Ultimate Broadway Top Version in Shanghai

Date: Sept 16-18 - 7:15 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 80-699 yuan

Ultimate Broadway Top Version is surely a glamorous evening that will take audiences through the different eras of Broadway musicals from the classic shows of the 1950's through to the blockbusters of the 1980's and then beyond into Broadway today. The show will star four Broadway and The West End stars, 10 ensemble members from London, around 20 talented local ensembles from Shanghai as well as a 40-piece orchestra. The show is being directed by Paul Warwick Griffin, choreographed by Ashley Wallen and musically supervised by Stephen Brooker.

World Theater Masters series: My Children! My Africa!

Date: Sept 12-13 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 180 yuan

Plays by Tony Lifetime Achievement Award playwright Athol Fugard will be staged for the first time in China, as the first installment of Chen Wencong International Theater Company's World Theater Masters series. Written by the South African playwright, My Children! My Africa!, The Island and The Train Driver, are riveting plays exploring racial relationships and moral dilemmas during the Apartheid. Time Magazine dubs him "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world", while The New Yorker describes him as "a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize".

2015 World Snooker Shanghai OTO Masters

Date: Sept 14-20 - 7 pm

Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage

Price: 50-280 yuan

The Shanghai Masters, also known as the Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters for sponsorship purposes, is a professional ranking snooker tournament. Stuart Bingham is the reigning champion. The tournament currently takes place at the Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai in September and is the second full ranking event of the season as of 2015. The world top players will come to this tournament, for example Ding Junhui, John Higgins, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Judd Trump, etc.

Amy Winehouse Memorial Concert in Shanghai

Date: Sept 12 - 9 pm

Venue: The Pearl, 471 Zhapu Lu Nr Wujin Lu

Price: 150-200 yuan

Amy Winehouse was a British singer and songwriter best known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres, including soul, jazz, rock and roll and R&B. Winehouse received 24 awards from 60 nominations during her short career, including six Grammy awards. Resident singer Nom from The Cotton Club, will be performing the best of Amy's work accompanied by some of Shanghai's finest musicians. Amy's greatest songs such as Rehab, Back To Black, Stronger Than Me and You Know I'm No Good will feature. Let's celebrate together the life and musical legacy of Amy Winehouse, the pre-eminent vocal talent of her generation.

The Twelve Tenors 2015 concert in Chongqing

Date: Sept 12-13 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Chongqing Grand Theater

Price: 40-480 yuan

Twelve tenor's performance is fantastic. They have been swept through the United States and Europe most of the audience, and there are a large group of loyal fans. Each one of them has a place in the stage of the concert. Imagine the world's most outstanding singer together, the performance will be absolutely amazing to you cannot breathe.

Poker Night Blues in Beijing

Date: Sept 12-20 - 8 pm

Venue: Drum Tower West Theater

Price: 100-380 yuan

Poker Night Blues was created collaboratively by American and Chinese artists. Tina Kronos form United States-based Theater Movement Bazaar has rich experience in creating provocative theatrical production with an emphasis on physical action. She deconstructed classic masterpieces by authors such as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and Tennessee Williams. Working together with China-based Beijing TinHouse Productions, she created this play for actors with theater and dance background in the collision between China and US culture. This play received greatly positive reviews after first its premiere in 77 theater in Beijing, China.

(China Daily 09/12/2015 page20)