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Musical West Side Story

Date: Nov 23-Dec 6 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 200-1,000 yuan

rovocative finger snapping of street gangs, Puerto Rican girls' whirling skirts on New York City's flat roofs, derelict West Side backyards - just a few notes of Leonard Bernstein's world-famous score, featuring songs such as Maria, Tonight, Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty, immediately evoke these images of West Side Story. At its 1957 Broadway premiere the musical redefined an entire genre both musically and in terms of dance. The genius of its four creators - Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim - produced a piece whose great artistic quality remains unquestioned to this day. The film version won ten Oscars and brought the masterwork to an audience of millions just a few years later. Today West Side Story stands unchallenged as the No. 1 of American musical theater - daring, realistic, and as relevant as on the day of its premiere.

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National Theatre for Children: Baby Tadpoles Look for Their Mother

Date: Aug 19 - 10 am

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts

Price: 60-300 yuan

China Naitional Theatre for Children was formerly the China National Children's Art Theatre of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1956 and the first president was Ren Hong. China Naitional Theatre for Children shoulders the responsibility of providing outstanding children's theater works for the majority of young children, as well as that of the inheritance, development and innovation of the children's theater arts. The National Children's Art Theatre has trained several generations of artists and backbone in the children's theater art of China and has won numerous art awards. The Theatre has created and performed excellent children's theater works many times with tours all over the country and has been to Singapore, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Australia and other countries for exchange performances.

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