It's the National Day Holiday weekend! This weekend will be filled with parties, parties and more parties as well as quite a handful of music gigs! Kick start your weekend with themed parties like a Mardi Gras at D10 Ultra Lounge, enjoy the final rooftop party by TICT, and if you're sick of the parties, go and enjoy a slew of Broadway tunes at Shanghai Culture Square or check out the opening of Shanghai's newest venue, Shanhai! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Will we soon be hearing a "Broadway melody" on Nanjing Xi Lu? According to Shanghai Daily, Jing'an District authorities are totally hoping to turn that strip of road into something like the Manhattan theater district. We can't seem to find any other info on it, but we're always up for a couple more musical distractions... and people line kicking their way down "ol' Nanjing Xi" has a hilarious ring to it. more ›

If you're dying to see a drag show like no other, you are in luck! Starting yesterday at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the Broadway musical Hairspray made its debut in Shanghai and will continue to play nightly for about two weeks. After that, they are off to Beijing for a week of performances. more ›

It was yet another stellar performance by several up-and-coming local talents Yvette Ling, Monica Zhang, Javen Chen and Yunwu Xia from Live Mic Musical last Saturday at Kathleen's 5. Not to worry if you've missed it this time. We hear that this is going to be a monthly affair from now on! more ›

Over the last few years, Broadway has been ever so gently creeping its way from the glitz and glam of Broadway to the back alleys and wet markets of Shanghai. With the recent success of touring productions of The Liong King, Mamma Mia, and most recently, 42nd Street, the group Live Mic Musical hopes to achieve the same kind of success with its first concert cabaret performed in Shanghai. more ›

HAPPY DRINKING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS! more ›

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Has Cosette finally found a reason to smile in China? more ›

Unlike some of the previous musicals that have taken the stage in Shanghai, 42nd Street is a musical more in line with Broadway's roots and traditions, a true reflection of the Broadway of old...you know, before shows adapted from Hollywood movies took it over. Originally, the show debuted in 1980, based upon the 1933 movie of the same name. After it's Broadway debut and subsequent Tony award for Best Musical, 42nd Street went on to become one of the longest running musicals in Broadway history. more ›

Chinese residents of New York City are about to get a little homesick -- or perhaps they will just be reminded of why they left China in the first place. Beginning October 20, New York based Brazilian artist Solange Fabiao will project her street scene videos of Shanghai and Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, on a building facade on Canal and Centre Streets in New York City's Chinatown. Called Transitio, Fabiao's "city within a city" project will run through October 31 with nightly showings at 6:30 pm and 11 pm. Fabiao has been doing these Transitio things for a few years now, including one about New York (and Shanghai and Nanning) last year in Beirut. more ›