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		<title>It doesn&#8217;t have to be all true to be the life of Akihiro Miwa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Miwa has carried on being a true monster (kaibutsu), whereas many amazingly talented freaks have gone back to looking and behaving normally after enjoying a brief boom in popularity,&#8221; said dramatist Hideki Noda at a press conference last month for &#8220;Miwa,&#8221; his play based on the real-life 78-year-old chanson singer, actor and director Akihiro Miwa. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ticket giveaway from Sohnokai noh, kyogen performances</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo-based noh group Sohnokai is offering five pairs of tickets to its noh and kyogen show on Sept. 23. Two plays will be featured:  a kyogen (traditional comedy) titled &#8220;Sadogitsune (The Fox of Sado),&#8221; about a farmer who bribes a bureaucrat into fooling another farmer to believe a fox lives on the island of Sado; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s love affair with Chekhov</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/29/stage/japans-love-affair-with-chekhov/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japans-love-affair-with-chekhov</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chekhov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kera meets Chekhov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keralino Sandorovich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mansai Nomura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIS Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Seagull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have rarely seen a great production of any Chekhov play in Japan. Sometimes, I&#8217;ve even wanted to ask how they managed to make them so tedious.&#8221; Mansai Nomura, one of the country&#8217;s leading ky&#333;gen (traditional comedy) actors, may say this with a wry laugh, but the 47-year-old who plays an arty celebrity (Trigorin) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeté-ing from ballet to kitchen-sink drama</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/14/stage/jete-ing-from-ballet-to-kitchen-sink-drama/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jete-ing-from-ballet-to-kitchen-sink-drama</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamiyo Kusakari]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though she&#8217;s moved from elegant arabesques to doing the washing up, former prima ballerina Tamiyo Kusakari is stealing the show in &#8220;Ani Kaeru (The Older Brother Returns),&#8221; a kitchen-sink drama playing every night through Sept. 1 at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Ikebukuro. For renowned writer/director Ai Nagai, this staging, in which Kusakari &#8212; a long-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese co-producer shares in Tony win for Lauper musical</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuki Takahashi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyndi Lauper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinky Boots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Kawana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Kawana, 52, exchanged high fives with American pop icon Cyndi Lauper when &#8220;Kinky Boots,&#8221; a Broadway show he co-produced, was declared the winner of this year&#8217;s Tony Award for Best Musical. &#8220;It was like a blue sky appeared on the ceiling&#8221; of Radio City Music Hall in New York when the announcement was made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koki Mitani adds comedy to bunraku</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/07/stage/koki-mitani-adds-comedy-to-bunraku/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=koki-mitani-adds-comedy-to-bunraku</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Koki Mitani is Japan&#8217;s top comedy writer, having written a number of stage plays, TV dramas and films. He also loves working with puppets, and has put together a serialized puppet drama for public broadcaster NHK. Despite a love of puppets, however, it was only about 10 years ago when he first saw a performance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Much Ado about Love Suicides&#8217;: a synopsis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hanbei&#8217;s manj&#363; (traditional Japanese cake) store, near the Tenjin Shrine forest in Osaka&#8217;s Sonezaki district, is suffering because its location has become a mecca for suicidal couples influenced by Chikamatsu Monzaemon&#8217;s &#8220;Sonezaki Shinju&#8221; play One day, Hanbei sees a young couple and decides to stop them from killing themselves. His motivation, it turns out, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The human kindness of a foxy woman</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/10/stage/the-human-kindness-of-a-foxy-woman/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-human-kindness-of-a-foxy-woman</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kabuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nakamura Tokizo V]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ashiya Doman Ouchi Kagami&#8221; (&#8220;Mirror of the Imperial Court during the time of Ashiya Doman&#8221;) depicts the rivalry between two Heian Period characters Abe no Yasuna and Ashiya Doman. It was created as a bunraku by Takeda Izumo in Osaka in October 1734, but it was staged as a kabuki play in Kyoto in February [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;New&#8217; Royal Ballet spans the frontiers of dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Kosaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin O'Hare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Lamb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven McRae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swan Lake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in three years, one of the world&#8217;s most esteemed ballet companies is bringing its talent to one of the world&#8217;s most appreciative audiences, as part of a tour that explores the parameters of dance. Britain&#8217;s Royal Ballet will present its acclaimed new production, Christopher