Program to bring acclaimed shows to cinemas in China

The new season of a theater program, New Live in China, launched by Beijing-based company, ATW Culture, will bring 36 productions to cinemas across the country in the second half of the year, including plays, operas, ballets and musicals, from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and Spain.

The highlights will include the play The Lehman Trilogy, produced by the acclaimed National Theatre Live, directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes and featuring three-time Olivier Award winner Simon Russell Beale.

Also on the list is the latest London revival of Arthur Miller's play All My Sons, featuring two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field; Henry V featuring Olivier Award winner Jamie Parker by Shakespeare's Globe, and five ballet productions by the Bolshoi Ballet, the celebrated Russian theater, including The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote, both performed by principal dancer Olga Smirnova.