Avant-garde director looks to fairy tale for new musical

Theater director Meng Jinghui's latest musical draws inspiration from a European fairy tale.

It tells the story of a depressed prince whose only cure is to marry a princess from another kingdom. He goes there to propose, but is refused by the king.

Then a fairy tells him that the princess is actually one of three oranges in the king's possession. If the prince can somehow steal them, the fairy says, the princess will be his.