Performing Arts
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Local Puppet Theater Group in Miyazaki Pref. Wins Award for Traditional Culture
MIYAKONOJO, Miyazaki — A group preserving local ningyo joruri puppet shows in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki P...
February 11, 2024
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Ichiryusai Teikyo Follows Father’s Form on Kodan Stage, Stays Faithful to Tradition
Popular kodan storyteller Ichiryusai Teikyo, who maintains a confident and dignified posture on stag...
December 17, 2023
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New National Theatre’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ Brings Doge’s Tale to Tokyo
Opera is an all-embracing spectacle, uniting music, art and theater. With such breadth, even the mos...
December 10, 2023
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Indian-Inspired Play Performed in Front of Tokyo Station; Outdoor Spectacle Part of Ongoing Tokyo Festival 2023
In broad daylight, visitors from a totally different world suddenly appeared in an office district o...
October 21, 2023
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Treasured Temple, Puppet Master to Enrich Toyama Staging of Bunraku Plays; Kanjuro Kiritake, Others to Perform Bunraku Puppet Plays
Living national treasure Kanjuro Kiritake and others will perform bunraku puppet plays at Shoko-ji t...
October 10, 2023
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Probe to Start over Death of Japan’s Takarazuka Revue Member
TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — Takarazuka Revue Co., a popular Japanese all-female musical group, ...
October 8, 2023
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After 1 year, ‘Harry Potter’ Still Plays to Packed House in Tokyo
The play “Harry Potter to Noroi no Ko” (“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) is enjoying a successfu...
October 6, 2023
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‘Chainsaw Man’ Actor Naotake Tsuchiya Ecstatic to Bring Denji to Life
The popular manga and anime “Chainsaw Man” has made its stage debut, and Naotake Tsuchiya is ecstati...
September 22, 2023
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Japan’s Shiki Theatre Company Focusing on Original Productions; After Long-Running Productions of ‘Cats’ and ‘The Lion King’
The Shiki Theatre Company, which has led the theater world with pioneering experiments, celebrated i...
September 17, 2023
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Japanese Conductor Opens Opera Season in Odesa, Provides Encouragement to Ukrainian Audience
Japanese conductor Hirofumi Yoshida, who is based in Italy, was in the pit for the opera season open...
September 12, 2023
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VTuber Group Hololive Takes Over Tokyo Dome City
The all-female VTuber group Hololive has scored fans across the globe. Currently, group members are ...
September 1, 2023
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Fuku Suzuki Moves On To Next Stage Of Career
It may come as a surprise for some people, but celebrated “child actor” Fuku Suzuki is now 19 years ...
August 3, 2023
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Large Theatre Adaptation of ‘Spirited Away’ to Begin in U.K. in 2024
A theatrical adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi” (“Spirited...
August 3, 2023
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Kagura and Shomyo Cultural Traditions Kept Alive as Stage Performance
Kagura, dancing to live music to worship Shinto deities, and shomyo, the chanting of Buddhist sutras...
June 29, 2023
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Takarazuka Revue Performance to be Streamed Overseas
A performance by the famed all-female Takarazuka Revue Company will be livestreamed for overseas vie...
June 9, 2023
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