Yukio Mishima

Japan Society Will Present THE SEVEN BRIDGES Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 15, 2025

Japan Society will present the world premiere of The Seven Bridges(Hashi-zukushi), a vibrant new work for all ages from the Tokyo-based dance company CHAiroiPLIN with choreography by company founder Takuro Suzuki.

Japan Society to Present North American Premiere of LE TAMBOUR DE SOIE (THE SILK DRUM)
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 18, 2025

Japan Society will present the North American premiere of LE TAMBOUR DE SOIE (THE SILK DRUM), conceived and co-created by Yoshi Oida and Kaori Ito with a script by acclaimed French screenwriter and novelist Jean-Claude Carrière, based on Yukio Mishima’s modern noh play.

Japan Society Launches 2025�"2026 Performing Arts Season With World Premiere of KINKAKUJI
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2025

Japan Society will launch its 2025–2026 Performing Arts Season with the world premiere of KINKAKUJI, a new stage adaptation of Yukio Mishima’s landmark 1956 novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.

Japan Society Reveals 2025�"2026 Performing Arts Season Featuring Yukio Mishima Centennial Series
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 10, 2025

Japan Society has announced its full 2025–2026 Performing Arts Season, a dynamic lineup of live performances in theater, dance, and music, including multiple world and North American premieres.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Unveils 2025 Tanglewood Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2025

Tanglewood has revealed details of its 2025 season, opening in late June. The 2025 Tanglewood season features more than 100 performances. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

BOULDER BALLET Comes to Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2024

Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre and the Grand Lake Creative District have partnered to present a one-night-only performance of the Boulder Ballet on April 27th at 7:30pm. 

The Joyce to Present DANCING WITH GLASS: THE PIANO ETUDES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 3, 2023

The Joyce presents 'Dancing with Glass: The Piano Etudes' featuring Lucinda Childs, Justin Peck, Chanon Judston, Leonardo Sandova, and more.

Rirkrit Tiravanija Unveils Exhibition and New Opera Production
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2023

In a de-centralised exhibition from 5 to 29 May 2023, Haus der Kunst is showing works by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija (b. 1961, Buenos Aires) at various sites in the building. In a first collaboration between Haus der Kunst and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the exhibition takes place at the same time as Toshio Hosokawa's opera Hanjo, which will be performed in the Westgalerie of Haus der Kunst and for which Rirkrit Tiravanija has created the stage design.

Rirkrit Tiravanija Will Design New Opera Production For Bayerische Staatsoper In Collaboration With Haus Der Kunst, Munich
by Stephi Wild - Mar 31, 2023

In a first collaboration between Haus der Kunst and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Rirkrit Tiravanija will design the scenography of Toshio Hosokawa's one act opera, Hanjo, conducted by Lothar Koenigs, directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and costumes designed by Yuima Nakazato. First performance: Friday 5 May 2023.

Japan Society To Host Play Reading I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU, BUT... On March 13
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 17, 2023

As part of its current Performing Arts Season, Fall 2022—Spring 2023, Japan Society presents a staged reading of I'm Trying to Understand You, But… by Japanese playwright Yuri Yamada, led by NYC-based director NJ Agwuna, taking place Monday, March 13 at 7:30 PM at Japan Society.

Photos: First Look at CHUSHINGURA - 47 RONIN at Amaterasu Za
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 21, 2022

Amaterasu Za is presenting Chushingura - 47 Ronin, adapted and directed by Ako Dachs, it will be performed mainly in Japanese with English subtitles.  Chushingura - 47 Ronin, which has begun performances, will officially open on October 23, 2022, at the A.R.T./New York Mezzanine Theater. See photos here!

Centaur Theatre Presents SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, Opens November 8
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 20, 2022

Centaur Theatre presents a provocative look into the intimate challenges within academia in the #MeToo era, with SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, written by renowned playwright Hannah Moscovitch, and directed by Eda Holmes.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for Amaterasu Za's CHUSHINGURA - 47 RONIN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2022

Amaterasu Za will present Chushingura - 47 Ronin, adapted and directed by Ako Dachs, it will be performed mainly in Japanese with English subtitles.  Chushingura - 47 Ronin will begin performances on October 18, in advance of its opening night on October 23, 2022, at the A.R.T./New York Mezzanine Theater. See rehearsal photos here!

Amaterasu Za To Debut CHUSHINGURA - 47 RONIN, a New Adaptation of a Celebrated Japanese Tale
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2022

Amaterasu Za will present Chushingura - 47 Ronin, adapted and directed by Ako Dachs, it will be performed mainly in Japanese with English subtitles.  Chushingura - 47 Ronin will begin performances on October 18, in advance of its opening night on October 23, 2022, at the A.R.T./New York Mezzanine Theater.

Toshio Hosokawa's HANJO Comes to NYU Skirball Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 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.

Yukio Mishima's New Opera HANJO Comes to the Japan Society Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 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.

Japan Society Announces 2022-2023 Musical Performance Season
by Stephi Wild - Jul 25, 2022

Japan Society has announced its Fall 2022-Winter 2023 season of concert performances with in-person programs focused on traditional and modern works, spanning the disciplines of opera, film, Noh theater, puppetry, and prose.

Philharmonia Orchestra Announces New Autumn Residency at Cromwell Place
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022

Following a successful collaboration during London Art Week earlier this month, the Philharmonia and Cromwell Place have announced a residency partnership through the autumn and early 2023. 

Japan Society Announces 2022-23 Performing Arts Season Featuring Events in Opera, Theater, Dance & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022

Japan Society has announced its upcoming season of live, in-person performances at the Society with programs spanning traditional to contemporary, across the disciplines of opera, theater, traditional noh, puppetry, dance and more, slated for Fall 2022 and Winter/Spring 2023.

Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Announces 2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 1, 2022

The 17th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival has announced its September program titled Tutti Frutti Tennessee Williams.  The 2022 roster will feature six plays by Tennessee Williams, the first time the Festival will feature an All-Williams lineup since their first year in 2006.