In search of adventure after graduating from college in the early 1950s, A.R. Gurney went as far as he could by enlisting in the Navy. While the young writer was stationed in Japan, his encounters ...

I couldn’t and wouldn’t want to develop something traditionally Japanese, but I did use elements from Japanese theater — kabuki and bunraku — as well as the musical aesthetic, the acting and the style ...

An epic retelling of the 12th century Japanese civil war, “The Tale of the Heike” (Heike Monogatari) has provided the source material for Kabuki, Noh and bunraku plays, novels and films. Printmakers ...

As the third performance in The Shamisen Sessions, a multi-month celebration of the music and history of the distinctively Japanese instrument, Japan Society presents A Salute to Tradition on November ...

2 SNOW MAN GETS THEATRICAL FOR “TRUE LOVE” - NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE 3 Snow Man takes cool to the next level with “BOOST” – now available worldwide Japan Society presents Kabuki Dance, led by master ...

This Sunday, the Kimmel Center will host the Philadelphia debut of one of Japan’s most-acclaimed Nihon Buyo dance masters when Bando Kotoji and his company perform a matinee show at 3 p.m. in the ...

Edwin Booth did it. So did John Barrymore. But it has been many moons since a Shakespearean actor in the United States became a superstar on the basis of his classical stage prowess. In modern Japan, ...