The stage is hers

Limelight | Tian Qinxin

She grew up shy and reserved, but the Chinese director learned to love the theater after seven years studying Peking Opera, she tells Chen Jie.

Before going to watch the opera La Boheme at the Metropolitan on April 2, director Tian Qinxin walked along bustling Broadway like any first-time tourist in New York. As she dropped into a small book store, a poster on the wall caught her eye immediately. It was Ute Lemper in the musical Chicago.