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. Based on the 2002 Broadway musical (which was based on the 1988 movie), Hairspray is a celebration of American music of the......

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! Photos by Hugo.......

The last time we attended anything Broadway related, we went to Live Mic Musical's debut production of their series of musical cabaret productions. If you missed the first production, you can judge the talent and performance level for yourself with the YouTube clip we've conveniently embedded. Or better yet, you can just come to the next show, which takes place this Saturday night. This time, the show takes place at the well-known bar and......

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. After some recent birthday celebrations that......

So it turns out that 42nd Street was as popular in Beijing as it was in Shanghai. Our inside sources tell us that while the musical packed the halls in Shanghai and Beijing, ticket sales just about everywhere else sucked. Sexy Beijing's Sufei went down to a screening to ask Chinese audiences what they thought of the show, and interviewed the actors as well. Two glaring observations: 1. Kristen Martin, the lead actress of the......