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STAGE TUBE: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 25th Anniversary at Shiki Theatre Company (4/30/2013) - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA reached its 25th Anniversary at the Shiki Theatre Company. Check out the video below!

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Returns to Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (4/12/2013) - Two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra is finally back home at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall. Music Director Hubert Soudant led the TSO in a performance of Bruckner's 9th Symphony and Te-Deum on April 7 to mark the reopening of the hall.

THE LITTLE MERMAID Opens in Tokyo This Weekend (4/5/2013) - Producer and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher and Shiki Theatre Company celebrate their ongoing producing partnership with The Little Mermaid, which opens in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, April 7th, 2013 at Shiki's Natsu Theatre.

THE RIDE Debuts in Japan Today (4/3/2013) - Nippon TV and Yomiuri TV correspondent, Chelsea Gaeta, will host THE RIDE JAPANESE EDITION, set to begin performances today, April 3rd, 2013.

THE RIDE to Premiere in Japan, April 3 (3/16/2013) - Nippon TV and Yomiuri TV correspondent, Chelsea Gaeta, will host THE RIDE JAPANESE EDITION, set to begin performances on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013.

STAGE TUBE: Building the Set of THE LITTLE MERMAID in Tokyo (2/22/2013) - Producer and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher and Shiki Theatre Company will continue their ongoing producing partnership with The Little Mermaid, which will open in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, April 7th, 2013 at Shiki's Natsu Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a video of the set being built below.

STAGE TUBE: Video Trailer of THE LITTLE MERMAID in Tokyo (2/22/2013) - Producer and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher and Shiki Theatre Company will continue their ongoing producing partnership with The Little Mermaid, which will open in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, April 7th, 2013 at Shiki's Natsu Theatre. Check out the trailer below.

STAGE TUBE: JEKYLL AND HYDE (12/27/2012) - The best actors only allowed a single stage! Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater (2013 Jan. 8 to Feb. 9) Only 5 weeks of special performances!

Tokyo International Players Present ALICE, Now thru Dec 9 (12/6/2012) - Tokyo International Players present 'Alice' by Laura Wade and based on the book by Lewis Carroll and directed by Liam Shea, tonight, December 6-9, 2012 at the Ebisu Echo Theatre.

Tokyo International Players Present ALICE, Dec 6-9 (12/1/2012) - Tokyo International Players present 'Alice' by Laura Wade and based on the book by Lewis Carroll and directed by Liam Shea, December 6-9, 2012 at the Ebisu Echo Theatre.

Merit School of Music to Send 18 Suzuki-Alegre Strings Students to Suzuki World Convention in Japan (11/28/2012) - Eighteen talented Chicago youngsters, all students in Merit School of Music's Suzuki-Alegre Strings program, will pack their suitcases and string instruments for the trip of a lifetime to Matsumoto, Japan, where they will represent Chicago at the 16th Suzuki Method World Convention, March 27-31, 2013.

Jonathan Nott Named Next Music Director of the Tokyo Symphony (10/10/2012) - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Chairman Hideo Sawada and Managing Director and Executive Director Junji Ohno announced today that conductor Jonathan Nott will become the Orchestra's next Music Director, beginning in 2014-15 season. The initial agreement is for three years.

Hideo Sawada Elected Chariman of Tokyo Symphony (8/6/2012) - Hideo Sawada was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at a meeting of the organization's Board of Directors on June 8, 2012. He will assume the chairmanship on September 1, 2012, succeeding Tadashi Yokokawa, who has held the post since April 1988.

Menicon to Open New Concert Hall, ANNEX (7/9/2012) - Menicon, Japan's largest contact lens producer, opened a new complex called ANNEX at its Nagoya headquarters, comprised of a state-of-the-art multipurpose hall and roomy gallery space for use by those in the arts community and the wider public.