“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Conjures Dark Fantasies
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the makings of a fairy tale: a forest full of meddling fairies,...
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“Twelve Angry Men”; 1950’s Courtroom Drama about Confronting Prejudice Still Rings True
Back in January, when English director Lindsay Posner visited Tokyo for preparatory meetings to...
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Kabuki Rolls With The Times And Launches Paid Streaming Site
Online streaming of videos of kabuki plays, including an adaptation of a manga and an animated...
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Toyooka Theater Festival Brings French Flair to Japan’s Theater Scene
Performing arts festivals and opportunities to enjoy live entertainment have been few and far...
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Japan’s Geisha Struggle to Preserve Tradition Under Shadow of Coronavirus
The ancient Japanese art of geisha is now facing a crossroads that requires the centuries-old...
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To Be (Online) Or Not To Be (Online), That Is The Question For Japan’s Theaters
This past week, health officials called for more than 800 theatergoers to be tested for COVID-19...
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“Scored In Silence”: Digital Dance Piece Tells Stories Of Deaf Survivors Of The Hiroshima And Nagasaki Attacks
Digital dance piece tells the never-before heard stories of deaf survivors of the A-bombs dropped...
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Live-Stage Performances Are Taking Roads Less Traveled With Trucks And Virtual Reality
As the new reality of daily life amid a global pandemic settles in, many people are getting...
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Japan’s Acting Troupes Turn Your Home Into A Stage
Troupes turn to telework in a bid to keep audiences entertained The performing arts are built on...
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World Theatre Festival Shizuoka Heads Online In Desperate Times
On April 3, Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) announced the cancellation of this year’s...
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Must the Show Go On During the COVID-19 Outbreak?
Responses to the spread of the COVID-19 virus have varied widely from country to country and are...
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Ken Watanabe: A Conquistador in “Pizarro”
Ever since his Oscar-nominated Hollywood debut as Lord Katsumoto in 2003’s The Last Samurai, Ken...
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Young Japanese Man Introduces Zeybek Dance in His Hometown
Twenty-five-year-old Japanese Takasaki Taito attended folk dance courses organized by the...
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Haruna Lee’s “Suicide Forest”
Suicide Forest, written by and starring Haruna Lee is a trippy meditation on the extremes of...
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Updating “Romeo and Juliet” in a Bid to Fight Prejudice in Japan
With William Shakespeare’s iconic use of English lost in translation, bold and reimagined versions...
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The Art of Condensing Shakespeare’s Oeuvre
In theater, as in daily life, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Such was the case...
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Bringing Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” to Japan’s Stages
Haruki Murakami is probably Japan’s best-known living writer — a worldwide bestseller with novels...
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“Fortune” Updates Faust’s Devilish Deal
Japanese theater gets off to a flying start in 2020 with a collaboration between leading British...
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Kitchen Aromas and Angels with Water Guns: Japanese Visual Storytelling Comes Alive at OzAsia
Review: The Dark Master and Totes Adorbs ♥ Hurricane, OzAsia Festival, Adelaide, 22 October...
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The Year That Musicals took on Japanese Stages
As the curtain falls on 2019’s theater scene in Japan, a continuing rise in the popularity of...
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