In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...

Fuelled by social media and a rare visit by Japan’s elite wrestlers, growing numbers of Britons are taking part in the centuries-old sport It is a centuries-old Japanese tradition, steeped in ceremony ...

Theater producer Cameron Mackintosh has been bringing long runs of grand theatrical spectacles to Chicago for nearly half a century now. Delivering a big night out for regular folks remains a point of ...

Most of Cameron Mackintosh’s monster Broadway hits — “Cats, “Les Miserables,” “Miss Saigon,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Mary Poppins” — are decades old now. But two things have swung in the ...

It's a scene you would expect to see in Tokyo. But the sound of bare feet padding, and bodies thudding on the mat of a sports hall in Belfast signals an unlikely first - the ancient Japanese tradition ...

When the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament concludes in Tokyo next month, a second confrontation will follow, not between rikishi, the professional sumo wrestlers, but between modern optics and ancient ...

Once again, as they've done for the past 54 years, Nikkei's market-watching gurus have spoken. Appearing on the front page of the Dec. 10 edition of the thrice-weekly Nikkei Marketing Journal (Nikkei ...

Remember the stories of the paranormal and unexplained that you used to hear whilst gathered around with friends at campfires and sleepovers? Remember feeling those goose bumps and feeling like ...

New sneak peeks have been released from the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, held earlier this month in Washington, D.C. The annual tradition honors those in the performing arts for their lifetime ...

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