He was a fixture of postwar Japanese cinema and starred in films by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of that era.
Category: Theater
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In ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ Kristin Chenoweth Can’t Get Enough
Material excess can never be too excessive for the central character of this gilded Broadway musical, based on the 2012 film.
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Pauline Collins, 85, Dies; Stage and Screen Star of ‘Shirley Valentine’
She often played a particularly British character: a bubbly yet resilient woman facing down the corrosive effects of everyday modern life.
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‘Purple Rain’ Review: A Stage Musical That Misses Prince’s Charisma
Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.
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John Russell Taylor, 90, Dies; Cultural Critic and Hitchcock Biographer
A prolific journalist and author, he wrote the only authorized biography of Alfred Hitchcock and heaped early praise on the future Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.
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‘Girl, Interrupted,’ With Aimee Mann Songs, to Be Staged in New York
The Public Theater will present the play, which Martyna Majok adapted from the best-selling memoir.
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In ‘Wicked: For Good,’ Ariana Grande Solidifies Herself as a Dramatic Actress
The pop superstar reinvented herself in the first “Wicked,” but the sequel shows just how much further she can go as an actress.
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What Is the Right Way to Say Godot?
The latest starry revival of Samuel Beckett’s play is on Broadway, and one thing is certain: Whatever you call its elusive character, he doesn’t come.
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Has Theater Become Everybody’s Church?
New shows by Jen Tullock, Jordan E. Cooper and others have a common theme: You can walk away from the church, but the songs stay with you.
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‘Hedda’ Director Nia DaCosta on Her Sumptuous Adaptation of Ibsen
The director’s sumptuous rethinking of “Hedda Gabler” raises questions about women, freedom and the choices we make about our lives.
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Stephen Prina Taught a Class on Keanu Reeves in 1994. What Does He Think of ‘Godot’?
Stephen Prina may have been one of the first to see a deeper pattern in Mr. Reeves’s work.
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‘The Interview’: Anthony Hopkins on Quitting Drinking and Finding God
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