Phantom is here
By Xu Jingxi | China Daily | Updated: 2015-10-21 07:51
A hit Western musical makes inroads into South China, cheered by local fans. Xu Jingxi reports in Guangzhou.
The Phantom of the Opera, a hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, staged its first show in Guangzhou city in Guangdong province on Sept 22. The southern Chinese city is the second location on the mainland, after Shanghai, to host the show that is scheduled to be staged in Beijing in November.
The Guangzhou Opera House has a giant chandelier and takes the look of 19th-century Paris while hosting the musical that is being staged through Sunday.
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