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Following a sold-out run of Medea in 2011, Satoshi Miyagi and his company SPAC return to New York with another literary masterpiece, Othello.
Miyagi re-tells Shakespeare’s famed tragedy through noh theater’s most distinct storytelling structure, mugen noh, or a play that features a spirit. Told from the perspective of Othello’s wife Desdemona, who returns as a ghost after her death, Miyagi’s production is replete with stunning masks and costumes as well as powerful live music and chanting
Performed in Japanese with English titles.
Part of The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival 2018
Miyagi re-tells Shakespeare’s famed tragedy through noh theater’s most distinct storytelling structure, mugen noh, or a play that features a spirit. Told from the perspective of Othello’s wife Desdemona, who returns as a ghost after her death, Miyagi’s production is replete with stunning masks and costumes as well as powerful live music and chanting
Performed in Japanese with English titles.
Part of The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival 2018
Age Guidance: 13
Show Notes: No Intermission
Audience Advisory:
Thursday’s performance is sold out. A wait list will begin at the box office one hour prior to the show’s start time.Part of NOH-NOW series Based on Othello by William Shakespeare Performed in Japanese with English titles.
Performance Schedule:
THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 4 PM
Music
Hiroko Tanakawa (arranged by the actors)
Director
Satoshi Miyagi
Written by
Sukehiro Hirakawa
