Arts & Events

New: Around & About Theater: Mansaku-no Kai, Japanese Classical Comedy, the Counterpoint to Noh

By Ken Bullock
Monday May 07, 2012 - 01:49:00 PM

Most theater-goers are familiar with Noh, at least from photos or in film: spare stage with musicians and chorus sitting on the boards, lead actor in gorgeous brocades and usually a mask, moving in a stylized way--something fantastic, tragedy from myth and legend of the Japanese past ... -more-


Don't Miss This

By Dorothy Snodgrass
Friday May 04, 2012 - 04:56:00 PM

You say that nothing interesting happens in the bay area in May? I beg to differ. Catch some of these intriguing and highly unusual activities: -more-