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Japan Society has announced its full 2025–2026 Performing Arts Season, a dynamic lineup of live performances in theater, ...
ABC News’ Juju Chang alongside Broadway’s Don Darryl dives into the culture of Japan with a rare glimpse inside the world-renowned Kabuki theater, Kabukiza.
Returning to Actors Theatre of Louisville for its 2025-26 season is the beloved "A Christmas Carol." Here's what else to expect.
Kabuki theatre performances by children have been featured at the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival in western Japan. The festival is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
With its distinctive kumadori make-up, vibrant costumes, and dynamic action, the kabuki theater occupies a central position in Japan’s performing arts and is an immediately recognizable symbol ...
The Minamiza Theater in Kyoto is Japan’s oldest playhouse, with a history going back some 400 years. Its roots can be traced to the staging of a new form of performing art created by Izumo no ...
Every autumn, Izushi Castle Town's Eirakukan Kabuki Theater relives its century-long heritage of traditional Japanese Kabuki theater with a weeklong run of select Kabuki performances.
An all-male tradition that combines music, dance, acrobatics and archaic formal Japanese in plays four hours long, kabuki needs to change, according to one of its biggest stars, Danjuri Ichikawa ...
In yet another bid to seem like it’s doing something about the border, Team Biden says it’s getting faster in processing some asylum claims for some illegal migrants.
The classic form of Japanese theatre known as Kabuki began in 1603 as a female dance and singing ensemble. It was a common form of entertainment in Japanese red-light areas, especially in the ...