Off the wire
• Roundup: S. Africa's ruling party drums up voters' support in upcoming local elections  • Measures to halt migration flows start to pay off: Slovak FM  • Across China: Fun science award recognizes way to locate "who farted"  • 2 Palestinian firms sued for dealing with Israeli-made products  • Urgent: Ukrainian PM to resign, paves way for gov't dissolution  • Roundup: Chad's President Deby faces 12 challengers in hotly contested polls  • Jordan supportive of Syria talks in Geneva  • Sixth anniversary of Smolensk deadly plane crash marked in Poland  • Israel says efficient policies result in less Palestinian attacks  • South China province reports 11th Zika case  
You are here: 　 Home

Historic Majestic Theatre reopens in Shanghai

Xinhua, April 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

A 75-year-old theater with the same name of the renowned Broadway stage reopened on Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai after six years of renovation.

Shang Yang, a modern drama about the story of an ancient Chinese reformist, became the first work staged in the reopened Majestic Theatre, to be followed by a number of Chinese operas and stage plays.

Built in 1941 during World War II with U.S. investment, the theater has been an iconic landmark of Shanghai and a main stage for visiting troupes and imported movies from the United States.

It began renovation in 2010 according to the original design blueprint. The new building retains its simple style, but has improved stage, upgraded equipment and a new crystal chandelier, a design that failed to materialize according to the original plan after the ship carrying the item was sunk during the war. Endi