Burlesque In Tokyo

Burlesque in TokyoWe must confess that, up until recently, we always thought of Japanese theatre in terms of grim movies like Rashomon and Gate of Hell, the classic Kabuki dancers and the traditional, stylized Noh plays.It would appear, however, that the Noh plays are no place in today's Japan, and that the most popular theatre is, rather, a kind of "Yes" play that seems to owe little to ancient Japanese drama and a great deal to American burlycue.At the Nichigeki Music Hall in Tokyo,...