New version of Sound of Music set for comeback

The Mandarin version of the The Sound of Music will return to Beijing from Aug 18 to Sept 3, after its first tour of the country last year.

Premiered in July 2016, the musical, produced by Seven Ages, a Beijing-based company dedicated to adapting classical Western musicals into Chinese versions, has been staged more than 100 times and attracted over 100,000 people.

The Broadway show, based on the book The Trapp Family Singers, which was written by Maria Von Trapp about her real-life experiences and published in 1949, made its debut in 1959. With music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.