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Broadway China (Broadway Asia) Musicals in China
[ rumoured | past | notable ]

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Tracking Broadway and West End style musical theatre in the People's Republic of China. [plus the history of Broadway in China]

 

  
RUMOURED:
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    (2011 Beijing) [Really Useful Group / CPAA]
  • Singin' in the Rain
    (2011 Tour) [Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment]
  • Grease
    (2012 Tour)
  • AIDA
    (2011 Tour) [Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment]
  • Jekyll & Hyde
    (2012 Tour) [TML Enterprises]
  • Starlight Express
    (Tour) [Broadway Asia]
  • Betty Buckley in Concert
    (2012 Tour)
  • Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    (Tour) [Broadway Asia]

 

 

PAST SHOWS:
[ rumoured | notable ]

ZORRO
October 2011 at Shanghai Oriental Art Centre followed by tour of Beijing, Chongqing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenzhen.  Presented by Show Time Asia Group in association with Zorro Limited.
KISS ME KATE
The planned August-October 2011 Tour of Wenzhou, Ningbo, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen was cancelled on Sept 26 following poor (25%) ticket sales in Beijing. 
Presented by Beijing Exhibition Center Media Co,  Produced by Hebei Silang Performance Agency Pty Ltd/NSW Brave Touch Productions using an Australian cast.
JEKYLL & HYDE
2010 tour of Taiwan, including Taipei (National Theatre), Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, Produced by TML Enterprises presented by KHAM. Anticipated to return to China in 2012.
FAME
2009/2010 tour of Suzhou, Minhang (Shanghai), Xi'an, Nanning, Wuhan, Fuzhou and Beijing.  Produced by Phoenix Entertainment, presented by Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment in conjunction with local presenters.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
June 2009 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, for 24 shows with 32 International Cast and 10 Musicians.  Returned in 2010 for a tour including Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zheng Zhou, He Fei, Chongqing, Wuhan, Beijing and in Jan 2011 Taipei
CINDERELLA
2008 tour of Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Gunagzhou, Shanghai, Beijing.  Starred Lea Salonga. The production was directed by Bobby Garcia. Produced by  Broadway Asia.
AIDA
2008/2009 tour of Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Xi'an, Beijing, Huhhot, Tianjin.  Produced by Big League Theatricals, presented by Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment / local presenters.
HAIRSPRAY
July 2008, Shanghai Grand Theatre for 2 weeks, then Beijing for 1 week. Produced by  Broadway Asia.
42nd STREET
2007 tour of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Hefei, Ningbo, Changsha, Wuhan, Beijing.  Produced by Troika Entertainment and Broadway Asia Entertainment, presented by Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment / local presenters.
LE PETIT PRINCE
A French-language musical, Le Petit Prince, by composer Riccardo Cocciante, at Shanghai Oriental Art Centre in July 2007, and in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in January 2008.
MAMMA MIA
International Tour production produced by Judy Craymer, at the Shanghai Grand Theatre from July-August 2007, then Beijing for two-weeks the Poly Theater in August.

A Chinese language version of Mamma Mia in 2011 is included in the notable section below.

 

THE KING & I
Made its Asia premiere in Shenzhen, China, on April 25, 2007. Also played in Hangzhou.  Produced by Broadway Asia.
THE LION KING
Shanghai's Grand Theatre from July 18, 2006 for 13 weeks (100 performances).  Presented by The Shanghai Grand Theatre / The Walt Disney Co., Australian production came with 52 performers and the set arrived in 2 special Boeing 747 air freighters.
WEST SIDE STORY
2006 Beijing, directed and choroegraphed by Joey McKneely and produced by BB Promotion, for the Fourth Beijing International Theater Festival by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the Beijing municipal government.
RENT
December 2005 Beizhan Theatre, Beijing followed by Shanghai, starring Hong Kong actress and singer Karen Mok.
BURN THE FLOOR
October 2005 in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People, followed by Shanghai.  Presented by China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG). Returned to tour China in 2009
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
December 2004 in Shanghai – it’s sellout run was assisted by the film version of The Phantom of the Opera which was in wide DVD distribution at the time.
CHICAGO
December 2004 for 3 performances only, Beijing, The Great Hall of the People, Tian'anmen Square presented by Beijing GHTY Culture and Art Corporation.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Played to success in China, largely popularized by the film version. Cities included Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanning,  Harbin, Shanghai, Beijing, Xiaoshan (Hangzhou), Xi'an, Tianjin.  Produced by Troika Entertainment and booked by Broadway Asia / local presenters.
CATS
Initially toured during the SARS epidemic. When CATS went on sale, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that ticket sales records were broken when about 5,000 tickets were sold in a single day.  Has returned and toured multiple times.
RIVERDANCE
Starting in Beijing October 2003, Riverdance has done multiple, multi-city tours of China.  Presented by China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA).
LES MISERABLES
Victor Hugo’s novel, “Les Miserables” was a Chinese best-seller – as a result it arrived in 2003 already branded – coupled with a strong marketing campaign it sold out. Was the first 1st Class english language  musical to play in China since the Communist takeover in 1949.
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS
Played in December, 2002 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for 5 performances then in Shanghai January 22-26, 2003.  Asian debut for Notre Dame De Paris, and grand finale of the French-Canadian musical.  Presented by Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group.
MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
September 2001, Great Hall of the People in Beijing, audience of 10,000, the specially created show based on songs from Lloyd Webber's musicals. This event starring Elaine Paige, Coco Lee and Kris Phillips (Fei Xiang) performing songs in both English and Mandarin, joined by a full company of established performers from the UK, USA and Australia and a 60-piece orchestra.

