichi in Japanese), written and directed by Okada Toshiki, founder of the...

“In What Time Do We Live?” Time and Distance in the Work of Toshiki Okada

Posted by Sara Jansen | 20th Jan 2017 | Essay, Japan, Playwriting

In May 2016, Japanese writer and director Toshiki Okada presented his latest production, Time’s...

A Golden Age of Theater for Japan’s Seniors

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 15th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Age

At the age of 91, Saitama resident Izumi Noguchi is speaking at his first press conference — at...

Japanese Theatre: Take Your Pick of The Year’s Highlights

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 31st Dec 2016 | Adaptation, Japan, News

From soccer minnows Leicester City winning the English Premier League to “That Election” in the...

Manga Musicals and Takarazuka Revue: A Model of Theatre in Episodes

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 19th Dec 2016 | Adaptation, Essay, Japan, Musical Theatre

The adaptation of Japanese manga into musical theatre productions represents an interesting...

Takarazuka Revue: Japanese All-Female Musical Theater Troupe

Posted by Lauren Deutsch | 7th Dec 2016 | Essay, Japan, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Gender

Nothing’s clear-cut at Japan’s Takarazuka Revue, arguably one of the world’s largest all-female musical theatre groups. The women who portray male roles in the Revue’s repertoire must maintain a semblance of “maleness” off-stage as well, the “off” boundaries being far away from the theatre environs.