He brought his Western experience into the traditional Indonesian theater form to merge them into something profound.

Neither of them studied traditional Japanese dance or theater forms and prefer to choreograph and perform only their own works.

His stage performances blend elements of kabuki, a Japanese theater form, with traditional conjuring.

Mr. Brook also invokes myth and symbol when he speaks of his quest for theater forms.

I just think that in the last year of the century it will be great to make a statement about the musical theater form.

Being a theater form, unlike a dance form, it is more plural and dynamic.

This uniquely theatrical of theater forms has the resonance of myth.

As musicals grew up, securing a niche as America's great indigenous theater form, it became clear that songs and stories were meant to go together.

Taking a chance on a popular theater form is itself uncommon.

And the evening may have signaled the dawning of a theater form, big time.