A not so funny thing happened to me this afternoon as I was getting a phone call on my Blackberry Curve. The phone kept ringing and dropping calls yet I could not answer. At the same time the phone felt like it was on vibrate but was not. I realized after a few seconds that what I felt was like mini electric shocks in my right hand fingers. I had become Electric Serge. I turned...

With Tokyo Stages, William Andrews, a Tokyo based writer, took it upon himself to compile a list, a directory of Tokyo Theaters in English directed at contemporary theater rather than traditional type. As he explains, he has divided his guide into three categories "the top dogs, as such (some of which are public and producing houses); the main commercial theatres; and a handful of the fringe theatres." First of his Top Dogs is Bungakuza Atelier...