Category Archives: Theater

Behind the scenes at a musical in Sin City

In which our correspondent dares to watch a musical play about Teresa Teng in Dongguan.

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Understanding The Playground

Elyse Ribbons reviews The Playground, an avant-garde play.

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Das Kapital the musical!

Marx’s masterpiece is being adapted into a stage play.

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Leftover women

A review of 剩女郎, aka ‘Pride and Prejudice 2008.’

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Lethal English

A play in Chengdu is cancelled.

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The media circus when a celebrity dies

Hou Yaowen (侯耀文) dies. He Dong (何东) writes about the media circus, comparing it to the death of Huang Ju (黄菊). Also, Sina apologizes for deleting the post.

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English language theater in Beijing

I Heart Beijing, an predominantly English-language play by Elyse Ribbons, returns to Beijing in mid-June, 2007.

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