This program introduces to you the world of Nagauta, a musical genre of Kabuki theater which is melodious, dramatic and often rhythmic. Guided by young professional artists, you can experience the ...

Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony ...

Unlike Western theater, which presents a heightened version of reality (“Cats” notwithstanding), the Japanese art of Kabuki values style over storytelling. Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s current ...

Makoto Nishimura is keeping the art of Japanese kabuki alive through an unlikely group of students. In Tokyo’s Meguro ward, Makoto Nishimura’s small apartment is a trove of traditional Japanese ...

In the Hawaiian Islands, where many Japanese people had immigrated since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), a unique, localized form ...

Queen in Japan in 1976 on their Night At The Opera tour. A modern theatre production inspired by the Queen album ‘A Night At The Opera’ has opened in Japan with the band’s blessing. Titled Q: A Night ...

Maholo Terajima is the first officially recognised dual-national kabuki actor, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a star of the traditional Japanese art form. Kabuki is a type of Japanese ...

Alabama cult heroes Daikaiju are a live experience that sells itself. They 1) play a punk-charged brand of surf rock, 2) perform wearing kabuki masks and 3) are known to go all Monotonix-wild during ...

In Tokyo’s Meguro ward, Makoto Nishimura’s small apartment is a trove of traditional Japanese instruments. Hanging in front of her bookshelf is a row of three-stringed shamisen (a type of ...