JAPAN SOCIETY

by Stephi Wild - November 22, 2023

Japan Society presents the New York premiere of Hamlet | Toilet, written and directed by Yu Murai and performed by the acclaimed theater company Kaimaku Pennant Race (KPR). ...

by Stephi Wild - November 02, 2023

Japan Society has announced Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude, a six-film series running December 9-16. ...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 24, 2023

The American Theatre Wing has announced winners for the 66th Obie Awards, celebrating and honoring Off- and Off-Off-Broadway. See the full list!...

by Stephi Wild - November 15, 2022

Prominent members from the Kita Noh School, including Akiyo Tomoeda, Living National Treasure designated by the Japanese government, perform works from noh theater’s classical repertoire: Kotei (The Emperor) and Makura Jido (Chrysanthemum Boy).  ...

by Blair Ingenthron - November 05, 2022

Performance Artist Akiko Tokuoka's new work, “Wakashu - Timeless Beauty of the Third Gender” will premiere in Queens this November. The work, made possible in part by a $3,000 grant from Queens Council on the Arts (QCA), will be staged at Secret Theatre....

by Stephi Wild - September 29, 2022

Japan Society presents the U.S. premiere of 9000 Paper Balloons, co-created by Maiko Kikuchi and Spencer Lott, and directed by Brooklyn-based theater-maker Aya Ogawa.  ...

by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2022

NYU Skirball will present the North American premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Hanjo, directed by Luca Veggetti and produced by Catapult Opera, on Friday, September 30  at 7:30 pm and Sunday, October 2 at 2:00 pm at NYU Skirball. Neal Goren conducts....

by Stephi Wild - August 08, 2022

On September 14, come to Japan Society for a talk with the creative team behind the reality-bending opera Hanjo, based on Yukio Mishima's modern noh play and reimagined by the internationally-acclaimed Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 08, 2022

CAGE SHUFFLE MARATHON – a full-length evening of dance and spoken word set to John Cage’s 90, one-minute stories from his 1963 score INDETERMINANCY – will be given its world premiere February 15-19 when Paul Lazar and several guest artists  take the stage at La MaMa’s Downstairs theater....

by Kristen Morale - November 13, 2021

SHEEP #1 is the third program of the Japan Society’s current season, which focuses on New York City - based, female theater-makers. The piece first premiered at The Tank three years ago, then caught Japan Society’s Artistic Director Yoko Shioya’s attention. Prior to its most recent engagement, Takah...