Wheeldon&#8217;s &#8220;Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland,&#8221; at Tokyo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew Bourne&#8217;s &#8216;Dorian  Gray&#8217; will never grow old, says its lead dancer, Richard Winsor</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/03/stage/matthew-bournes-dorian-gray-will-never-grow-old-says-its-lead-dancer-richard-winsor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=matthew-bournes-dorian-gray-will-never-grow-old-says-its-lead-dancer-richard-winsor</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorian Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Bourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Winsor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Matthew and I are very excited to see how Japanese audiences react — but I think everyone is absolutely going to love this show,&#8221; English dancer Richard Winsor said at a Tokyo press conference held in May to preview next week&#8217;s season of Matthew Bourne&#8217;s &#8220;Dorian Gray,&#8221; in which he plays the title role. Winsor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The bell tolls on Demon Pond</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/21/stage/the-bell-tolls-on-demon-pond/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-bell-tolls-on-demon-pond</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiho Iuchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The sound of the temple bell of &#8220;Yashagaike (Demon Pond)&#8221; will ring for the first time at the New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) &#8212; but it&#8217;s the bell&#8217;s silence that will reverberate for the characters of this new Japanese-language opera. The story of &#8220;Yashagaike&#8221; was first told in a play by Japanese author Kyoka Izumi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For a nonverbal theater group, The Original Tempo has a lot to say</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/20/stage/for-a-nonverbal-theater-group-the-original-tempo-has-a-lot-to-say/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=for-a-nonverbal-theater-group-the-original-tempo-has-a-lot-to-say</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Masahiro Kinoshita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Original Tempo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worry Kinoshita]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Yellow Raincoat Squad&#8217; is charming and engaging. This is another one of those productions that defies description but is a must-see for all ages,&#8221; wrote Catherine Lamm in The British Theatre Guide in August, 2009. Lamm was reviewing one of Japan&#8217;s best-kept theatrical secrets: The Original Tempo (TOT), a nonverbal but highly kinetic Osaka-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>K-ballet brings back &#8216;Giselle&#8217; and introduces new leads</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/30/stage/k-ballet-brings-back-giselle-and-introduces-new-leads/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=k-ballet-brings-back-giselle-and-introduces-new-leads</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 15:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Kosaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giselle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K Ballet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As summer approaches with the misty other-worldliness of Japan&#8217;s rainy season, Tokyo&#8217;s K-Ballet graces the stage in June with a revival of the hauntingly romantic masterpiece &#8220;Giselle.&#8221; Six different ballerinas will perform the lead role as the production synthesizes K-Ballet&#8217;s changing image from a company that showcases its virtuoso artistic director and star, Tetsuya Kumakawa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shizuoka theater festival courts the avant-garde</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/24/stage/shizuoka-theater-festival-courts-the-avant-garde/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shizuoka-theater-festival-courts-the-avant-garde</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Claude Regy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satoshi Miyagi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shizuoka Performing Arts Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Golden Coach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Spanish Fly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Theater Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Theater Festival in Shizuoka Under Mt. Fuji]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the &#8220;best birthday party ever&#8221; when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, though, as he is here to re-create &#8212; with Japanese actors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flamenco queen shares &#8216;Utopia&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/17/stage/flamenco-queen-shares-utopia/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=flamenco-queen-shares-utopia</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flamenco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Pages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Niemeyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utopia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting in an interview room at the Bunkamura cultural complex in Tokyo's Shibuya district, María Pagés leans forward, smiles and tells me: "Flamenco is my language."]]></description>
