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The Tokyo International Players will present THE WHO'S TOMMY at The Pocket, Nakano, running May 17 to May 20.

A commemorative opera production of AIDA is running at the New National Theatre Tokyo from April 5 to April 22 in celebration of the theatre's 20th anniversary.

In 1994, the Disney animated feature The Lion King made history as the highest grossing film of the year.

MACBETH ON THE EQUATOR is now playing at the New National Theatre! Originally performed in Korean in 2010, this is a new translation, being performed in Japan for the first time! Written by CHONG Wishing, the play is set in Singapore's Changi Prison in 1947, and follows former Japanese Soldiers who

The Japan Times conducted an interview with Chiaki Soma, founder of the Theater Commons Tokyo festival.

In Toho Stage's return engagement of Dogfight patrons may recognize several company members.

Aladdin the 1992 Disney animated feature about a protagonist who strives to overcome great obstacles and fulfill a dream is the magic formula that drives most Hollywood blockbusters.

This past Hanukkah I witnessed a kind of miracle in modern times: Toho Stage's Fiddler on the Roof, performed in Japanese by an all Asian company.

Winner of nine Tony Awards when it debuted in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof is the brainchild of Broadway legends, Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince; songwriters, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick; and bookwriter, Joseph Stein.

As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your

At a ceremony in Tokyo today, His Imperial Highness Prince Hitachi, honorary patron of the Japan Art Association, paid homage to the winners of the Association's 2017 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award.

Scary Beauty is, quite simply, bizarrely beautiful.

The International tour of EVITA will perform in Japan at Tokyo's Theatre Orb from July 2 to July 8, 2018.

George Orwell's classic dystopian drama will make its Japanese debut next year.

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan's most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will host a special exhibition entitled "Enjoying Japan's Traditional Performing Art Noh" from June 1st to 29th, 2017.

Italian American actor Andrea Galata will star in season five and six of Otona-no Kiso Eigo, the English-education program produced by NMH, Japan's largest broadcast organization.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum in Osaka! The production runs through April 25th at the Osaka Shochiku-Za.

This winter and spring, visitors to the Frist Center will enjoy opportunities to examine the art of Buddhism in unusual depth.

This winter and spring, visitors to the Frist Center will enjoy opportunities to examine the art of Buddhism in unusual depth.

We started off this year 2016 by continuing our highly-publicized exhibition 'Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats' which was named as one of the best exhibitions of the year by quite a few members of the media, both nationally and internationally.

BroadwayWorld.

BroadwayWorld.

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for our February show, Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues.

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In two weeks' time, Sensation Japan is back once again to offer another unique and all encompassing, sensory stimulating musical experience like no other on the planet.