Haruki Murakami News

John Zinn is a free-lance arts marketing consultant and producer. He was Director of Marketing and Communications at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago for 7 years and has worked with the company in some capacity for a total of 15 years.

Daniela Grill, CEO of Kulturformat, invited to Toni Mörwald's Palazzo for this year's Award Ceremony.  More than 100 excellent Out-of-home Art and Culture sujets have been submitted into five categories, and a panel of experts nominated the winners.

Post-lockdown, Murakami's themes of emotional and sexual isolation resonate all the more in a world of increasingly technologically mediated relationships

Full casting has been announced for Sputnik Sweetheart at Arcola Theatre, running 26 October – 25 November. Find out who is starring in the production and how to get tickets here!

Teatro Paraguas will host a book launch and poetry reading with Genevieve Betts and her new collection of poetry entitled A New Kind of Tongue, published by Flowersong Press, on Sunday September 17, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

With their production of Sasha Hails’ Possession about to open at the company’s home base, Arcola Theatre, led by Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen and Executive Director Leyla Nazli, has announced their new season.

On Friday, March 24 at 8 PM, Flushing Town Hall will present Octogenarian Women of Jazz during Women’s History Month. 

Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, announced today that he will step down in September after successfully delivering 14 editions of the internationally-acclaimed festival.

The French Institute Alliance Française presents the sixth edition of Animation First, the only U.S. festival dedicated to French animation. The 2023 festival runs from Friday, January 27 through Sunday, January 29 and will present seven feature-length films (including four U.S. and three NY premieres), and six short film programs with over 65 new shorts.

The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre & Dance and Kennedy Theatre are proud to present, Dance Dance Dance, adapted and directed by M.F.A. candidate Maggie Ivanova from the novel of the same title by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

Word for Word’s Off the Page Staged Reading Series 2022 continues on October 3 with two stories by Haruki Murakami The Second Bakery Attack and Bakery Attack. Stories that Word for Word theatrically presents are selected from Off the Page staged readings. This series is the public’s first look at pieces Word for Word is being considered for upcoming productions. 

Word for Word's Off the Page Staged Reading Series 2022 continues on August 8, 7pm with Children of the Sea, by Edwidge Danticat, Directed by Margo Hall on the Z Below Stage in San Francisco. Word for Word's Off the Page staged reading series is the public's first look at pieces Word for Word is considering for upcoming productions.

Word for Word's Off the Page Staged Reading Series 2022 begins on July 25 with Black Box, by Jennifer Egan, directed by Vanessa Flores on the Z Below Stage in San Francisco. Word for Word's Off the Page staged reading series is the public's first look at pieces Word for Word is considering for upcoming productions.

Word for Word and Z Space, in collaboration with Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience present a performance of the story Boys Go to Jupiter by Danielle Evans. Directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has announced its 2022 summer season, which features the return of some beloved in-person public events put on pause during the virtual and hybrid seasons of 2020 and 2021. 

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Murphy Taylor and Emerson Mae Smith with special guests in New Writers at 54! Identical twin transgender women and musical theatre writing duo, Murphy Taylor and Emerson Mae Smith are well versed in idiosyncrasy.

This season the mainstage opens with the largest dance concert of our season, Form Within a Form: Echoes and Reverberations, featuring works by international guest choreographers from the Korea National University of Arts and new choreography by UHM Dance Faculty and invited guest choreographers celebrating a wide range of dance genres and traditions.

The Gotham Film & Media Institute (The Gotham)  announced the winners of the 31st Annual Gotham Awards at a ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on November 29.

Mercury KX today released the original motion picture soundtrack to Spencer, the highly anticipated new film from director Pablo Larraín, starring Kristen Stewart in the lead role as the late Princess Diana. It is accompanied by a brand-new instrumental score composed by Jonny Greenwood.

The trailer for Drive My Car has been released. From directed Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the film is the official Japanese entry for the 94th Academy Awards. The cast includes Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yurim, abd Jin Daeyeon. Watch the trailer for the new film now!