Kimono-clad Mayuko Kashiwazaki delivers her lines in guttural tones and transforms into an evil snake in the lead role of a Japanese Noh play where, unusually, most of the cast are women. Noh, with ...

Japanese Noh Theatre is a quiet, beautiful work of art in masks, kimono and tabi socks. Traditional Noh is an all male production telling folk-tales that are well known in Japan. The productions are ...

Before he turned 3 years old, Munenori Takeda had entered a career path already paved for him. Born into a clan of classical Japanese actors, Takeda began studying traditional Noh theater as a small ...

At Japan Society, Simon Starling reinterprets a one-act play by W. B. Yeats in which Japanese Noh theater met European modernism. Simon Starling, still from “At Twilight / The Hawk’s Dance” (2016), ...

TOKYO >> The ghost of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), who led the development of the U.S. atomic bomb, is the main character of a Noh play titled “Oppenheimer,” to be performed on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In a Bay Area blessed with a multitude of traditional Christmas chestnuts, Theatre of Yugen's captivating and enchanting take on Dicken's A Christmas Carol is a must-see addition to the scene.

A classic manga by Ryoko Yamagishi featuring Prince Shotoku of ancient Japan will be adapted into a traditional Noh-kyogen drama piece. Nomura Mansai, an acclaimed actor in “kyogen,” a traditional ...

Bread & Butter Theatre returns to Potrero Stage with the World Premiere of Lana Palmer's FUNERAL GAME. Artistic Director Bruce Avery directs this two-person play about memory and omission, love and ...