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		<title>U.K. stage group to rework &#8216;Mononoke&#8217; magic</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/19/stage/u-k-stage-group-to-rework-mononoke-magic/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-k-stage-group-to-rework-mononoke-magic</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone understands the truth in the phrase, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t hurt to ask&#8221; — it&#8217;s Alexandra Rutter. The 23-year-old cofounder and artistic director of Whole Hog Theatre (WHT) is also the director of the first-ever adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki&#8217;s 1997 anime masterpiece, &#8220;Princess Mononoke.&#8221; &#8220;I feel incredibly privileged to have been given this opportunity,&#8221; she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takarazuka: Japan&#8217;s newest &#8216;traditional&#8217; theater turns 100</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/14/stage/takarazuka-japans-newest-traditional-theater-turns-100/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=takarazuka-japans-newest-traditional-theater-turns-100</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Buckton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Takarazuka]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ask your average Japanese person or non-native Japanophile to name a “traditional” form of domestic theater and the classics such as kabuki and noh would feature prominently. ]]></description>
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		<title>Star Troupe&#8217;s top otokoyaku star speaks out</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/14/stage/star-troupes-top-otokoyaku-star-speaks-out/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=star-troupes-top-otokoyaku-star-speaks-out</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Buckton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[otokoyaku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takarazuka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuzuki Reon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of their current Taiwan tour, Yuzuki Reon, the current top otokoyaku (male-role actress) with the Takarazuka Revue, took time out between rehearsals at the city-center Tokyo Takarazuka Theater to share with readers of The Japan Times something of her view from such a lofty show-biz height. As popular as the Takarazuka Revue is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welsh approach to &#8216;national&#8217; theater is efficiently different</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/11/stage/welsh-approach-to-national-theater-is-efficiently-different/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=welsh-approach-to-national-theater-is-efficiently-different</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[John E. McGrath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New National Theatre Tokyo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Always keen to break new ground, Keiko Miyata, artistic director of the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT), has created a series titled &#8220;With: linking theater&#8221; as the centerpiece of this season&#8217;s program. In this, she has lined up three appetizing collaborations by asking playwrights from Wales, South Korea and Germany to create new works to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Natch&#8217; gets ghostly on stage</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/09/stage/natch-gets-ghostly-on-stage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=natch-gets-ghostly-on-stage</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amon Miyamoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoichi the Earless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morning Musume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natsumi Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yusuke Yamamoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If I thought too much about my future plans, I would kind of get stuck,&#8221; says Natsumi Abe. &#8220;So I just try to concentrate on the next day&#8217;s work and do it as well as I can.&#8221; It&#8217;s a serious statement on work ethic, but when Abe says it she delivers it with the shining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revamped Kabukiza theater aims to charm a new audience</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/03/29/stage/revamped-kabuki-za-theater-aims-to-charm-a-new-audience/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=revamped-kabuki-za-theater-aims-to-charm-a-new-audience</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kabuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kabukiza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kengo Kuma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shochiku]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Kabukiza is back — with big ambitions and aspirations to make the nation&#8217;s classical theatrical entertainment more attractive to a 21st-century audience. The reopened kabuki theater — now reconstructed for the fifth time — in the upscale shopping-entertainment district of Ginza, will roll out a new monthlong program from next Tuesday, three years after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lovesick nun, magic sandals and a vengeful ghost</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/03/21/stage/a-lovesick-nun-magic-sandals-and-a-vengeful-ghost/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-lovesick-nun-magic-sandals-and-a-vengeful-ghost</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kabuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nakamura Fukusuke IX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumidagawa Hana no Goshome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tsuruya Namboku IV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sumidagawa Hana no Goshozome&#8221; (&#8220;The Sumida River Adorned with Cherry Blossoms&#8221;) by Tsuruya Namboku IV (1755-1829), now showing at the National Theater of Japan, was written to be a blockbuster. It was created for the Ichimura-za theater in Edo in 1814, when kabuki was an extremely popular form of entertainment for the townsfolk. To excite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where cherry blossoms fall: Love, betrayal and tragedy at the Sumida River</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/03/21/stage/where-cherry-blossoms-fall-love-betrayal-and-tragedy-at-the-sumida-river/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=where-cherry-blossoms-fall-love-betrayal-and-tragedy-at-the-sumida-river</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kabuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nakamura Fukusuke IX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumidagawa Hana no Goshome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tsuruya