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Reinventing The Musical For A Chinese Audience
In Shanghai, director Meng Jinghui's murder mystery is no mere Broadway translation. The show's lyricist explains: "If you take Rent on stage in China, it doesn't make sense. We don't have bohemia, we don't have so many drug users or gay people, and we don't do threesomes." NPR 10/21/09
In Shanghai, director Meng Jinghui's murder mystery is no mere Broadway translation. The show's lyricist explains: "If you take Rent on stage in China, it doesn't make sense. We don't have bohemia, we don't have so many drug users or gay people, and we don't do threesomes." NPR 10/21/09
Posted October 22, 2009 06:33 AM
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