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Globe-trotting Toshiki Okada to be Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre’s artistic director from April 2026

Playwright and director Toshiki Okada will become artistic director of the annual autumnal Tokyo Festival arts…

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Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ adds up to a real Tokyo treat

Almost five long years after its world premiere at the Curve Theatre in Leicester, Japanese audiences are fina…

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‘Rent’ star Anthony Rapp arrives with his one-man musical memoir of that landmark work

Previously best known in Japan as a cast member of the world-renowned, Tony award-winning rock musical “Rent”,…

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David Leveaux’s “Terayama Cabaret” opens with Shingo Katori in the title role

Even now, more than 40 years after he died, Shuji Terayama remains one of Japan’s most internationally influen…

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