Namboku IV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The play begins with Matsuwaka (Nakamura Hayato, 19) of the Kyoto-based Yoshida family. He is disguised as Yorikuni of the Otomo family, who is the fiance to princess Sakurahime (Nakamura Kotaro, 19) of the Iruma family. Sakurahime is also the younger sister of Matsukawa&#8217;s own betrothed, Hanako. (Fusuke IX). A fugitive charged with plotting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspiring thespians get help in realizing dreams</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/03/08/stage/aspiring-thespians-get-help-in-realizing-dreams/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aspiring-thespians-get-help-in-realizing-dreams</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hibiki Kitagawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hideki Noda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keiko Miyata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamiya Kuriyama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you had a son or daughter who announced they wanted to be a stage actor, whatever would you say to them? In Japan today, as in centuries past, this still remains a dreaded scenario for many &#8220;respectable&#8221; parents hoping to raise children who will better their lots materially and in the all-important eyes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining conventions of the play</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/02/21/stage/redefining-conventions-of-the-play/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=redefining-conventions-of-the-play</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[playwright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takahiro Fujita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without doubt, Takahiro Fujita is the most prominent newcomer in the world of Japanese contemporary theater. To a considerable extent that&#8217;s because the 27-year-old playwright/director has an unusual trademark style — to create works that often have the same lyrical phrases and series of movements repeated over and over again. In fact, almost as soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Anjin&#8217; play launches yearlong celebration of U.K.-Japan ties</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/02/08/stage/anjin-play-launches-yearlong-celebration-of-u-k-japan-ties/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=anjin-play-launches-yearlong-celebration-of-u-k-japan-ties</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A play about William Adams, thought to be the first Englishman to set foot in Japan, is being staged in London to mark the start of J400, a yearlong series of events to celebrate 400 years of Anglo-Japanese relations. &#8220;Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai&#8221; is a drama about Adams&#8217; friendship with the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen comes in third at Swiss ballet competition</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/02/04/stage/teen-comes-in-third-at-swiss-ballet-competition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=teen-comes-in-third-at-swiss-ballet-competition</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/02/04/stage/teen-comes-in-third-at-swiss-ballet-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[ballet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An 18-year-old high school student won third place at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland over the weekend. &#8220;I am satisfied with my performance, but I can&#8217;t still believe I became one of the top finishers,&#8221; said Masaya Yamamoto of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, after Saturday&#8217;s award ceremony. &#8220;I&#8217;d like to become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With &#8216;Desh,&#8217; Khan proves you can go home again</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/01/24/stage/with-desh-khan-proves-you-can-go-home-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=with-desh-khan-proves-you-can-go-home-again</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Kosaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akram Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If art's purpose is to ask the relevant questions, then British-Bangladeshi dancer Akram Khan successfully interrogates humanity — and himself — with his latest production, "Desh." ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Coriolanus&#8217; comes home — to Kyoto</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/01/23/stage/coriolanus-comes-home-to-kyoto/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=coriolanus-comes-home-to-kyoto</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/01/23/stage/coriolanus-comes-home-to-kyoto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coriolanus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motoi Miura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osamu Dazai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a fair bet that many people at the Globe Theatre in London last May expected the Kyoto-based Chiten (Point) Company to present a stereotypically Japanese, samurai-style &#8220;Coriolanus,&#8221; complete with taiko drums and period armor. Instead, however, Japan&#8217;s contribution to the theater&#8217;s Globe to Globe project, for which 37 Shakespeare plays were performed by companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social awareness takes center stage</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/12/27/stage/social-awareness-takes-center-stage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=social-awareness-takes-center-stage</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/12/27/stage/social-awareness-takes-center-stage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s calamities of March 2011 — the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the start of an ongoing nuclear disaster — changed not only the social awareness of the general public who make up theater audiences, but also how dramatists approached their work. Many questioned why so many mistakes have been, and continue to [...]]]></description>
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