Chikamatsu Monzaemon

Japan Society Reveals 2024-2025 Performing Arts Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2024

Japan Society has unveiled its 2024-2025 Performing Arts Season, featuring a diverse lineup of traditional and contemporary performances from Japan. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

World Premieres & More Set for 2024-25 Kennedy Center Dance Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 23, 2024

The 2024-25 Kennedy Center Dance season has been revealed! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Lincoln Center's White Light Festival Presents Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju: The Love Suicides At Sonezaki
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2019

The 2019 White Light Festival opens on Saturday, October 19 with Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju: The Love Suicides at Sonezaki told through Japanese bunraku puppet theater in a contemporary interpretation directed by renowned artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. Incorporating music by Seiji Tsurusawa, designated by Japan as a Living National Treasure, and video by Tabaimo and Sugimoto, this U.S. production premiere is a bold staging of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's classic 18th-century drama based upon actual events, and a rare opportunity to experience bunraku in New York City.

Tenth Anniversary of WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL Includes Two U.S. Theater Production Premieres
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2019

For its tenth anniversary season, the 2019 White Light Festival will feature events presented in eight venues across the city, including U.S. and New York premieres and the return of festival favorites, from October 19 through November 24. 

Lincoln Center Announces 2019 White Light Festival
by Julie Musbach - Jun 13, 2019

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2019 White Light Festival, which will run October 19 through November 24. For its tenth anniversary season, the multidisciplinary festival will feature events presented in eight venues across the city, including U.S. and New York premieres and the return of festival favorites.

OU's 2018-19 Theatre Season Offers Something For Everyone
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2018

From fairy tales to a rock opera, OU's 2018-19 theatre season offers 'something for everyone'