NOTABLE EVENTS:
[ rumoured | past ]

    MAMMA MIA
June 2011 in Mandarin with Chinese cast and team, opened in Shanghai.  Produced by CAEG
I DO! I DO!
May 2010 production in English at the Beijing Playhouse.
JANE EYRE
June 2009 a Mandarin version of the Broadway show at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing
FAME
2008 localised Manadarin production of the musical produced by the Central Acedemy of Drama in Beijing.
ELAINE PAIGE
December 2008 concerts in both Beijing and Shanghai.
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
2007 localized Mandarin production of the Off-Broadway musical.
SARAH BRIGHTMAN
Various concerts tours throughout China.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
1999 Mandarin language production in Beijing for 4 weeks.
TAP DOGS
1997 China tour, then returned in 2004 for Shanghai engagement, then returned again in 2010 (ChongQing, Shanghai).


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Mr. Simkin is a Broadway producer of such Tony award winning hits as I Am My Own Wife, Death of a Salesman, Long Days Journey Into Night and the The Crucible. He has also produced I Am My Own Wife and Death of a Salesman on the West End of London.  Toby developed Broadway concepts and strategies within the China region that secured a national theatre network and enabled Broadway touring productions to be presented throughout China.  In Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanning and Hangzhou and elsewhere in China - 42nd Street, FAME the musical, Disney's production of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA.  In Taiwan, starring Brad Little, Jekyll & HydeJekyll and Hyde performed in Taipei, Tainan, Taichung and Kaohsiung. In Seoul Korea, Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington New Zealand, The Rocky Horror Show.  He has worked extensively in the broadway internet and broadway marketing industry throughout Australia, the U.S., England and Canada, with more than 120 shows, ranging from the Broadway shows of Blood Brothers and Victor/Victoria, to the live concert spectacular of The 3 Tenors to international tours of The Shanghai Ballet. He produced a critically acclaimed production of The Long & The Short & The Tall and was Stage Manager of the Royal Command Performance of The Tempest, starring Keith Michell, which opened the XII Commonwealth Games Festival in 1982. Mr Simkin produced a recording of a new musical The Promised Love in Leningrad, Russia during the coup. Over the last twelve years Mr. Simkin has worked in the entertainment technology sector, both for Microsoft Corporation and as an entrepreneur creating over 150 theatrical internet web sites for the vast majority of Broadway shows, joint technology ventures and bulletin board systems.  Mr. Simkin pioneered bringing broadway theatre to the Internet with a Bulletin Board Service in 1989 called ShowCall in conjunction with the League of American Theatres & Producers.  Since then, Toby has produced and developed websites for broadway shows, broadway plays, broadway musicals and generally, the majority of broadway theater.  Mr. Simkin pioneered bringing Broadway theater to the Internet in 1995 with a web site for the broadway show Victor/Victoria. In March of 1994 he built his first web site.  In April of 2000, Mr. Simkin sold the Internet company he founded in 1995, Theatre.com.  Mr. Simkin was Associate Producer of the Tony Award nominated Broadway play revival of Arthur Miller'sThe Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.  He is Associate Producer ofLong Day's Journey Into Night starring Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In addition, Toby is managing all broadway internet and broadway marketing initiatives online for Long Day's Journey. He is currently involved with the Broadway production of I Am My Own Wife.   In conjunction with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, Toby produced 4 Broadway shows directed/choreographed by Wayne Cilento for Celebrity Cruises to launch the Constellation in Europe. Broadway Plays include Long Day's Journey Into Night and The Crucible. Mr. Simkin is currently Executive Producer of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, responsible for the development and production of new business in both the legit, cruise, technical & web industries and foreign markets, and producing Savion Glover improvography throughout the world.  He also served as Chief Technology Officer of Broadway Digital Entertainment, managing the broadway internet and broadway marketing for the Broadway Theatre Archive and Broadway Tonight series, and is a consultant to Music Theatre International, the leading licensor of the majority of broadway musical theatre, responsible for all broadway internet and broadway marketing. 伦敦 纽约 上海 北京 剧院 剧院管理 戏剧性产品 百老汇的演出 制作 音乐剧剧场 音乐剧 百老汇的魔力 舞台表演 百老汇 获奖 《牺牲》 《牺牲杨贵妃》 《一场豪华的中国大秀》 百佬汇中国合资公司 百老汇国际剧院管理