Musicals singing all the way to the bank as popularity soars
By Wu Yiyao in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2013-07-01 08:02
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The Chinese version of Mama Mia! by United Asia Live Entertainment. Aside from the musicals coming directly from the West, more are being rendered into Chinese and played by local artists. Provided to China Daily |
Always a blockbuster, The Phantom of the Opera in Shanghai sold 5,000 tickets in May within just five hours to theatre-goers who got up as early as midnight to line up for a seat for the show to be staged in five months.
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