Magic Meng hits a high note

Everyone has a dream. A young man diagnosed with cancer wants to kiss his university lover who has married his best friend; a doctor tries to help the actress he loves get back into the spotlight; a loser father just out of prison wishes to improve the lives of his son and daughter.

These seem like impossible missions, but director Meng Jinghui makes them come true in his first musical, Murder in the Hanging Garden, in a dramatic way.

The first run of the show in Beijing last month was sold out and the second run, currently at the Citycomb Theater, is still attracting young theater fans.