Stage Jan 17, 2020
To kill or not to kill: that is the question in 'Death Note: The Musical'
by Yukari Tanaka
A new version of "Death Note: The Musical" takes to the stage in Tokyo, with hopes of challenging people's perceptions of justice.
Stage Jan 10, 2020
Yoshitaka Hori: The man on a mission to export Japanese musicals
by Yukari Tanaka
HoriPro Inc. CEO and Chairman, Yoshitaka Hori, wants to take Japanese musicals out to the world and compete with the likes of Broadway and the West End.
Stage Jan 3, 2020
'Fortune' updates Faust's devilish deal
by Nobuko Tanaka
Playwright Simon Stephens turns to ideas of terror for his British-Japanese transformative theatrical trip.
Stage | 2019 in Review Dec 20, 2019
The year that musicals took on Japanese stages
by Nobuko Tanaka
While song and dance kept audiences flocking to theaters in Japan in 2019, the non-musical side was kept afloat by established dramatists rather than new faces
Stage Nov 28, 2019
Capitalizing on the pull of experimental Japanese theater
by Nobuko Tanaka
The latest play by Shuntaro Matsubara, "Memorial," sees the playwright team up with a new director for the first time, after a string of successes working with Motoi Miura
Stage Nov 20, 2019
Bringing a Greek tragedy to 21st-century Japan
by Nobuko Tanaka
Theater director Kunio Sugihara unveils his latest work, an adaptation of John Barton's 10-hour epic, "The Greeks"
Stage Nov 8, 2019
'Dr. Hoffmann's Sanatorium': Delving deep into the weird world of Kafka
by Nobuko Tanaka
Playwright Kazumi Kobayashi, better known as Keralino Sandorovich, unveils his latest play, in which a fictional discovery of a lost Franz Kafka novel is made
Stage Nov 6, 2019
The theater hoping to create a 100-year legacy
by Andrew Eglinton and Mika Eglinton
Months after it opened its doors, Theatre E9 Kyoto is pressing on with its plan to foster local talent and stage local theater productions in the city
Stage Oct 22, 2019
Kuroneko Burlesque: The dancers keeping Kyoto's risque side alive
by J.J. O'Donoghue
The burlesque troupe has been staging shows in an around Kyoto, and will soon begin a short residency at a new theater in the city
Stage Oct 3, 2019
'Q: A Night At The Kabuki': Giving a classic love story the Queen treatment
by Nobuko Tanaka
Hideki Noda's new play updates the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' and sets it to a soundtrack of songs from Queen's classic 1975 album, 'A Night at the Opera'
Stage Aug 13, 2019
The Theatre Olympics goes back to its roots for ninth iteration
by Andrew Eglinton and Mika Eglinton
Since the late 1970s, people from all over the world have traveled to the village of Toga in rural Toyama Prefecture to attend Tadashi Suzuki's renowned acting classes or to see the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) and other invited artists perform at the ...
Stage Jan 8, 2019
'Crime and Punishment': The crime you'll be glad you were a witness to
by Nobuko Tanaka
In a scoop for Tokyo, Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Ward is set to mark the new year with the world premiere of a new production of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" in an original production by English director Phillip Breen with a ...