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The first thing Yojiro Ichikawa said when we sat down for our recent interview in a Tokyo...
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World Was A Stage For Acclaimed Theater Director Yukio Ninagawa
Acclaimed stage director Yukio Ninagawa was a titan of global theater but his hand felt...
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Theater Festival’s Roots Dig Deep Into Shizuoka
In recent years, theater fans and artists here and abroad have increasingly been wakening up to...
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Strindberg’s Surrealistic “Dream” Heralds A Pivotal Era For KAAT
He doesn’t officially become Kanagawa Arts Theatre’s artistic director until April 1, but Akira...
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Cultural Differences Over Suicide Made For An Interesting Creative Process In “Eternal Chikamatsu”
In 2014, rising playwright and director Kenichi Tani translated Harold Pinter’s Old Times for an...
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Zainichi Dramas Delve Into Japan’s Shadows
“At last, the masterpiece Yakiniku Dragon (Korean Barbecue Dragon) is going to be staged again!”...
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“Crazy Camel” Helps Butoh Over The Hump
“Many people have a preconception about butoh — that it is performed by dancers whose bodies...
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Takehiro Hira Steps Into a 19th-Century Affair in the Award-Winning “Kaku Onna”
Tokyo was bathed in warm sunshine in the run-up to 2016, and when Takehiro Hira meets me at a...
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Japan’s Theater Scene Begins to Decentralize
Tokyo has long been the center of Japan’s theatre world, but in 2014, that began to change,...
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Japan’s Kera Meets Chekhov
“I have rarely seen a great production of any Chekhov play in Japan. Sometimes, I’ve even wanted...
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